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2021 Year in Review: Adam Lubinsky, PhD, AIC, WXY architecture + urban design
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
We’re thinking more broadly about where we work and how our work connects to other places. We’re reaching out to other places through
2021 Year in Review: L.D. Salmanson, Cherre
December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
Traditional real estate companies will look to stay relevant through acquisition of PropTech companies. In 2021, New York City property values
2021 Year in Review: Elizabeth Lion, The Doe Fund
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
2021 was a banner year for The Doe Fund’s growing portfolio of affordable and supportive housing. The organization opened three residences—Tiffany Court Plaza at
2021 Year in Review: Victor Body-Lawson, AIA, Body Lawson Associates Architects and Planners
December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year?
Design and real estate work are no longer simply venue- or space-based. The process has become increasingly virtual, and we collaborate using sophisticated tools and
2021 Year in Review: Barry LePatner, LePatner & Associates LLP
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
Often, I am retained to serve as white knight to assist clients with large projects facing massive construction problems. From April to August, I was deeply
2021 Year in Review: Joseph Most, Berdon LLP
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
How resilient we can all be and how strong the ability to adapt is. Pre-pandemic, if you had asked me whether Berdon would be able to shift to
2021 Year in Review: Ken Follett, Kalam U.S.
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
2021 was the first year of U.S. operations of Kalam, a Spain-based leading global historic preservation firm. Internationally, Kalam has been
2021 Year in Review: Jack Hurley, Isa Realty Group
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
With the world constantly changing, I learned to stay positive, be flexible/open minded and just focus on each day one at a time. I keep
2021 Year in Review: John Magnani, DGNY Commercial LLC
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
In 2021, I guided my customers through an unprecedented commercial market as they decided how to proceed with their commercial assets with timely information on
The French-American School of New York sells 130-acre property to The Farrell Building Company
December 14, 2021
White Plains, NY The French-American School of New York (FASNY) said today that it has sold its 130-acre property to The Farrell Building Company, a residential developer
2021 Year in Review: Brent Glodowski, Avison Young
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
During the pandemic, I learned that I should have changed my cell phone from the “202” number I’ve had since college to a phone number with a
2021 Year in Review: Josh Berger, Norman Bobrow & Co.
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
I completed the largest square footage deal of my career; 73,000 s/f with 30,000 s/f of outdoor space for City Lumber in Glendale Queens. It was
2021 Year in Review: Dave Margolius, Shawmut Design and Construction
December 28, 2021
What is the best advice you received in 2021, and who was it from?
“Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been.
2021 Year in Review: Steven Kratchman, Steven Kratchman Architect, PC
December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
I see a slow recovery as the market wakes up and looks around at the smoking ruins before it builds confidence and starts to act. I see a new level of
2021 Year in Review: Adelaide Polsinelli, Compass
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
My greatest accomplishments were to sell not one but two, prime Fifth Ave. trophy properties for exceptional prices in the middle of a global pandemic. Having been
2021 Year in Review: Kenne Shepherd, Kenne Shepherd Interior Design Architecture PLLC
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
Living in Manhattan and experiencing first-hand the effects of the pandemic on the city, I am heartened by the resilience of New Yorkers as we emerge from
2021 Year in Review: Todd Wenzel, Coldwell Banker Commercial – Custom Realty
December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
The most notable deal in 2021 was that of a lakefront restaurant property. After almost 60 years in business, the family decided it was time to pass the torch and
Westchester County IDA votes preliminary approval of financial incentives for One Lyon, an $83 milli...
December 14, 2021
White Plains, NY The Westchester County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) has voted preliminary approval of financial incentives for the construction of One Lyon, an $83 million
2021 Year in Review: Ambar Margarida, Spacesmith LLP
December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
I learned how to build a project out of sequence! So many things were delayed that we had to be creative when overseeing