2022 Year in Review: Sarah Lansdale, Suffolk County Industrial Dev. Agency

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year?  Commercial real estate in Suffolk County is still at a premium with occupancy rates holding at record highs.

2022 Year in Review: Barry Schmidt, Schmidt Construction Consulting

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State legislature for failing to renew or replace the 421A program for affordable housing.

2022 Year in Review: Andrew Borek, Alan Margolin & Associates

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? As a consulting engineering firm focused on structural design and special inspections

2022 Year in Review: Lee Wasserman, LEW Environmental Services

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year?  An ongoing project identified a flaw in the city’s lead-based paint inspections due to differences in testing equipment.

2022 Year in Review: Ryan Nelson, Turnbridge Equities

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Increasing demand for efficient and reliable supply chain solutions is a trend greatly impacting the logistics/warehousing industry.

2022 Year in Review: Joel Kraut, BridgeXFunding

What person, project, transaction or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year?  Our market influencer of the year is, COFR, James Powell. The speed of the Fed tightened and was unforeseen by the majority of market players.  With the cost

Ones to Watch Fall 2022: Nicholas Godfred, Lantern Real Estate

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of? I am proud of recently closing the construction financing for a large limited service hotel in South Florida.

Ones to Watch Fall 2022: Yaron Cohen, Sharefront

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of? I am very proud of launching a new co-retail platform called Sharefront, where we bring the most compatible on competing businesses together.

Ones to Watch Fall 2022: Kenny Eisman, HUB International

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of? Recently, we helped a client secure insurance for a substantial number of buildings as their first major purchase.

Ones to Watch Fall 2022: Trisha Connolly, Avison Young

Tell us about a mentor or role model that has influenced your career choices? It has become apparent as I continue to grow professionally and personally that my role model is Angela Connolly, my mom. I grew up with a mother who managed to do it all, and still does, for her family and her community.