Spotlights

2019 Year in Review: Lisa Ferraro, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
Overcoming major objections in negotiations, in which the parties were so far apart it seemed there was never going to be a deal, and very, very carefully

2019 Year in Review: Lee Wasserman, LEW Corp.

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
Team LEW Corp. assisting NYCHA with lead based paint testing all 135,000 apartment units.

2019 Year in Review: Esti Broyde, Roey Realty LLC

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019? 
We started a new division focused on out of state multi family sales and equity placement. We have been focused on markets such as Florida, Texas,

2019 Year in Review: Annemarie DiCola, Trepp, LLC

What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2019?
This past year saw the fruition of a multi-year effort to create a consortium of U.S. commercial banks who aspired to assess peer level

2019 Year in Review: Michele Boddewyn, AIA, Boddewyn Gaynor Architects, d.p.c.

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2020?
The impact that online shopping has had on the retail market is well-established, which is leading manufacturers, retailers and event planners to find

2019 Year in Review: Jaclyn Peranteau, PE, Key Civil Engineering, PC

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
Over the last year I have established myself and firm as a go to women business enterprise and specifically with Stony Brook University.

2019 Year in Review: Edward Smith, Jr., Commercial Classroom LLC

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
I have reached a couple of new milestones in my teaching career. I have personally now trained 15,000 plus students in commercial real estate

2019 Year in Review: Ron Lanzo, AFR Furniture Rental Inc.

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
Getting promoted to the Director of National Accounts for the Commercial Division at AFR Furniture Rental.

2019 Year in Review: Ralph Perna, Newmark Knight Frank

What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2019? 
J P Express, trucking company has been trying–for over ten years–to find a location, with the amount of land required: 7 to 10 acres, zoned for

2019 Year in Review: Rod Santomassimo, The Massimo Group

What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2019?
We piloted several of our coaching programs with international CRE brokerage firms that are being picked up for implementation in 2020.