Spotlights

Holley Drakeford of Giscombe Realty Group

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2012? We are very optimistic about the future of commercial real estate here in N.Y...

Kathleen Giamo of The Giamo Group

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2012? I look back on the commercial real estate industry in the '80s and the '90s. ...

Karen Dome of Marcus & Millichap

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2012? Commercial real estate will continue to be a safe haven for domestic/internati...

Brandl Frey of The Durst Organization

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2012? Midway through 2011, I was optimistic about the market, we skidded over the su...

Robert Mayer of MayerMeinberg

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2011? Concluding the merger of two well known and respected CPA firms in the New York ...

Shay Zach of Itzhaki Properties

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2011? This year has been another hard year in real estate, yet I have closed many deal...

Tom Attivissimo of Greiner-Maltz

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2011? Having my wife Anne Attivissimo become part of my strategic team. She is a treme...

William O'Brien of M.C. O'Brien, Inc.

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2011? Maintaining a high level of transactions in a down market by focusing on niche b...

Todd Korren of Savanna

What was your most notable project, deal or transaction of 2011? The 63,000 s/f expansion and renewal for the New York City Housing Develop...

Josh Goldflam of Highcap Group

What was your most notable project, deal or transaction of 2011? The $32.6 million all-cash sale of a three-building portfolio in the West ...