Yun Luo, PE, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
A campus transformation project for a major hospital in Long Island. This will fulfill a primary need for the community, and is being designed with

Lynn Senko, Worth Property Management

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Immediately changing our lives to protect not only our loved ones but also our clients and their loved ones is a challenge in itself.

Marie Zere, Zere Real Estate Services

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
A business interruption such as the “Pandemic Lockdown of March 2020,” was devastating bringing the NY real estate

Evan Kaplan, Bright Power

What aspects of working from home did you enjoy most?
The aspect of working from home that I have enjoyed the most has been the ability to cook and eat my own lunches each day without having to

Judah Hammer, Meridian Capital Group

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
The biggest challenge for me was staying on top of the constantly shifting market conditions, bank underwriting, appraisal

Davon Peters, M.C. O’Brien, Inc.

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
The biggest challenge of the year was getting multiple decision makers out to see a space at the same time.

Rafael Stein, AIA, Urbahn Architects

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
Among our firm’s accomplishments this year was winning two Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards from the NYC Landmarks Conservancy. The first of

December Spotlight: 2020 Year in Review

New York, NY The New York Real Estate Journal (NYREJ) published its monthly spotlight.

Megan Elgard, The Falcon Group

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Being a very sociable person, the lack of human interaction has been the most difficult part during this pandemic. Missing lunches with

Steven Andersen, Montroy Andersen DeMarco

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
My greatest professional accomplishment this year was assisting several of our commercial real estate clients who are considering