CBRE welcomes Cohen, Tzfanya and Kamali

New York, NY Further enhancing and expanding its focus on the industrial, logistics and retail leasing and sales in the outer boroughs of New York City, CBRE has hired Brad Cohen, Jacob Tzfanya and Jon Kamali, all formerly of Eastern Consolidated.

Cohen and Tzfanya join CBRE as senior vice presidents, along with Kamali, a technology expert who will serve as a senior associate. 

“Brad, Jacob and Jon bring a combined 25-plus years of local market expertise to CBRE, further expanding the strategic advisory work we provide to our clients operating in the rapidly changing outer-borough markets,” said Jeff Hipschman, practice leader for the northeast industrial & logistics division. “As the interdependency between the industrial and retail sectors continues to escalate, this team will provide our clients with expanded market expertise to fully leverage the opportunities created by shifting ownership and occupancy trends.”

The team brings extensive occupier and owner experience including recent projects for Equity Residential, Terreno Realty and Realterm Logistics. The team represented the latter on its purchase of Modell’s 300,000 s/f warehouse in the Morris Park section of the Bronx. For Terreno Realty, the team negotiated its acquisition of Bulova’s 83,000 s/f headquarters in Woodside, Queens. Rebranded as the BQE Logistics Center, Cohen, Tzfanya and Kamali are now leasing the building’s 66,300 s/f of warehouse space and its 16,700 s/f of office space. The team has additionally worked with a number of national and local occupiers, including Capital One Bank, CityMD, Crunch Fitness and Popular Bank. Cohen and Kamali also serve as the exclusive tenant representation for iPic Entertainment’s expansion in the New York region.

Ellen Rudin, practice leader for the Northeast Retail Division, noted, “Incorporating this team’s local retail and entertainment expertise will provide CBRE’s clients with a highly relevant market perspective related to the expanding entertainment sector.”

The CBRE team will continue to focus on owner and occupier advisory in the outer boroughs, synchronizing with the firm’s local leasing professionals and extensive industrial and logistics practice team across the Northeast.