Spotlights
2024 Year in Review: Sarah Berman, The Berman Group
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? The Berman Group’s creative team has led the design, positioning and marketing of two premier Brooklyn campuses for the City of New York and NYC Economic Development Corporation.
2024 Year in Review: Matthew O’Grady, Cord Meyer Development Company
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? Cord Meyer Development anticipated the growing trend of restaurants expanding into vibrant, outdoor-friendly spaces by creating a dynamic restaurant row at Bay Terrace Shopping Center. We envisioned a destination that combined appealing landscaping, inviting outdoor seating, and a diverse culinary offering to meet the rising demand for dining experiences beyond traditional indoor settings.
2024 Year in Review: Lev Mavashev, Alpha Realty
What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2025? New York City’s multifamily market is seeing momentum, with transaction volume rising for two consecutive quarters. The third quarter saw a 12.8% increase over Q2, driven by optimism about potential interest rate cuts and renewed confidence following a Trump win. Furthermore, NYC’s resilient rental market, where rents continue to grow despite national declines,
2024 Year in Review: Shimon Shkury, Ariel Property Advisors
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? Ariel’s Capital Services Group arranged a $33.75 million acquisition loan for a 105,282 s/f, 151-unit, predominantly free-market luxury multifamily property on Manhattan’s UES, exemplifying continued investor appetite
2024 Year in Review: Katie Vivian, Largo Capital
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? This year, all of the hotel transactions I closed were financed either through our life company correspondent lenders or network of CMBS lenders. This highlights a notable shift in the lending landscape,
2024 Year in Review: Nicholas Venditto, Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman LLP
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? Our firm represented Long Island Waste Services in connection with a recapitalization involving a significant equity investment from Terramont Infrastructure Partners, a middle-market focused infrastructure investment firm. Long Island Waste Services is a locally owned and operated waste management company.
2024 Year in Review: Laureen Harris, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? As a tax certiorari attorney, my sole focus is to have my clients pay no more taxes than reflects the fair market value of their property. Municipalities want to protect their tax base and are, therefore, reluctant to reflect deficits to a property’s fair market value.
2024 Year in Review: Holly Williamson LEED AP, NCIDQ, NELSON Worldwide
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? A project we completed for a confidential client in NYC demonstrated the flexibility needed for today’s workplace to remain relevant. We explored solutions using furniture only — no demolition required.
2024 Year in Review: Larry Charlip, CoreNet New York City
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? In 2024, CoreNet NYC strengthened its commitment to supporting and expanding the network of XBE firms through their XBE Sponsorship iniative. The program encourages CoreNet sponsors to support an XBE firm by purchasing a sponsorship on their behalf
2024 Year in Review: Cole Kinney Leonhardt, Brax Realty
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? The deal from 2024 that I am most proud of is the sale of a prime condo development site in Long Island City at 10-37 & 10-45 49th Ave. In this case, Brax Realty represented both the seller and procured the buyer.