What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
Community service is very important. The support we were able to provide to the community via our Relief Access Program, and the
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
We’re thinking more broadly about where we work and how our work connects to other places. We’re reaching out to other places through
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
During the pandemic, I learned that I should have changed my cell phone from the “202” number I’ve had since college to a phone number with a
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
Traditional real estate companies will look to stay relevant through acquisition of PropTech companies. In 2021, New York City property values
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
2021 was a banner year for The Doe Fund’s growing portfolio of affordable and supportive housing. The organization opened three residences—Tiffany Court Plaza at
How has your working environment changed over the last year?
We equip employees with face shields, masks, gloves, sanitizing wipes, paper towels, and mandate their use. Crews also take extra precaution in
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
I completed the largest square footage deal of my career; 73,000 s/f with 30,000 s/f of outdoor space for City Lumber in Glendale Queens. It was
What is the best advice you received in 2021, and who was it from?
“Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been.
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021?
My greatest accomplishments were to sell not one but two, prime Fifth Ave. trophy properties for exceptional prices in the middle of a global pandemic. Having been
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
I see a slow recovery as the market wakes up and looks around at the smoking ruins before it builds confidence and starts to act. I see a new level of
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
As the saying and the song goes, people need people. And the pandemic has emphasized to me that people really need people, and in person.
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic?
Living in Manhattan and experiencing first-hand the effects of the pandemic on the city, I am heartened by the resilience of New Yorkers as we emerge from