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2021 Year in Review: Rod Santomassimo, The Massimo Group
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
While most commercial real estate professionals struggled during 2020, we actually had a record number of clients break the 7-figure commission
2021 Year in Review: John Finamore, EW Howell Construction Group
December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
Our regional non-residential construction outlook is recovering from 2020 and climbing in both public and private for 2022 and into 2023. Yet many factors can
2021 Year in Review: Shahid Jafri, Jafri Group
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
The pandemic changed the world forever and during that time our firm came together and understood the importance of adjustments. We initiated and transitioned into
2021 Year in Review: Jeffrey Hendler, Logical Buildings
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
Having a cloud software that reinforced connectivity and real time management was a key to our success during the pandemic. The fact that Logical Buildings was
2021 Year in Review: Donald Gelestino, Champion Elevator Corp.
December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year?
Ironically Champion was able to facilitate six acquisitions in the past year and had to integrate them during these trying times. All systems and
2021 Year in Review: Hugo Ramirez, Adler Windows
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
Resiliency and kindness – The biggest lessons I have learned (or reminded myself) working through the pandemic was resiliency & kindness.
2021 Year in Review: Emir Hot, Matrix Technology Group LLC
December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
We are a technology infrastructure company focused on commercial interior work. Our industry was hit hard as interior fitouts declined as a
2021 Year in Review: Marc Spector, FAIA, Spectorgroup
December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
#BouncingForward is well underway on all cylinders for Spectorgroup in our various practices. We continue to evolve as a firm, always providing
2021 Year in Review: Bryan Wengroff, HE2PD, Inc.
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
Completing 1425 Fulton St. in Brooklyn. It is a nine-story, 26-unit building with
2021 Year in Review: Peter Sabesan, Cresa
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
Closing on 90,000 s/f of renewal leases at two separate locations for LIM College may have eclipsed all our other 2021 deals. Because the transactions were
2021 Year in Review: James Pirot, Cresa
December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
Commercial property owners and managers will need to implement more interactive and occupier-friendly technology within their buildings, showcased as
2021 Year in Review: Barry Sunshine, Janover LLC
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
During the pandemic, my clients leaned on me and my firm for guiding and assisting them through these very rough times. This guidance included
2021 Year in Review: April Intrabartola, Eastman Cooke Construction
December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year?
Our staff has become increasingly proficient at being flexible. Necessity is the unequivocal mother of invention and we learned how to do more with less.
2021 Year in Review: Peter Morandi, LEED AP, Eastman Cooke Construction
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
Scrappy bootstrapping! We learned to adapt by working cohesively at minimalist levels, actually right-sizing when the pandemic struck. We continued and even
2021 Year in Review: Steve Kirschner, Principals Direct Group
December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year?
I have been able to maximize the usage of virtual workspaces and social media resulting in more productive time with clients and business referral sources,
2021 Year in Review: Thomas Kearns, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
I represented (along with a full team of Olshan lawyers and a team from Simpson Thatcher) the historic, century old Kaufman Astoria Studios in its sale to
2021 Year in Review: Matthew Soble, Bright Power
December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year?
Zoom and remote work enabled many efficiencies and productivity gains from time formerly spent in transit. As workplaces reopened, it was great to
2021 Year in Review: Eva Hatzaki, Andromeda
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
Community service is very important. The support we were able to provide to the community via our Relief Access Program, and the
2021 Year in Review: Carrie Villani, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
To seize an opportunity while you can. Uncertainty remains, but don’t let the moment pass while waiting for perfection. Keep pushing
2021 Year in Review: Margaret Bortner, AKF Group
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
I learned that the ability to work from anywhere doesn’t mean we should be working from everywhere. Once I realized this, I