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2023 Year in Review: Ian Bel Managing, Olive Tree Holdings
December 26, 2023
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? This year, Olive Tree Affordable Housing, our affordable housing affiliate, expanded into North Carolina with the acquisition of The Life at Lakeside Villas, a 429-unit, affordable multifamily community located in Wilmington.
2023 Year in Review: Sarah Berman,
The Berman Group
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The shift in positioning for commercial office space to hospitality offerings and amenities for tenants has been a pivotal shift in the marketing of commercial real estate.
2023 Year in Review: Vincent Malizia, A-1 Roofing & Siding of L.I. Corp.
December 26, 2023
What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2024? Local Law 97’s energy efficiency and sustainability mandates are driving the conversation. A well designed and installed, high R-value roof system can reduce your building’s energy consumption. By keeping your HVACR systems idle for longer, we create time
2023 Year in Review: Michael Montante, Uniland Development Company
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? We celebrated the opening of a spec industrial/warehouse at Renaissance Commerce Park in Lackawanna, NY. The 150,000 s/f facility is fully leased by out-of-town companies that are expanding here.
2023 Year in Review: Kevin Griffin,
JRM Construction Management
December 26, 2023
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? In 2023, one of JRM’s notable successes was expertly completing a large-scale redevelopment of 125 West End Ave. into a cutting-edge life science complex for Taconic.
2023 Year in Review: Francis Gorman III, Harris Beach PLLC
December 26, 2023
How has your career path changed in 2023? I spent most of 2023 as a real estate law partner with a national cannabis boutique law firm, sheparding cannabis real estate deals across the country. However, I missed working other asset classes and a wider variety of real estate development deals – e.g. retail
2023 Year in Review: Jason Hoffman, Armanino LLP
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? 2023 was the year of the high interest rate, and that touched every real estate deal from homes to class A commercial. Whether our clients needed
2023 Year in Review: Nick Malagisi,
SVN Storage Realty
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The self storage industry continues to consolidate with Extra Space Storage, the second largest REIT in the industry, purchasing Life Storage,
2023 Year in Review: Brian Anderson, Progress Capital
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The Federal Reserve’s hiking policy. How has your career path changed in 2023? This is my first down cycle. 2023 has taught me more about myself and this business than the past five years combined!
2023 Year in Review: Warren Dubitsky, Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes & Clyne, LLP
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The swift increase in interest rates and resulting jump in cap rates over the last 18 months has dramatically changed our practice. Clients
2023 Year in Review: Evan Fox, Grassi Advisory Group
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year?Unfortunately, or unsurprisingly, the answer here is likely Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen. The name of the game for 2023 has been “Interest Rates”, and the real estate and banking industries
2023 Year in Review: Donald Henry, Jr., Urbahn Architects
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? NYC’s decision to contract its projects in the design/build method has opened new opportunities for the AEC industry and improved the quality of public work
2023 Year in Review: Gary Zamperelli, Nationwide Security Service
December 26, 2023
What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2024? There is no trend larger or that will have a major impact on the security industry than artificial intelligence (AI). Security AI trend would also include a blend of AI and cybersecurity.
2023 Year in Review: Richard DeMarco,
Montroy DeMarco Architecture
December 26, 2023
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? Montroy DeMarco Architecture was the lead architect for the recently completed, Tishman Speyer-developed, 645,000 s/f, LEED Gold Morgan North in Manhattan
2023 Year in Review: Eugene Mekhtiyev, MC Architecture
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The new type of speculative developments of K-12 educational buildings in NYC has created opportunities for the AEC industry. IMC has designed
2023 Year in Review: Andrew Borek, Alan Margolin & Associates
December 26, 2023
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? In a strategic move aimed at solidifying its position in the South Florida market, AMAA has successfully acquired Bryntesen Engineering
2023 Year in Review: Lelina Chang, GAMCO Corporation
December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? In 2023, the surge in demand for thermally efficient products had great impact in our industry. GAMCO responded with new thermally efficient door and frame,
2023 Year in Review: Jason Karp,
Shawmut Design and Construction
December 26, 2023
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? At St. John’s University’s St. Vincent Health Sciences Center, I’m proud of how our team embraced tech during preconstruction. We 3D modeled
2023 Year in Review: Charles Rich, CA Rich Consultants
December 26, 2023
What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2024? Green remediation is a market trend for sustainable reuse of ‘brownfield’ sites. Development projects benefit from greener cleanups both economically and socially. Because excavation and off-site disposal
2023 Year in Review: Sean McLoughlin, McAlpine Contracting
December 26, 2023
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? I led McAlpine Contracting’s team that has successfully completed four specialized luxury veterinary clinics totaling more than $10 million in construction value. They required coordination