2022 Year in Review: Michael Clawar, Altus Group

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2022? My biggest accomplishment was at 27 years old, I ideated, built, and sold StratoDem Analytics for $24.4 million to Altus.

2022 Year in Review: Eric Lanter, Offit Kurman, P.A.

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Increased interest rates have led many of my clients to rethink their business models and diversify into new areas.

2022 Year in Review: Arnold Peck, Arnold Peck's Property World

What was your most important professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal or transaction in 2022? 2022 made its mark by bringing new life to development projects that stalled out during the 2008 recession.

2022 Year in Review: Esti Broyde, Roey Realty

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2022?  The syndication of a 100+ unit Highrise building, with the contract signing in under two weeks. 

2022 Year in Review: Mark Fogel, ACRES Capital

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? I believe that the impact of the pandemic on the office sector affected the commercial real estate industry the most this year.

2022 Year in Review: Jonathan Fiato, Shawmut Design and Construction

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? In the race for tenants, premier developers are incorporating high design in properties.

2022 Year in Review: Jamie Schwartz, Hudson Valley iCampus

What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The high demand for life sciences and biomed/tech space.

2022 Year in Review: Graham Christensen, Douglaston Development

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The expiration of the Affordable New York Housing Program (421a) will drastically diminish the industry’s ability to construct new rental housing and greatly exasperate the city’s housing affordability crisis, which ultimately affects New Yorkers of all income levels. 

2022 Year in Review: Thomas Donovan, B6 Real Estate Advisors

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year?  The rising interest rate environment had the greatest impact on the commercial real estate market in 2022.

2022 Year in Review: Amanda Kaminsky, Lendlease

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The federal Inflation Reduction Act and New York’s Local Law 97 incentivize greenhouse gas emission reductions.