Name: Christopher Reynolds, AIA
Title: Director, N.Y. Office
Company: Cooper Carry
Location: 50 West 17th St., 12th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10011
Birthplace and year: Palo Alto, Calif., 1955
Family: Wife, Victoria; daughter, Hannah; son, Kieran
College: Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Berkeley
First job outside of real estate: Rental desk at Budget Rent-A-Car
First job in real estate or allied field: Assistant clerk of the works, St. Francis Hospital
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Now: I oversee day-to-day operations in Cooper Carry's New York office. Future: Getting two children through college while avoiding bankruptcy
Hobbies: Golf, a 1964 Porsche
Favorite book: "Video Night in Katmandu"
Favorite movie: "The Third Man"
Person you admire most (outside of family): A boss I had years ago in corporate real estate at Bank of America
Key to success: Hire the best team and give them the support and tools to excel.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Ski bum
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? I would like to say there was an outstanding transaction for me this past year but 2024 was more a culmination of long-term relationships, most of which continued to transact. Deals were smaller in many cases but we saw robust leasing both on the agency side as well as on the tenant side.