Category: Spotlight Content

2021 Year in Review: Nick Malagisi, SVN Commercial Realty

2021 Year in Review: Nick Malagisi, SVN Commercial Realty

December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year? We geared up to learn and depend more on social media; data information companies; and technical hardware to produce results which will benefit us
2021 Year in Review: Ron Koenigsberg, American Investment Properties

2021 Year in Review: Ron Koenigsberg, American Investment Properties

December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? Our greatest accomplishment of 2021 is our company’s focus. Our first goal was to
2021 Year in Review: Ray Wu, Wynd Technologies Inc.

2021 Year in Review: Ray Wu, Wynd Technologies Inc.

December 28, 2021
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? The coronavirus pandemic has reinforced some of humanity’s longest-held wisdom—that strife is the soil from which growth stems.
2021 Year in Review: Thomas Kearns, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

2021 Year in Review: Thomas Kearns, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

December 28, 2021
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? I represented (along with a full team of Olshan lawyers and a team from Simpson Thatcher) the historic, century old Kaufman Astoria Studios in its sale to
2021 Year in Review: Matthew Soble, Bright Power

2021 Year in Review: Matthew Soble, Bright Power

December 28, 2021
How has your working environment changed over the last year? Zoom and remote work enabled many efficiencies and productivity gains from time formerly spent in transit. As workplaces reopened, it was great to
2021 Year in Review: Eva Hatzaki, Andromeda

2021 Year in Review: Eva Hatzaki, Andromeda

December 28, 2021
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
2021 Year in Review: Adam Lubinsky, PhD, AIC, WXY architecture + urban design

2021 Year in Review: Adam Lubinsky, PhD, AIC, WXY architecture + urban design

December 28, 2021
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
2021 Year in Review: Brent Glodowski, Avison Young

2021 Year in Review: Brent Glodowski, Avison Young

December 28, 2021
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
2021 Year in Review: L.D. Salmanson, Cherre

2021 Year in Review: L.D. Salmanson, Cherre

December 28, 2021
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
2021 Year in Review: Elizabeth Lion, The Doe Fund

2021 Year in Review: Elizabeth Lion, The Doe Fund

December 28, 2021
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
2021 Year in Review: Bill McGuire, Concrete Washout Systems

2021 Year in Review: Bill McGuire, Concrete Washout Systems

December 28, 2021
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
2021 Year in Review: Josh Berger, Norman Bobrow & Co.

2021 Year in Review: Josh Berger, Norman Bobrow & Co.

December 28, 2021
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