News:
Spotlight Content
Posted: January 13, 2012
David Berke 2011
Name: David Berke
Title: Associate Director
Company: Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Location: New York City
Birthplace: New York City
Family: Weslee (sister), Karen (mother) and Warren (father)
College: Gettysburg College
First job in real estate or allied field: Tenant broker at the Vortex Group, LLC
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Full service commercial real estate company
Hobbies: Ice hockey and fishing
Favorite book: "Moneyball"
Favorite movie: "The Usual Suspects"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Brian Leetch
Key to success: You have to follow up on everything
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? NHL head coach
Tags:
Spotlight Content
MORE FROM Spotlight Content
NYREJ's 2026 Developing Long Island Spotlight Participation Options
This special section will feature projects completed within the past six months as well as projects that are currently under construction across Long Island, submitted by developers, general contractors, construction managers, and architectural firms.
.png)
Columns and Thought Leadership
From vacancy to vitality: How adaptive reuse is reshaping Long Island’s CRE landscape - by Andrea Tsoukalas Curto
Adaptive reuse has become one of the most important conversations in commercial real estate today. Long Island has a large inventory of aging retail, office and industrial
CRE Guide Featured Company: Merritt Environmental Consulting Corp.
Merritt Environmental Consulting Corp. (MECC) was established in June of 2009 after being part of a larger engineering firm for almost 20 years. The focus of the company is to assist lending institutions, attorneys, real estate investors, and property owners with environmental concerns. Today, MECC has offices in New York, Florida, and Vermont and has grown into a regional consulting firm serving clients along the East Coast.
Properly serving a lien law Section 59 Demand - by Bret McCabe
Many attorneys operating within the construction space are familiar with the provisions of New York Lien Law, which allow for the discharge of a Mechanic’s Lien in the event the lienor does not commence an action to enforce following the service of a “Section 59 Demand”.
2026 Developing Queens: Long Island Board of Realtors advances commercial growth and advocacy in Queens
The Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR) Commercial Network continues to play a key role in advancing opportunities and strengthening the commercial real estate landscape across Queens. Through targeted programming and global outreach