Rosenblatt and Cowan join HelmsleySpear

According to Kent Swig, president of HelmsleySpear, Jeffrey Rosenblatt and Lewis Cowan have joined as sr. vice presidents. With more than 25 years of experience in both tenant and owner representation, Rosenblatt has been responsible for more than 10 million s/f of transactions. Previously, Rosenblatt served as executive managing director in the N.Y.C. office of Grubb & Ellis. Rosenblatt earned a BA in Economics and Marketing from the City University of N.Y. Cowan has more than 26 years of experience, acting as broker, agent, corporate tenant and landlord representative. Previously, Cowan worked for Grubb & Ellis. He holds a BA in Psychology from SUNY College at Cortland and his MS and Ed.S in Counseling and Personnel Services from the University at Albany. Since 1866, HelmsleySpear has been a leader in commercial real estate creating legendary deals that are the cornerstones of the industry. Evolving from a real estate appraisal company to a full-service firm providing highly-skilled, professional performance and bottom-line profitability for its clients, HelmsleySpear provides property owners and users of real estate with a full array of services including: office and retail leasing; property and asset management; investment sales and financing; project development and construction management; preventative maintenance and engineering; insurance services and appraisal. HelmsleySpear, LLC is independently owned and operated, and is an affiliate of Swig Equities, LLC. Swig Equities, LLC is a real estate development, investment and management firm based in New York City with offices in San Francisco. The firm is an active purchaser and developer of prime residential and commercial buildings as well as operating companies and securities. Over the past few years, Swig Equities has purchased and/or is in the process of developing in excess of $3 billion of properties.