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Four ways to use Delaware Statutory Trusts for your 1031 Exchange - by Dwight Kay

Regardless of what economic trends are taking place, Delaware Statutory Trusts provide investors four timeless benefits for their 1031 Exchanges including deferring capital gains taxes, eliminating the headaches of active management (think the three T’s: tenants, toilets, and trash), and

Bayport Funding provides $7.02 million bridge loan

Brooklyn, NY Bayport Funding has delivered a $7.02 million bridge loan to support the ground-up construction of 1218-1222 Putnam Ave. in Bushwick. Developed by 1222 Putnam Development Inc., this 21-unit, four-story multifamily building will help satisfy the demand

Cushman & Wakefield and JRT Realty Group lease 3,380 s/f to Shake Shack in Penn Station

Manhattan, NY Cushman & Wakefield and JRT Realty Group arranged a long-term, 3,380 s/f lease with Vornado Realty Trust for Shake Shack in Penn Station, on the corner of 33rd St. and Seventh Ave.

OPEN Impact brokers 81,590 s/f for build-to-suit Bold Charter School

Bronx, NY OPEN Impact Real Estate LLC (OPEN) and Transwestern Real Estate Services represented Bold Charter School in a 81,590 s/f transaction for the ground-up construction of a build-to-suit school to be located at 1472 Boston Rd. in the Crotona East Park neighborhood.

2023 REBNY Honorees - Elly Pateras - The George M. Brooker Management Executive of the Year Award

Elly Pateras is an executive managing director of Douglas Elliman Property Management. In addition to her responsibilities overseeing the operations of DEPM, Pateras oversees a team of account executives who are responsible for managing over 60 of the finest buildings in New York City

Bernstein and Cohen of Besen Partners complete $9.65 million sale of 112 4th Ave.

Manhattan, NY Besen Partners negotiated the sale of 112 4th Ave., a five-story basement 13,969 s/f above grade D2 elevatored loft building located on the west side of 4th Ave. between E 11th and E 12th Ave. in the Union Sq./Greenwich Village neighborhood.

2023 REBNY Honorees - Mary Ann Tighe - Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award

During her remarkable career of more than three decades in commercial real estate, Mary Ann Tighe has been at the forefront of the transformation of New York’s skyline. She has played a catalytic role in the rezoning that is strengthening and renewing East Midtown, the westward expansion

Markus joins Siebert Williams Shank as a senior advisor and managing director

Manhattan, NY Siebert Williams Shank & Co. (SWS) has hired Marvin Markus, a financial industry veteran whose decades of experience will further strengthen and expand the capabilities of the firm’s infrastructure division.

Fordham Real Estate Institute names Whelan of REBNY to Executive Advisory Council

Manhattan, NY The Fordham Real Estate Institute (REI) has named James Whelan, president of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), to its Executive Advisory Council (EAC) of real estate industry and business leaders.

2023 REBNY Honorees - John Santora - The Kenneth R. Gerrety Humanitarian Award

John Santora is one of the commercial real estate industry’s most experienced global executives having deep trusted relationships with leading real estate executives and multinational clients throughout the world.