2025 Ones to Watch - Rising Stars: Jimmy Cochran, JLL

What’s one challenge you’ve overcome in your career so far, and what did it teach you? Upon moving to JLL, my experience was limited to agency financing transactions, restricting my understanding of the broader multi-housing capital markets landscape. I’ve made it a priority to develop expertise across the multi-housing sector by working with the broader JLL debt team

2025 Ones to Watch - Rising Stars: Camila Morcos, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

What’s one challenge you’ve overcome in your career so far, and what did it teach you? One of the challenges I have faced early in my career has been navigating the steep learning curve of Property Tax Law while being a young attorney. Learning to immerse myself in this field has taught me to trust myself and to lean into the discomfort — by asking questions,

2025 Ones to Watch - Rising Stars: Stephen Segall, Triforce Commercial Real Estate

What recent professional milestone or project are you most proud of, and why? I am most proud of the team that we have put together at Triforce commercial real estate, Triforce Capital Partners. We have created an infrastructure and process that enable us to ably serve our clients in the multifamily, student housing, industrial sales and leasing and land development spaces

2025 Ones to Watch - Rising Stars: Nick Krasniqi, Compass

What’s one challenge you’ve overcome in your career so far, and what did it teach you? Starting in commercial real estate in Jan. 2021 during peak COVID taught me how to generate income in a slow market. With few investment sales happening, I pivoted to office and retail leasing to stay active and earn.

Developing Brooklyn: Brooklyn
Navy Yard STEAM Center Expansion

Brooklyn, NY Continuing its longstanding collaboration with the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the architecture and design firm Spacesmith’s expansion of the Brooklyn STEAM Center in Building 77 creates diverse spaces for learning, socializing and administration.

Developing Brooklyn:
Columbia Street Commons

Brooklyn, NY Columbia Street Commons, which will bring 371 units of much-needed 100% affordable and supportive housing to Red Hook, is one of the largest deals closed with NYC HPD in 2024. The project is the first of a three-phase, 661-unit development, which will be the first large-scale

Developing Brooklyn:
Bergen

Brooklyn, NY Designed by Taller Frida Escobedo, with master planning by DXA Studio, residential interiors by Workstead, and landscape design by DXA Studio and Patrick Cullina, Bergen balances the line of standing out and blending in: introducing a fresh new architectural gem to Brooklyn while honoring

Developing Brooklyn:
Clarkson Estates

Brooklyn, NY Currently under construction in Flatbush, Clarkson Estates is a 328-unit, permanently affordable housing development by CAMBA Housing Ventures. The nine-story building, designed by architects CetraRuddy, topped out in April and when completed will also

Developing Brooklyn:
Maxwell Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY Developed by Triangle Equities and The Michaels Organization, Maxwell Downtown Brooklyn is a 40-story, class-A, mixed-use residential high-rise tower downtown, ideally situated at 111 Willoughby St. across the street from the Jay Street-MetroTech subway station amid a slew

Developing Brooklyn: Shirley
Chisholm Recreation Center

Brooklyn, NY The new Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center is a landmark community project rising in the heart of East Flatbush that will serve as a welcoming neighborhood hub for local residents and families. Led by Consigli Construction Co., Inc. and Studio Gang, in coordination with NYC Department of Design & Construction