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2025 Year in Review: Joseph Fingerman, Peapack Private Bank & Trust
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? Peapack Private has expanded its New York City footprint with the opening of a retail financial center at 300 Park Ave.
2025 Year in Review: Joseph DeFazio, Wendel
December 23, 2025
What transaction, project, or key moment best reflected the direction of the New York CRE market this year? In 2025, the New York CRE market continued to emphasize community-focused development and sustainability. Wendel saw this reflected in projects that reimagined spaces for connection and long-term value. At Royal Park, we partnered with the Town of Amherst and Daemen University
2025 Year in Review: Anthony Pili, Orange Bank
December 23, 2025
What transaction, project, or key moment best reflected the direction of the New York CRE market this year? The industrial and last-mile logistics sector is showing strong, stable growth, with major Bronx and NYC-area leases and financings driving demand for modern warehouse space. Orange Bank & Trust’s footprint aligns closely with this expansion.
2025 Year in Review: Alex Frants, Highcap Group
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? At Highcap Group, the standout moment of the year was completing a major sale in Norwalk, Conn., a complex transaction that required precise underwriting,
2025 Year in Review: Leah Blackman, CM&B
December 23, 2025
What transaction, project, or key moment best reflected the direction of the New York CRE market this year? In 2025, we saw a shift in Manhattan retail toward a more compact footprint, meeting the urban need for convenience while facing a tight market with high rents. Exemplified by our clients Whole Foods Market and Eataly, we had the opportunity
2025 Year in Review: Bobby Valva, Cancos Tile and Stone
December 23, 2025
What transaction, project, or key moment best reflected the direction of the New York CRE market this year? For us, the most telling moment wasn’t a single blockbuster sale, but a wave of adaptive reuse and repositioning projects we supplied across New York City this year.
2025 Year in Review: Chuck Merritt, Merritt Environmental
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? Merritt Environmental Consulting Corp. (MECC) was engaged to work on a portfolio of distressed properties that a client was buying.
2025 Year in Review: E. J. Moawad, Levin Management
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? Our standout 2025 milestone was fully repositioning Post Road Plaza in the Village of Pelham Manor, N.Y. National off-price retailer Burlington
2025 Year in Review: Daniel Monteiro, Reidy Contracting Group
December 23, 2025
What transaction, project, or key moment best reflected the direction of the New York CRE market this year? This year, our work reflected the shifting New York CRE market, highlighting changing tenant priorities and a renewed push toward experiential, community-driven spaces.
2025 Year in Review: Richard Maltz, Maltz Auctions
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? As we approach the end of 2025, amid all the commentary surrounding New York real estate, Maltz Auctions continues to excel in attracting and engaging both buyers and sellers.
2025 Year in Review: Joseph Aquino, JAACRES
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? 2025 marked a major personal and professional milestone with the publication of my memoir, “Memoirs of a Watch Salesman: A New York Real Estate Story.” What began as a personal project became a business-building platform,
2025 Year in Review: Shallini Mehra, Meridian Investment Sales
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? Our team successfully closed the sale of a distinguished pre-war elevator building in Jackson Heights for $18.2 million. The property comprises 95 residential units along with two medical offices.
2025 Year in Review: Michael Vardaro, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP
December 23, 2025
What transaction, project, or key moment best reflected the direction of the New York CRE market this year? The completion of the JP Morgan Chase headquarters was an incredible testament to the fortitude of the the New York spirit.
2025 Year in Review: Alan Friedman, Friedman Associates II LLC
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? Getting approvals for building projects in NYC, Issuing acp5 for projects in NYC.
2025 Year in Review: Nancy Erardi, NYCAN Builders
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? One accomplishment that stood out for our firm in 2025 was our ability to successfully deliver multiple complex, occupied-space construction projects
2025 Year in Review: Nicholas DeSarno, NYCAN Builders
December 23, 2025
What emerging trends or shifts will shape opportunities for you, your firm, or market sector in 2026? As we look ahead to 2026, several industry and market shifts have presented major opportunities for our firm.
2025 Year in Review: Raymond Mordekhai, Forest Park Properties Inc.
December 23, 2025
What emerging trends or shifts will shape opportunities for you, your firm, or market sector in 2026? On the investment sales side, I think there will continue to be opportunities in NYC distress. Specifically, in smaller multifamily and office properties.
2025 Year in Review: Michael Hunter Coghill, Adirondack Capital Partners
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? The ACP team facilitated the largest single-asset multifamily sale in the state of New York in 2025, the $120MM+ disposition of Northway Eleven Communities
2025 Year in Review: Shimon Shkury, Ariel Property Advisors
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025? Our Brooklyn team sold 14 development transactions totaling 700,000 BSF, illustrating the strength of the borough’s market and our robust activity there. Through a competitive process that produced multiple bids, the Capital Services Group arranged $68.1 million
2025 Year in Review: Jennifer Djurkovic, Djurkovic Investment Properties
December 23, 2025
What accomplishment, milestone, project or transaction stood out for you or your firm in 2025?Djurkovic Investment Properties “DIP” is working on a thoughtful office-to-resi conversion plan. The result is a project that blends housing with live-work amenities, reduces long-term vacancy risk, and demonstrates how zoning policy can unlock density without sacrificing community charm.