Spotlights

2019 Ones to Watch: Steve Williamson, Thasos

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months? I consider leading the launch of Thasos’ data portal as one of my greatest achievements this past year. Because of this platform, Thasos’ intelligence on shopping and retail properties is now available to an expansive list of commercial real estate firms in a much friendlier format. I am proud to be a…

2019 Ones to Watch: Adriana Contavalle, TEK Realty Advisors LLC

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months? In August of 2018 I joined TEK Realty Advisors, a boutique commercial real estate brokerage located in Astoria, Queens. During my first couple of months I recalibrated my focus and I made building a foundation in certain

2019 Ones to Watch: Gianluca Carrabs, Janover LLC

Who or what do you attribute to your success?  Working with partners that have allowed me to take ownership of client responsibility. This allowed me to be a trusted advisor and have direct interactions with clients at a high level which has led to my growth and development. Being around some very

2019 Ones to Watch: Joseph Sorbara, ACC Space

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months? My greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months is earning my position as director at ACC Space. The team recognized my success early in my career, closing approx. 30 deals in my first full year in the business and aggressively recruited me to

2019 Ones to Watch: Andrew Lieb, Lieb at Law, P.C. & Lieb School

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months? Launching sexualharassmenttrainingny.com, a digital training vendor, which offers a complete solution for HR professionals to satisfy their company’s compliance with both Labor Law §201-g and Local Law 96 of 2018, by way of

2019 Ones to Watch: Jonathan Ruiz, Urbahn Architects

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months?  In the past 12 months, with great satisfaction, I saw the completion of my latest project: the two-building, seven-story, 241-unit, 151,000 s/f Tides North Phase I rental residential development within the Arverne By the Sea waterfront community in

2019 Ones to Watch: Adam Kaufman, ArborCrowd

What advice can you offer to someone who is interested in a career in your industry? I would advise those looking to become successful in the nascent real estate crowdfunding industry to remember that real estate should remain the core focus in growing their platform – technology is the facilitator. Develop a strong knowledge of real estate investing, as this is how

2019 Ones to Watch: Alice Fair, CBRE

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months? In the last past 12 months, I was promoted to senior associate – a huge accomplishment that I had been working towards for nearly three years. I was also nominated by CBRE for REBNY’s Most Promising Commercial Salesperson of the Year Award. These accomplishments and recognitions came right after

2019 Ones to Watch: Dana Forbes, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months?  In March I was recognized with the “Top Hospitality Sale, Suffolk County” by LIBN for a property my team sold in East Hampton. It was a complicated property to sell. It had previously been on the market several times, using various agents without success

2019 Ones to Watch: Jesse Iadanza, AmTrust Title

Who or what do you attribute to your success?  As is true with every parcel of real estate, each transaction is unique and comes with its own set of facts and circumstances that must be carefully analyzed and considered. I attribute my success as an underwriter to