New York, NY Newmark Knight Frank has hired Matt Duthie to oversee and direct property management services in the N.Y. metro region, which includes business development, operations, integrating service lines and strategic staff recruitment to maximize the value of real estate assets on behalf of clients. Duthie will be partnering with NKF’s market leaders in leasing and investment sales and capital markets to expand the firm’s suite of investor services in N.Y.
“Matt is among the most highly respected real estate professionals in N.Y. With a combination of business, industry and property management expertise, and with his elite education, he executes on every level to exceed client objectives,” said Randy Buddemeyer, co-president of management services.
“As a leader in Manhattan property management, Matt brings a broad base of experience and skills that will drive improved operating performance and enhance asset values while working with our leasing and NKF Capital Markets professionals to provide our clients with best-in-class investor services,” said Steven Adamczyk, co-president of management services.
A 32-year veteran of commercial real estate, he has a proven and dynamic track record in every aspect of asset management and building operations, comprising property enhancement programs; financial management; capital improvement projects; contract and vendor supervision; and leasing.
Prior to joining NKF, he worked for multiple firms, and led a property management group in New York City overseeing a 15-million-square-foot portfolio. He has also worked in construction and has directed services for more than five million square feet of commercial office space in New York, Washington D.C. and Boston.
“During my career, long-standing relationships have been the very cornerstone of my professional success and they will remain my focus in working with my NKF colleagues in expanding the firm’s client services, along with growing our best-in-class property management business,” Duthie stated.
Duthie served as the chairman and is still a member of the board of directors for the Real Estate Board of New York, and vice president and a member of the board of directors for the New York Energy Consumer Council, as well as an officer and board member for Building Owners and Managers Association. He has also served as a member of the board of directors for several business improvement districts, including the Times Square Alliance and the East Mid-Manhattan Business Improvement District.
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