Category: Spotlight Content

2021 Year in Review: William Gati, Architecture Studio

2021 Year in Review: William Gati, Architecture Studio

December 28, 2021
What is the best advice you received in 2021, and who was it from? The best advice I received in 2021 was from the Bible during an in depth study. Nehemiah 8:10. The Joy of the Lord is your Strength. This means that
2021 Year in Review: Richard Maltz, Maltz Auctions

2021 Year in Review: Richard Maltz, Maltz Auctions

December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? Just pivot. Two small words can make a massive difference in the trajectory of a business. Prior to COVID, we engaged a company to build Maltz Auctions its
2021 Year in Review: Bryan Wengroff, HE2PD, Inc.

2021 Year in Review: Bryan Wengroff, HE2PD, Inc.

December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? Completing 1425 Fulton St. in Brooklyn. It is a nine-story, 26-unit building with
2021 Year in Review: David Koffler, Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP

2021 Year in Review: David Koffler, Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP

December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? The sale of a landmarked, century-old hotel in New York City was an interesting, challenging, complex and ultimately rewarding multidisciplinary transaction. The heavily negotiated deal contended with
2021 Year in Review: Colin Montoute, WXY architecture + urban design

2021 Year in Review: Colin Montoute, WXY architecture + urban design

December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? We’ve needed to continually question how we work our values and then, our client base. For a firm like ours that is strongly civic minded, that
2021 Year in Review: Chuck Merritt, Merritt Environmental

2021 Year in Review: Chuck Merritt, Merritt Environmental

December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? That with the right equipment for the staff, working remotely is possible and productivity doesn’t need to
2021 Year in Review: James Pirot, Cresa

2021 Year in Review: James Pirot, Cresa

December 28, 2021
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022? Commercial property owners and managers will need to implement more interactive and occupier-friendly technology within their buildings, showcased as
2021 Year in Review: Peter Sabesan, Cresa

2021 Year in Review: Peter Sabesan, Cresa

December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? Closing on 90,000 s/f of renewal leases at two separate locations for LIM College may have eclipsed all our other 2021 deals. Because the transactions were
2021 Year in Review: Zeynep Ekemen, Silver Defender

2021 Year in Review: Zeynep Ekemen, Silver Defender

December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? When we began Silver Defender, we did not know the demand that the product would have. To sit down and actually learn about the technology and the
2021 Year in Review: Barry Sunshine, Janover LLC

2021 Year in Review: Barry Sunshine, Janover LLC

December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? During the pandemic, my clients leaned on me and my firm for guiding and assisting them through these very rough times. This guidance included
2021 Year in Review: Christine Barshtak, Finaly General Contracting Corp.

2021 Year in Review: Christine Barshtak, Finaly General Contracting Corp.

December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? Nothing matters if you don’t have your health. All the money, all the prestige, all the success – none of
2021 Year in Review: Peter Morandi, LEED AP, Eastman Cooke Construction

2021 Year in Review: Peter Morandi, LEED AP, Eastman Cooke Construction

December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? Scrappy bootstrapping! We learned to adapt by working cohesively at minimalist levels, actually right-sizing when the pandemic struck. We continued and even