Category: Spotlight Content

2020 Ones to Watch: Daniel Hopkins, Lynx Mortgage Bank, LLC ~ Commercial Division

2020 Ones to Watch: Daniel Hopkins, Lynx Mortgage Bank, LLC ~ Commercial Division

August 18, 2020
Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career? Lynx Mortgage Bank, LLC’s Commercial Division recently just closed on a $12.5 million ground-up hotel in New Rochelle, N.Y. Being that this transaction was executed during a global
2020 Ones to Watch: Caroline Merck, CBRE

2020 Ones to Watch: Caroline Merck, CBRE

August 18, 2020
Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career? 399 Park Ave. was the first major building lease-up where I was involved from beginning to end.  I attended each of the design meetings, which determined
2020 Ones to Watch: Robert Kempner, Kempner Properties

2020 Ones to Watch: Robert Kempner, Kempner Properties

August 18, 2020
Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career?  After eight great years of retail brokerage deal making in Manhattan, the “game-changer” deal was my first building purchase: A six-unit multifamily
2020 Ones to Watch: Robert Logan, The Fuoco Group

2020 Ones to Watch: Robert Logan, The Fuoco Group

August 18, 2020
Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career? I was a gymnastics coach before I became a CPA. Now I coach companies in industries that range from real estate brokers and REITs, to construction and development firms. I like to
2020 Ones to Watch: Josh Winefsky, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

2020 Ones to Watch: Josh Winefsky, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

August 18, 2020
What do you like most about your job?  Our clients come to us with a vision for a property and task us with structuring and negotiating deals to realize that vision. Whether the deal is a
2020 Ones to Watch: Nathalia Bernardo, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

2020 Ones to Watch: Nathalia Bernardo, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

August 18, 2020
What led you to your current profession?  I took a business law course in college and loved it. When I got to my first law firm, I was a corporate attorney, but I was brought into a number of
2020 Ones to Watch: Leslie Berkoff, Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

2020 Ones to Watch: Leslie Berkoff, Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

August 18, 2020
Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career? Around 20 years ago I was fortunate to be retained by several large commercial real estate owners/operators in the Brooklyn area to act as debtors’ counsel in a
2020 Ones to Watch: William Bonesso, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

2020 Ones to Watch: William Bonesso, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

August 18, 2020
Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career? The expansion of the two Simon Malls on Long Island. At the Roosevelt Field Mall, I oversaw the creation of a new district by the Town of Hempstead for
2020 Ones to Watch: Brian Sahn, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

2020 Ones to Watch: Brian Sahn, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

August 18, 2020
Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career?  My initial project at FDT was to work on the disposition of an old moth-balled WWII defense contractor facility for the purpose of preparing the property for eventual sale. The project encompassed hundreds of acres of
August Spotlight: Ones to Watch

August Spotlight: Ones to Watch

August 18, 2020
New York, NY The New York Real Estate Journal has published its monthly spotlight, "Ones to Watch," focusing on
2020 Ones to Watch: Justin Rostoff, Klein Slowik PLLC

2020 Ones to Watch: Justin Rostoff, Klein Slowik PLLC

August 18, 2020
Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career?  Counseling local development corporations on implementing opportunity zone incentives into redevelopment agenda.
2020 Ones to Watch: Michael Cardillo, Compass Commercial Real Estate

2020 Ones to Watch: Michael Cardillo, Compass Commercial Real Estate

August 18, 2020
Which project, deal, or transaction was the “game-changer” in the advancement of your career? The East New York portfolio. This portfolio consisted of 13 non-contiguous development sites and was marketed during the middle of the first of the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) rezoning in