Category: Spotlight Content

2021 Year in Review: Yaakov Zar, Lev

2021 Year in Review: Yaakov Zar, Lev

December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022? I think that CRE finance is going to change a lot in the next year. I am a believer that the current capital markets environment
2021 Year in Review: Hugo Ramirez, Adler Windows

2021 Year in Review: Hugo Ramirez, Adler Windows

December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? Resiliency and kindness – The biggest lessons I have learned (or reminded myself) working through the pandemic was resiliency & kindness.
2021 Year in Review: Donald Gelestino, Champion Elevator Corp.

2021 Year in Review: Donald Gelestino, Champion Elevator Corp.

December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year? Ironically Champion was able to facilitate six acquisitions in the past year and had to integrate them during these trying times. All systems and
2021 Year in Review: Nancy Ruddy, CetraRuddy

2021 Year in Review: Nancy Ruddy, CetraRuddy

December 28, 2021
What is the best advice you received in 2021, and who was it from? The best advice I received this year was related to a project but it translates well into a world view. My friend and client, David Greenbaum, in the
2021 Year in Review: David Schechtman, Meridian Capital Group

2021 Year in Review: David Schechtman, Meridian Capital Group

December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? Our greatest professional accomplishments in the team I lead in Meridian’s middle-market investment sales business were
2021 Year in Review: Emir Hot, Matrix Technology Group LLC

2021 Year in Review: Emir Hot, Matrix Technology Group LLC

December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022? We are a technology infrastructure company focused on commercial interior work. Our industry was hit hard as interior fitouts declined as a
2021 Year in Review: Rafael Stein AIA, Urbahn Architects

2021 Year in Review: Rafael Stein AIA, Urbahn Architects

December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? We’re working on several projects aiming at bringing humane conditions and quality healthcare to inmates housed at the Rikers Island Correctional Facility.
2021 Year in Review: James Famularo, Meridian Capital Group

2021 Year in Review: James Famularo, Meridian Capital Group

December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022? As this year ends, I strongly believe that the challenges commercial real estate professionals faced during the pandemic are
2021 Year in Review: Marc Spector, FAIA, Spectorgroup

2021 Year in Review: Marc Spector, FAIA, Spectorgroup

December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022? #BouncingForward is well underway on all cylinders for Spectorgroup in our various practices. We continue to evolve as a firm, always providing
2021 Year in Review: John Nolan, McAlpine Contracting

2021 Year in Review: John Nolan, McAlpine Contracting

December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? There are three projects that I am particularly proud of, including the new $1 million Manhattan flagship showroom and store we built for the
2021 Year in Review: Zahra Jafri, Lynx Mortgage Bank LLC, Commercial Division

2021 Year in Review: Zahra Jafri, Lynx Mortgage Bank LLC, Commercial Division

December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year? The pandemic presented many challenges to our industry throughout the last
2021 Year in Review: Jeremy Plofker, Urban Standard Capital

2021 Year in Review: Jeremy Plofker, Urban Standard Capital

December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year? My work environment changed from being jobsite- and office-based to being productive from locations that bring joy to other parts of my life, primarily