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2021 Year in Review: David Curry, Farrell Fritz, P.C.
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
Farrell Fritz represented TD Bank in two large financings with Steel Equities. One was a permanent loan on the movie and television production studio in
2021 Year in Review: Buzz Riley, LEED AP, AECOM
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
As the saying and the song goes, people need people. And the pandemic has emphasized to me that people really need people, and in person.
2021 Year in Review: Nancy Colella, NYS Sustainable Corp.
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
2021 was certainly the year of the comeback kid. Every professional within CRE saw aggressive and creative approaches to structurally smart commercial
2021 Year in Review: Sean Cronin, Cronin & Cronin Law Firm
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
While we always strive to obtain maximum property tax relief for our clients, it has been particularly rewarding to help struggling owners and
2021 Year in Review: Umar Sheikh, Offit Kurman
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
A major client, Moliving, the world’s first nomadic hotel concept is being recognized for its innovation in sustainability. Moliving is making
2021 Year in Review: Albena Petrakov, Offit Kurman
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
I learned how to be flexible and adapt to doing business remotely. I’ve missed the live interaction with clients and colleagues, but
2021 Year in Review: Wojciech Jackowski, Offit Kurman
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
As legal professionals representing real estate owners and design professionals, we’ve contended with the implications of delayed
2021 Year in Review: Davon Peters, M.C. O’Brien, Inc.
December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year?
The new environment requires brokers to be more dynamic in their approach to brokerage. As a result, I see brokers deploying a new
2021 Year in Review: William O’Brien, M.C. O’Brien, Inc.
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
There are just some things in life you cannot predict or
2021 Year in Review: Joe Yacobellis, Mojo Stumer Associates
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
Diversify your work. When the commercial and corporate work slowed down, our residential studio was busier than ever. We got
2021 Year in Review: Jessica Licalzi Kurzyna, Mojo Stumer Associates
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
We were recently given the cover of Florida Design for a Miami Apartment which we have received many accolades from
2021 Year in Review: George Luis Cumella, Mojo Stumer Associates
December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year?
It’s gone from working in a space with less light and air to one where there is a greater connection to nature. I’ve been
2021 Year in Review: Mark Stumer, Mojo Stumer Associates
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
The biggest lesson was that staff and people are flexible and can adapt to the situation. We all worked from home and on
2021 Year in Review: Joseph Aquino, JAACRES
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
The biggest lesson I learned was not to run for the hills. Many people left the city and lived full-time in their summer homes. I remained in
2021 Year in Review: Yaakov Zar, Lev
December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
I think that CRE finance is going to change a lot in the next year. I am a believer that the current capital markets environment
2021 Year in Review: David Schechtman, Meridian Capital Group
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
Our greatest professional accomplishments in the team I lead in Meridian’s middle-market investment sales business were
2021 Year in Review: James Famularo, Meridian Capital Group
December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
As this year ends, I strongly believe that the challenges commercial real estate professionals faced during the pandemic are
2021 Year in Review: Zahra Jafri, Lynx Mortgage Bank LLC, Commercial Division
December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year?
The pandemic presented many challenges to our industry throughout the last
2021 Year in Review: Richard Maltz, Maltz Auctions
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
Just pivot. Two small words can make a massive difference in the trajectory of a business. Prior to COVID, we engaged a company to build Maltz Auctions its
2021 Year in Review: Chuck Merritt, Merritt Environmental
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
That with the right equipment for the staff, working remotely is possible and productivity doesn’t need to