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NYSAR honors Carpenter with 2018 Lawrence Caldwell RPAC Service Award at Mid-Winter Business Meetings

Albany, NY The New York State Association of Realtors honored Dawn Carpenter of Staten Island with its 2018 Lawrence Caldwell RPAC Service Award, the highest honor presented by the Realtors Political Action Committee of NY. She received the award during the association’s Mid-Winter Business Meetings.

Ariel Property Advisors shares “Multifamily Year in Review 2018” report - by Shimon Shkury

New York, NY The New York Real Estate Journal (NYREJ) recently sat down with Shimon Shkury, founder and president of Ariel Property Advisors, a New York City investment real estate services and advisory company, who shared some of the highlights from Ariel Property Advisors’ “Multifamily Year in Review 2018.”

Message from the CEO of Bronx-Manhattan North Association of Realtors: Co-op transparency - by Eliezer Rodriguez

The New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) held its annual Mid-Winters Meetings at the Desmond Hotel in Albany from February 10th to the 14th. The five days of meetings, as usual, were extremely productive. After one of the sessions, I sat down with a well-respected Realtor and friend to discuss the need for co-op transparency. 

Schechtman, Lieberman and Kassin of Meridian Investment Sales exclusively lists Brooklyn retail property

Brooklyn, NY Meridian Investment Sales, the commercial property sales division of Meridian Capital Group, is exclusively marketing for sale a retail and commercial property ideal for development in the Greenpoint neighborhood for $11 million.

A look at the Rudder Property Group’s office condo report - by Michael Rudder

After a robust first half of 2018, there was an expected slide in the velocity of office condominium sales in the second half of the year. The total s/f sold in the second half of 2018 was 54% less than the first half of the year, and the total dollar value of sales was 56% less…

The Wizard of OZ (that’s “Opportunity Zones”): Be My Valentine? - by Dan Flanigan

The Treasury hearing on the OZ Regulations, originally scheduled for January 10 but postponed due to the government shutdown, re-convened on Valentine’s Day, attended by an overflow crowd, and proceeded for five hours (with a lunch break) of presentations with occasionally interesting questions and commentary by the six presiding IRS and Treasury officials. 

Karen Cohen Realty & Assocs. leases 12,323 s/f to Jetson Electric Bikes

Brooklyn, NY Karen Cohen Realty & Associates completed the signing of a lease with Jetson Electric Bikes LLC for 12,323 s/f of office space in Industry City. Located at 220 36th St., Industry City is located…

Dabiri joins POLSINELLI's direct lending and alternative finance practices

New York, NY  According to POLSINELLI, an Am Law 100 firm, Gabriel Dabiri has joined the firm in New York as a shareholder, practice co-leader for the firm’s direct lending and alternative finance practice and practice co-leader for the firm’s cross-border finance practice.

Bands of Marcus & Millichap passes away at age 75

New York, NY Sharon Perkins Bands, age 75, of Palm Beach, Florida and Quogue, NY, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 19 at her Florida home after a valiant battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family and loved ones.

Simon and Gordon of Admiral handle Green Way Markets lease at Orchard Square Shopping Center in Cross River

Cross River, NY According to Admiral Real Estate, Green Way Markets is coming to Orchard Square Shopping Center, the area’s primary retail center.