Spotlights

2019 Ones to Watch: Erika Reuter, HOK

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months? I was the project manager for the recently completed 700,000 s/f WPP Offices at 3 World Trade Center. It was the most complex project I’ve managed in my career to date. WPP, a creative transformation company, co-located 4,000 employees from

2019 Ones to Watch: Camille Renshaw, B+E

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months? Our joint venture with RCX Capital Group to serve a wider spectrum of 1031 needs. RCX’s online 1031 Exchange Hub will help exchangers analyze beneficial interests in Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) offered by Inland and other sponsors, while the B+E platform helps…

2019 Ones to Watch: Malcolm Punch, Total Safety

Who or what do you attribute to your success? I attribute my success to my parents Richard and Ursulina Punch. They instilled in me the importance of education and hard work. I was lucky to have these two individuals as an example to model my life after. Both of my parents grew up extremely poor and through education were able to

2019 Ones to Watch: Grant Dolgin, Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates

Who or what do you attribute to your success?  For 115 years, KDA has had four generations leading the firm at various times, which is an amazing accomplishment. I’m proud to be part of that legacy, and grateful for the strong examples of leadership I’ve learned from during my career. We’ve seen the tremendous…

2019 Ones to Watch: Conor Krup, Lee & Associates NYC

If you have a mentor, who is it and how have they influenced your personal & professional growth? I have been lucky enough to learn from my senior colleagues Dennis Someck and Justin Myers as well as my mentor, Gregg Lorberbaum, who is a thirty-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry. Throughout my time in the industry, Gregg has provided me with…

2019 Ones to Watch: Kevin Peterman, Key Civil Engineering

What advice can you offer to someone who is interested in a career in your industry? My father once said: “Take the best part of every person around you. Take their knowledge, their problem solving, their intuition, and absorb all you can. Use these to evolve who you are, as a person and as an engineer.” An important lesson…

2019 Ones to Watch: Erin Kiernan, Marks Paneth LLP

Who or what do you attribute to your success? I attribute my success to my parents, who taught my three siblings and I the importance of a strong work ethic. In addition to being hardworking, both of my parents are also very creative– another trait I am…

2019 Ones to Watch: Nicholas Strachovsky, K.O.W. ARMA Development Consultants

If you have a mentor, who is it and how have they influenced your personal & professional growth?  My father was a mentor. Unfortunately, I lost him early in life but he was a self-made man. He came from being a poor student and mechanic in Queens to a thriving cardiologist with his…

2019 Ones to Watch:Daniel Berman, Kramer Levin

Who or what do you attribute to your success? When I originally decided to go to law school and subsequently joined Kramer Levin to specialize in real estate, I wasn’t looking at where I would be when I graduated or two years into the job. Instead, I tried to picture my career in…

2019 Ones to Watch: Christopher White, Montroy DeMarco Architecture, LLP

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months?  As both job captain and project manager, I have successfully completed the exterior and interior redevelopment of Long Island City’s Austell Place Building. The project converted this historic four-story, 50,000 s/f property, a former…