2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Gary Davies, CBRE

Recent goal and impact: Throughout my career, my focus has always been on finding the right partners. By developing these key relationships, we’ve built a team focused solely on tenant representation for financial firms. In today’s very dynamic market, it takes a team with a diverse skill set to navigate the real estate landscape

2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Lee Brodsky, BEB Capital

Recent goal and impact:  I recently helped spearhead the launch of BEB Work, a newly designed coworking space located at BEB Capital’s headquarters. The launch comes on the heels of our $4 million investment in 2024 to create a dynamic workplace ecosystem, which incorporated a custom mural, fitness center, and shuttle service for tenants.

2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Joe Yacobellis, Mojo Stumer Associates

Recent goal and impact: At Mojo Stumer, we’re committed to elevating Long Island’s architectural landscape through thoughtful, modern design. 301 Warner, our newly completed mixed-use project in Roslyn Station, revitalizes the area with retail, office, and residential spaces. Similarly, our Floral Park project blends

2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Rachel-Anne Scelfo, Farrell Fritz

Turning problems into opportunities:  In land use and zoning, there are often challenges, but our job as attorneys and strategic planners is to turn them into opportunities. When a client proposes a multifamily, mixed-use development to address housing needs, we need to coalesce the community, developers, local government, and stakeholders to gain support.

2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Leo Jacobs, Jacobs P.C.

Recent goal and impact: I set out to position Jacobs P.C. as the go-to firm for clients facing complex financial distress and we delivered. We have restructured over $5 billion in real estate debt and equity, while maintaining a boutique model. The impact? We have proven that strategic agility and elite legal work

2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Simon Power, M.C. Electrical NY

Recent goal and impact:  M.C. Electrical has grown into a leading regional electrical contractor employing 230 field professionals and support staff. In order to efficiently manage all aspects of the firm’s operations, I led the development and implementation of a highly customized, Smartsheet enterprise management software system that allows

2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Alexander Zakharin, Nest Seekers International

Recent goal and impact: A recent goal I achieved was building a team of six real estate agents from the ground up. Starting with no listings, we quickly established a presence by securing new exclusive properties and delivering results for our clients. This not only expanded our firm’s footprint in the competitiv

2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Baruch Edelkopf, Schuckman Realty Inc.

Recent goal and impact:  I recently completed the Certificate in Real Estate Investment at NYU Schack, which sharpened my underwriting skills and helped me take a more disciplined approach to deals. I applied what I learned to close a 30,000 s/f shopping center at 137-20 Cross Bay Blvd. for $14.7 million with my partner Matt Colantonio.

2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Jeffrey Levine Founder & Chairman The Douglaston Companies

Recent goal and impact:  Douglaston Development is nearing completion on the extensive capital improvement plan at Linden and Penn-Wortman Houses, in partnership with The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), where over 1,900 units have been substantially rehabilitated, in addition to exterior façade and facility upgrades.

2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Steven Evans, Platinum Commercial

Recent goal and impact: We recently secured two 10-year leases at an agency listing we represent in Flatiron, both with fashion industry tenants, which is an uncommon choice for Midtown South. These deals not only reinforced our relationships with the brokerage community and the property owner,