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What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2017? Creative collaboration with a new client on a 40 s/f corporate interior renovation transformation project from progress through final results. The spaces were designed to…

What trends will impact your business in 2018?  The proposed new tax cuts will positively impact our business as this will bring new capital investment in the real estate market by investors, developers and users. This in turn will lead to…

What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2017? I would like to say my involvement in the Stony Brook University Indoor Practice Facility Project.  It is a $9.5 million project and will serve the campus community…

What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2017? Completion of deployment of initial $100 million equity fund through leveraged acquisition of $250 million in Manhattan and Brooklyn multifamily transactions, and kickoff of…

What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2017? This year we funded our 250th loan transaction since inception. The vast majority of our loans are brought to us by

What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2017? One of the driving forces behind our success in 2017 is the expansion of our QTS (Quotes and Term Sheets) Banking Division. To meet surging demand and assure the best service in the…

What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2017? 2017 marked the completion of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)’s new office complex in Lawrence Township, NJ. AKF was an integral partner in…

What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2017? I served as project manager for the Greater East Midtown Rezoning Environmental Impact Statement, the largest rezoning in Manhattan since Hudson Yards in 2004. With the rezoning approved in August 2017, substantial new construction projects will begin to take shape. Over the next two decades, development resulting…

What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2017? That would be a tie between two very similar properties because they both show the value of the industrial land…

Who or what contributed to your success in 2017 and why? Community bankers on a local level have the capability to significantly support the resurgence of neighborhoods. 2017 has seen continued…

Who or what contributed to your success in 2017 and why? Our high success rate of closed business transactions can be attributed to the following: We maintain confidentiality throughout the entire process. The foundation for establishing a fair market price for a

What was the best decision you made in 2017 and why? Starting my own real estate brokerage firm specializing in commercial leasing and investment sales, primarily in the Harlem market. I now have the freedom to choose to work on my own projects and territories and I create…