Spotlights
2021 Year in Review: Brent Glodowski, Avison Young
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?During the pandemic, I learned that I should have changed my cell phone from the “202” number I’ve had since college to a phone number with a
2021 Year in Review: L.D. Salmanson, Cherre
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?Traditional real estate companies will look to stay relevant through acquisition of PropTech companies. In 2021, New York City property values
2021 Year in Review: Elizabeth Lion, The Doe Fund
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?2021 was a banner year for The Doe Fund’s growing portfolio of affordable and supportive housing. The organization opened three residences—Tiffany Court Plaza at
2021 Year in Review: Bill McGuire, Concrete Washout Systems
How has your working environment changed over the last year?We equip employees with face shields, masks, gloves, sanitizing wipes, paper towels, and mandate their use. Crews also take extra precaution in
2021 Year in Review: Josh Berger, Norman Bobrow & Co.
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?I completed the largest square footage deal of my career; 73,000 s/f with 30,000 s/f of outdoor space for City Lumber in Glendale Queens. It was
2021 Year in Review: Dave Margolius, Shawmut Design and Construction
What is the best advice you received in 2021, and who was it from?“Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been.
2021 Year in Review: Adelaide Polsinelli, Compass
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?My greatest accomplishments were to sell not one but two, prime Fifth Ave. trophy properties for exceptional prices in the middle of a global pandemic. Having been
2021 Year in Review: Steven Kratchman, Steven Kratchman Architect, PC
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?I see a slow recovery as the market wakes up and looks around at the smoking ruins before it builds confidence and starts to act. I see a new level of
2021 Year in Review: Buzz Riley, LEED AP, AECOM
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?As the saying and the song goes, people need people. And the pandemic has emphasized to me that people really need people, and in person.
2021 Year in Review: Kenne Shepherd, Kenne Shepherd Interior Design Architecture PLLC
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?Living in Manhattan and experiencing first-hand the effects of the pandemic on the city, I am heartened by the resilience of New Yorkers as we emerge from
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