Marc Spector, IREON, Spector Group

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2021?
As we migrate through our greatest challenge as professionals and as a people, innovation rises to the top. With the prospects of a vaccine and

Michael Lefkowitz, Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
On June 1^st, I was named managing member of the firm. I’ve been at the firm for 31 years, and having earned the faith, trust and

John McDonald, The Doe Fund

What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
The Doe Fund closed two crucial, interlinked deals this year on Gates Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn via separate DHS contracts. For one, we refinanced

Richard Yaffe, Triangle Properties

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
It has been business as usual for us at Triangle Properties this year. We remained opened every day in order to serve our tenants’ needs and

Elliot Horowitz, H Equities

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
Expanding on our investor and partnership relationships during an exceptionally difficult time in the market. We spent more time than

Robert Heicklen, Stonegate Real Estate

What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
Selling a five-acre, off-market site in Watermill, NY that has never once been offered for sale or hit the market. It was in

Gary Meltzer, Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
In the later part of 2019, I began work on negotiations for a 99-year ground lease for our client, a top NYC real estate developer, on

Michael Sharkey, Shark Byte Systems, LLC

What aspects of working from home did you enjoy most?
I certainly enjoyed spending more time with my daughters while working from home. The little rituals we created and the extra

Peter Zinkovetsky, InstaClosing, Inc.

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Running a busy law firm while at the same time working on a tech startup in the middle of the pandemic and dealing with the consequences of the

Moshe Pinsky, JNY Capital

What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
Navigating through COVID while dealing with lenders and finalizing the end of construction on a luxury residential project in