What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
What is most notable to me about 2020 is how lopsided the effects have been on different market segments. In some ways, the pandemic has
What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
One of the most challenging parts of working from home was fighting the monotony. Like most people, I was accustomed to commuting, spending
What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
The Hartz Mountain redevelopment of the former Newsday facility in Melville was the most challenging project our office has handled to
What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
Our commercial division was successfully able to place a $12.5 million conventional ground-up construction loan for a Holiday Inn Express in
What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
In 2020, due to the pandemic, I launched Kloud, a full-scale, commercial real estate-focused marketing agency geared toward
What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
Selling six multifamily buildings for $36 million in the Bronx and New Rochelle to six different buyers on behalf of a generational family who
What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
We always remained optimistic that New York City would turn around quickly as it always has in the past. Finding people as optimistic as we were about
What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
The biggest challenge for me was staying on top of the constantly shifting market conditions, bank underwriting, appraisal
What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
Among our firm’s accomplishments this year was winning two Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards from the NYC Landmarks Conservancy. The first of
What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
My greatest professional accomplishment this year was assisting several of our commercial real estate clients who are considering
What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic was a challenge, especially since our firm did not experience the 2008 crisis. We recently formed a new culture including
What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
Maintaining our properties, protecting our landlords, keeping our commercial office and industrial buildings filled, replacing tenants,
What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
A business interruption such as the “Pandemic Lockdown of March 2020,” was devastating bringing the NY real estate
What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Immediately changing our lives to protect not only our loved ones but also our clients and their loved ones is a challenge in itself.
What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
In February, when we all read the news that China was shutting down for two weeks, I distinctly remember thinking, there’s no way that could happen here. It was extremely difficult to accept that this could come to pass in the U.S., but
What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
Being able to keep all of our staff working safely through the pandemic, without even one incident of a COVID-19 infection. Our construction operations
What aspects of working from home did you enjoy most?
The aspects of working from home that I enjoyed most were being able to keep my own hours, freedom to be around family and pets, and the
What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
Personally, I completed two Floor and Decor transactions totaling 155,000 s/f for market entry into Connecticut.
What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
At the onset of the pandemic we were approached by an owner of a portfolio of three multifamily properties in Westchester who
What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
My most notable transaction of 2020 is the impending multistate acquisition of healthcare related real properties and ancillary assets involving