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Posted: December 26, 2011
Laurence Ross of Highcap Group
What are your resolutions for 2012?
Continue building up the Highcap brand and add agressive hardworking sales agents to our team. Honesty and integrity creates longevity in this industry, which we will always continue to maintain.
What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2011? As a co-founder and managing principal of Highcap Group we made our presence known and established ourselves as a force to be reckoned with in the industry. Leveraging our long standing relationships and good name in the real estate community we are on pace for one of our best years to date.
What was your most notable project, deal or transaction in 2011?
Most notable transactions were the sale of the hightly sought after note on the Crescent Club in Long Island City (par value was $48 million) and a prime West Village mixed-use portfolio on Christopher and Cornelia Streets which sold for over $32 million.
What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2012?
The market is on pace to resume some sense of normalcy as all the bad stuff gets flushed out of the system. Getting back to basic fundamentals is important in any market resurgence which seems to be where we are and headed.
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