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What inspired you to pursue a career in your industry, and what path brought you to your current role? My entire family is in the building trades. I’ve always been interested in the built environment, and being a real estate development lawyer was the closest I could come to building without wielding a hammer.

What inspired you to pursue a career in your industry, and what path brought you to your current role? My interest in real estate began early, shaped by watching my father build SKG Capital and seeing how ownership, operations and long-term thinking can affect communities.

What accomplishment or project so far in your career are you most proud of? The accomplishment I’m most proud of is the sale of 390 Court St. in Carroll Gardens. The property had been in the same family for generations, so it was about much more than getting a strong price.

What accomplishment or project so far in your career are you most proud of? My work on the renovation of New York Public Library’s Aguilar branch. When our team faced unforeseen conditions, I helped resolve critical elevation and benchmarking issues alongside engineers and surveyors

What inspired you to pursue a career in your industry, and what path brought you to your current role? I’ve always been fascinated by the built environment and the role real estate plays in shaping communities and creating economic opportunities. After studying real estate finance, I joined iStar because of its reputation for innovation and willingness to challenge conventional thinking.

b>What inspired you to pursue a career in your industry, and what path brought you to your current role? I was drawn to real estate finance because it combines legal complexity, business strategy, and tangible impact. Early in my career, I was most engaged by sophisticated transactions requiring creative structuring and collaboration across stakeholders.

What inspired you to pursue a career in your industry, and what path brought you to your current role? As a young lawyer, I recognized how relationship-centric both real estate and the practice of law are, and I was fortunate to find early mentors who inspired me to pursue a career in real estate. Over the years, I cultivated strong relationships with colleagues, clients and counterparties.

What accomplishment or project so far in your career are you most proud of? I’m most proud of sourcing and helping lead Time Equities’ acquisition of 323 East 19th St. in Brooklyn, the firm’s first New York City multifamily acquisition in over a decade. I was involved throughout the entire process, from sourcing and underwriting to diligence, closing, and ongoing asset management.

What accomplishment or project so far in your career are you most proud of? One of the deals I’m most proud of was arranging a $69.7 million bridge loan for Targo Capital’s acquisition of a seven-property mixed-use portfolio across downtown Manhattan.

What inspired you to pursue a career in your industry, and what path brought you to your current role? I was drawn to the lighting industry because it allows me to help shape spaces for some of the world’s most recognized companies and create environments where New Yorkers work and spend their time. Lighting helps shape those spaces in a real and visible way.

What accomplishment or project so far in your career are you most proud of? A few months after I started on the brokerage side of the industry, I had the opportunity to work on an assignment finding a manufacturing facility for a Canadian HDPE pipe manufacturing company.

What accomplishment or project so far in your career are you most proud of? Helping lead the sale of Omni Plaza, a 415,000 s/f, two-tower office portfolio in the core of downtown Albany, NY. Both buildings were significantly under-occupied, so the assignment wasn’t about selling existing cash flow. It was about helping the market see what the asset could become.