Spotlights

This week features New York Real Estate Journal's
2025 Developing Long Island Fall Spotlight!

This week features New York Real Estate Journal's 2025 Developing Long Island Fall Spotlight!

Developing Long Island: Sterling North America
Delivers 10x on Jobs with Suffolk County IDA Help

Hauppauge, NY Sterling North America, a leading provider of commercial print management services, is expanding once again in Suffolk County with the support of the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency (SCIDA). The company is investing more than $6 million to acquire and renovate

Developing Long Island:
Hampton Inn and Suites by Hilton

Farmingdale, NY Racanelli Construction Company Inc., a commercial construction firm serving the Tri-State area, has completed a new four-story, 101-unit hotel. The project adds a modern and amenity-rich hospitality option to the area and represents another milestone in Racanelli’s

Developing Long Island: Authentic Window Design - A Bold New
Chapter for the Tri-State’s Premier Window and Door Experts

strong>Syosset, NY For decades, Authentic Window Design (AWD), a Lavitt Company, has been a household name for homeowners and building professionals across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Associated with exceptional windows, doors, and service, this trusted leader is taking a major step forward as a company.

Developing Long Island: David S. Mack Center For Training And Intelligence | Harry Singh, Bolla Charity Foundation Training Village

Garden City, NY SPECTOR companies proudly designed the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence | Harry Singh, Bolla Charity Foundation Training Village, the nation’s first immersive training environment for law enforcement. The state-of-the-art Intel Center

Developing Long Island: SeaWolves Village at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY Key Civil Engineering (KCE) was contracted by Stony Brook University to provide civil engineering services for a major new housing development on the university’s north campus. The project includes the construction of 600 student beds across five dormitory buildings

Developing Long Island: The Grove Apartments

Brookhaven, NY The Grove Apartments (The Grove) is a three-building, 55-unit mixed-use development in East Patchogue (400 E. Main St.) delivering affordable and supportive housing alongside nearly 1,000 s/f of ground-floor commercial space, to be leased to local nonprofits or small businesses

2025 Women in CRE:
Alexandra Koretski, Spacesmith

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? I’ve been fortunate to work on projects from s ecure government facilities to high-end retail, hospitality, and higher education. The most rewarding is the Brooklyn STEAM Center expansion.

2025 Women in CRE:
Jennifer Hower, Esq., Herman Katz LLP

What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? A skill that is essential to success in the commercial tax certiorari practice is the ability to listen and actually hear what others are saying. Active listening helps you to fully understand the issues at hand

2025 Women in CRE:
Carol Rizzo, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? With over three decades practicing tax assessment review law, I do not have just one rewarding case as I have saved taxpayers millions of dollars over the years.