Nick Malagisi, SIOR, SVN Commercial Realty

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
For me, the most challenging aspect of working from home was not being able to meet with my clients and colleagues (face-to-face) especially at the various conferences and

John Sorrenti, FAIA, FRAIC, JRS Architect, P.C.

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Originally, it was the thought of our employees not being as productive at home as in the office, but that turned out not to be

Shay Zach, Gaia Property Group

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Coming down with COVID while negotiating around 10 contracts and closing around 70% of them amidst the crisis, also keeping our investment sales

Michael Edery, Paradigm Commercial Real Estate

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Kind of like everything…Borrowers being disjointed with COVID reality, banks being disjointed with borrowers’ reality, me trying to make a

Jason Horowitz, Triforce Commercial Real Estate LLC

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
I found negotiations between buyers/sellers & landlords/tenants to be an especially difficult task

Jared Jones, Bohler

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Bohler was among the first in the industry to go fully remote. Transitioning from being in an office every day to working remotely was

Bob Horvath, Horvath & Tremblay

What aspects of working from home did you enjoy most?
I got to play soccer in the back yard with my daughter for 30 minutes in the afternoon every day

Carrie Villani, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Not seeing my coworkers, clients and colleagues in person was hard. The energy we share and spontaneous interactions are so valuable and

Michael Zere, Zere Real Estate Services

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
Maintaining our properties, protecting our landlords, keeping our commercial office and industrial buildings filled, replacing tenants,

Mark Lerner, Ph.D., EPIC Security Corp.

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
In accordance with the Governors’ Executive Orders for New York State and New Jersey, EPIC Security Corp. was designated as