Spotlights
2024 Year in Review: Katie Vivian, Largo Capital
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? This year, all of the hotel transactions I closed were financed either through our life company correspondent lenders or network of CMBS lenders. This highlights a notable shift in the lending landscape,
2024 Year in Review: Nicholas Venditto, Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman LLP
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? Our firm represented Long Island Waste Services in connection with a recapitalization involving a significant equity investment from Terramont Infrastructure Partners, a middle-market focused infrastructure investment firm. Long Island Waste Services is a locally owned and operated waste management company.
2024 Year in Review: Laureen Harris, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? As a tax certiorari attorney, my sole focus is to have my clients pay no more taxes than reflects the fair market value of their property. Municipalities want to protect their tax base and are, therefore, reluctant to reflect deficits to a property’s fair market value.
2024 Year in Review: Holly Williamson LEED AP, NCIDQ, NELSON Worldwide
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? A project we completed for a confidential client in NYC demonstrated the flexibility needed for today’s workplace to remain relevant. We explored solutions using furniture only — no demolition required.
2024 Year in Review: Larry Charlip, CoreNet New York City
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? In 2024, CoreNet NYC strengthened its commitment to supporting and expanding the network of XBE firms through their XBE Sponsorship iniative. The program encourages CoreNet sponsors to support an XBE firm by purchasing a sponsorship on their behalf
2024 Year in Review: Cole Kinney Leonhardt, Brax Realty
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? The deal from 2024 that I am most proud of is the sale of a prime condo development site in Long Island City at 10-37 & 10-45 49th Ave. In this case, Brax Realty represented both the seller and procured the buyer.
2024 Year in Review: Jonathan Kaufman Iger, Sage
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? This last year, my most notable achievement was advancing Sage’s transformation from a traditional real estate company into a recognized commercial real estate brand. This vision includes pioneering efforts to extend Sage’s brand identity beyond our own portfolio,
2024 Year in Review: Chuck Merritt, Merritt Environmental Consulting
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? MECC was retained by a local developer acquiring a large swath of properties in Suffolk County to provide phase one Environmental Site Assessments (ESA’s) as they plan a major transformation of the area.
2024 Year in Review: Phillip Ross, CPA, CGMA, Anchin
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? My greatest professional accomplishment was guiding my clients through complex challenges — such as pursuing growth through mergers and acquisitions, developing successful succession plans, and capitalizing on tax-saving opportunities — which led to Anchin achieving recognition as a 2024 Top 50 Accounting Firm by Construction Executive.
2024 Year in Review: Marc Freud, Troutbrook Development
What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2025? Tech-integrated developments will become more prevalent: • Smart buildings: High-tech amenities like advanced energy management systems, app-controlled facilities, continued build-out of Co-gen plants, and AI-driven security will differentiate projects, to comply with a myriad of new local laws and mandated lower admissions of carbon footprint when developing buildings.