Spotlights

2023 Year in Review: Donald Henry, Jr., Urbahn Architects

What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? NYC’s decision to contract its projects in the design/build method has opened new opportunities for the AEC industry and improved the quality of public work

2023 Year in Review: Warren Dubitsky, Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes & Clyne, LLP

What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The swift increase in interest rates and resulting jump in cap rates over the last 18 months has dramatically changed our practice. Clients

2023 Year in Review: Jason Hoffman, Armanino LLP

What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? 2023 was the year of the high interest rate, and that touched every real estate deal from homes to class A commercial. Whether our clients needed

2023 Year in Review: Steve Powell, Vista Skywall Systems

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? Vista Skywall Systems is installing the building façade for 90Ninety, a new major mixed-income development in Jamaica, Queens. For this

2023 Year in Review: David West, Hill West Architects

What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Hill West has noted an increase in the number of office-to-residential conversions being studied. Recently, I led a conference with AIA New York on the

2023 Year in Review: Jennifer Djurkovic, Djurkovic Investment Properties

What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2024? As 2023 is coming to a close, we can reflect on recent property trades to predict trends in the market. I bet my stack of chips that 2024 will be the year that NYC multifamily will make a comeback and

2023 Year in Review: Cem Savas, Plentific

What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Recognizing the growing need for centralization among the labor and supply shortages, Plentific successfully launched two new modules – compliance

2023 Year in Review: Omar Eltorai, Altus Group

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? My greatest professional achievement this year was the launch of Altus’ Research team, which allowed us to connect our data with context from capital

2023 Year in Review: Sandra Tripp, Huntsman Architectural Group

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? As part of a global, data-driven workplace strategy for Moody’s, we designed and implemented a new workplace focused on “Purpose First” for

2023 Year in Review: Gary Li, Kostow Greenwood Architects

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? Completing the transformation of the top floor in the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 127 into the new R&D space for Smart Design. With collaboration as