Spotlights

2020 Ones to Watch: Robert Kempner, Kempner Properties

Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career? 
After eight great years of retail brokerage deal making in Manhattan, the “game-changer” deal was my first building purchase: A six-unit multifamily

2020 Ones to Watch: Robert Logan, The Fuoco Group

Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career?
I was a gymnastics coach before I became a CPA. Now I coach companies in industries that range from real estate brokers and REITs, to construction and development firms. I like to

2020 Ones to Watch: Josh Winefsky, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

What do you like most about your job? 
Our clients come to us with a vision for a property and task us with structuring and negotiating deals to realize that vision. Whether the deal is a

2020 Ones to Watch: Nathalia Bernardo, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

What led you to your current profession? 
I took a business law course in college and loved it. When I got to my first law firm, I was a corporate attorney, but I was brought into a number of

2020 Ones to Watch: Leslie Berkoff, Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career?
Around 20 years ago I was fortunate to be retained by several large commercial real estate owners/operators in the Brooklyn area to act as debtors’ counsel in a

2020 Ones to Watch: William Bonesso, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career?
The expansion of the two Simon Malls on Long Island. At the Roosevelt Field Mall, I oversaw the creation of a new district by the Town of Hempstead for

2020 Ones to Watch: Brian Sahn, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career? 
My initial project at FDT was to work on the disposition of an old moth-balled WWII defense contractor facility for the purpose of preparing the property for eventual sale. The project encompassed hundreds of acres of

August Spotlight: Ones to Watch

New York, NY The New York Real Estate Journal has published its monthly spotlight, "Ones to Watch," focusing on

2020 Ones to Watch: Justin Rostoff, Klein Slowik PLLC

Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career? 
Counseling local development corporations on implementing opportunity zone incentives into redevelopment agenda.

2020 Ones to Watch: Michael Cardillo, Compass Commercial Real Estate

Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career?
The East New York portfolio. This portfolio consisted of 13 non-contiguous development sites and was marketed during the middle of the first of the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) rezoning in