Spotlights

2022 Year in Review: Kevin Clyne, Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes & Clyne LLP

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2022? Property tax can be an existential issue in New York under the best circumstances.

2022 Year in Review: April Intrabartola, Eastman Cooke Construction

What person, project, transaction, or market had the greatest impact on your industry this year?  Our business took a hard shift towards healthcare build-outs this year.

2022 Year in Review: Andrew Schramm, Olive Tree Holdings

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The domestic need for high-quality affordable housing complimented by the growing prevalence of mission driven capital, has been a uniquely impactful trend this year in the workforce housing ecosystem.

2022 Year in Review: Peter Vanderpool, Cignature Realty Associates Inc.

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2022? The $34.5 million sale of 1520 Fulton Street was a city record in Brooklyn, at a time when most of the market had slowed.

2022 Year in Review: Andrew Kleinberg, Axiom Capital Corp.

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Simple answer is rising interest rates and the speed in which it has happened.

2022 Year in Review: Chuck Merritt, Merritt Environmental

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Rising interest rates have impacted our volume as many lenders retain our services when originating refinancing loans with borrowers.

2022 Year in Review: Lee Brodsky, BEB Capital

What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2023? We expect there to be a tremendous opportunity for real estate investors who have liquidity to leverage the uncertainties in the capital markets environment for long-term benefit and wealth creation.

2022 Year in Review: Kenne Shepherd, K. Shepherd Interior Design Architecture

What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year?  The return to in-person shopping has had the most significant impact on the retail market.

2022 Year in Review: Howard Stein, Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2022? “The most notable deal that we closed this year was the sale of a 402 unit apartment complex in excess of $150 million that involved multiple parties with differing goals.

2022 Year in Review: Shallini Mehra, Meridian Investment Sales

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year?  The multiple Fed’s interest rate hikes, which translate to 6.0-6.5% lending rates have put downward pressure on valuations, which were already negatively impacted by the HSTPA 2019 rent laws.