Spotlights

2019 Year in Review: Mark Stumer, Mojo Stumer Associates

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
2019 was a great year for Mojo Stumer Associates. We received recognition and awards for several projects, but we loved winning our 4th Innovation in Design Award from New York

2019 Year in Review: Steven Littman, Rhodes Associates

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019? 
Celebrating our firm’s 50th anniversary in business, our specialization in executive search and organizational consulting for the global real estate industry, and putting together an

2019 Year in Review: Carrie Villani, LERA

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
Winning the SMPS NY Marketing Communications Excellence Award for Project Pursuits was fantastic! As marketers we spend so much time on constant deadlines and frequent rejection. Being recognized by my peers for excelling despite that is really

2019 Year in Review: Shaun Riney, Marcus & Millichap

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
Closing the $112 million sale of six rent stabilized elevator buildings and transitioning the family completely into NNN assets that

2019 Year in Review: Marie Zere, Zere Real Estate Services

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2020?
The commercial real estate market will remain strong as long as the mortgage rates continue to stay low.

2019 Year in Review: Frank DeLucia, HUB International Northeast

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019? 
I was very grateful to have been honored by Community Mainstreaming Associates, Inc. (CMA) at their 25th Annual Golf and Tennis Tournament, which

2019 Year in Review: Jennifer Carey, JLC Environmental Consultants

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
I was proud to be inducted as a “Woman of Vision” by the Commercial Real Estate Women’s (CREW) Network this year. The honor is

2019 Year in Review: Jeff Rios, PE AKF Group

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2020?
2019 was a monumental year in NYC where building energy and emissions took center stage. Passed in April, Local Law 97 requires

2019 Year in Review: William Gati, AIA, Architecture Studio

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019?
I have learned to convert inquiries into billable feasibility studies, avoiding wasted speculative consultations and weeding out

2019 Year in Review: Rob Marek, E-Z Riser Roof Raising

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2020?
The distinction between industrial and retail will continue to blur in 2020 as e-commerce changes the way we live our lives. Suburban NY needs and will get