Spotlights
2021 Year in Review: Ambar Margarida, Spacesmith LLP
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?I learned how to build a project out of sequence! So many things were delayed that we had to be creative when overseeing
2021 Year in Review: Joseph Aquino, JAACRES
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?The biggest lesson I learned was not to run for the hills. Many people left the city and lived full-time in their summer homes. I remained in
2021 Year in Review: Jeffrey Hendler, Logical Buildings
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?Having a cloud software that reinforced connectivity and real time management was a key to our success during the pandemic. The fact that Logical Buildings was
2021 Year in Review: Mary Guarino, ERG Commercial Real Estate
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?While working in the real estate industry, it’s imperative to recognize that the real estate market is constantly fluctuating. However, during
2021 Year in Review: Ron Lanzo, AFR Furniture Rental & Event Furnishings Inc.
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?We were once again able to do the 76th United Nations General Assembly meeting. AFR has done these in the past and it’s always an exciting project
2021 Year in Review: Yaakov Zar, Lev
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?I think that CRE finance is going to change a lot in the next year. I am a believer that the current capital markets environment
2021 Year in Review: Hugo Ramirez, Adler Windows
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?Resiliency and kindness – The biggest lessons I have learned (or reminded myself) working through the pandemic was resiliency & kindness.
2021 Year in Review: Donald Gelestino, Champion Elevator Corp.
How has your working environment changed over the last year?Ironically Champion was able to facilitate six acquisitions in the past year and had to integrate them during these trying times. All systems and
2021 Year in Review: Nancy Ruddy, CetraRuddy
What is the best advice you received in 2021, and who was it from?The best advice I received this year was related to a project but it translates well into a world view. My friend and client, David Greenbaum, in the
2021 Year in Review: David Schechtman, Meridian Capital Group
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?Our greatest professional accomplishments in the team I lead in Meridian’s middle-market investment sales business were
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