Category: Spotlight Content
2025 Ones to Watch - Rising Stars: Mallory Ortman, Gensler
June 24, 2025
What recent professional milestone or project are you most proud of, and why? I’m most proud of my role in shaping JPMorgan Chase’s new global headquarters at 270 Park — a pivotal project that redefines the modern workplace and sets a new standard for future workplaces from occupant experience, high-performing workspaces to sustainably-driven choices.
2025 Ones to Watch - Rising Stars: Jesse Kopecky, Greystone
June 24, 2025
What recent professional milestone or project are you most proud of, and why? In 2024, I helped lead the $560 million refinance of 3Eleven, a 60-story, 938-unit high-rise in Hudson Yards. It was the largest financing in Greystone’s history and a major milestone for me professionally.
2025 Ones to Watch - Rising Stars: Taylor Kulik, Shawmut Design and Construction
June 24, 2025
What recent professional milestone or project are you most proud of, and why? I recently completed the most complex and rewarding project of my career: the new David Zwirner Gallery on 19th St. in Chelsea. Our talented project team successfully navigated major technical challenges — from installing 100-ft. piles with only 13 ft. of clearance
2025 Ones to Watch - Rising Stars: Jimmy Cochran, JLL
June 24, 2025
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
June 24, 2025
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
June 24, 2025
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
June 24, 2025
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.
Question of the month: What are the most cost-effective upgrades a building can make to improve prop...
June 10, 2025
In a market where square footage is a bonus and closets and storage spaces are tight, secure on-site storage is no longer a luxury amenity — it’s a necessity. Whether you’re managing a rental property, sitting on a co-op board, or overseeing a condo association, one
Tariffs and property taxes on Long Island - by Brad and Sean Cronin
June 10, 2025
Tariffs have far-reaching implications beyond international trade. On Long Island, the imposition of tariffs on imported materials has begun to ripple through the commercial real estate sector, influencing costs, property values, and, consequently, property taxes.
Developing Brooklyn: Brooklyn
Navy Yard STEAM Center Expansion
May 27, 2025
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
May 27, 2025
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
May 27, 2025
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
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