Category: Spotlight Content

Rachel Scelfo is a partner in Farrell Fritz’ land use, zoning, municipal litigation group. She rejoined the firm in September, having previously worked at the firm for eleven years.  Prior to rejoining the firm, Scelfo was most recently a member of the Town of Babylon team

Deborah Smith co-founded The CenterCap Group in 2009 and has served as CEO since its establishment. Leading a growing team of 14, Smith is focused on the firm’s strategic growth across all business lines and covers the consulting practice, frequently operating as team leader on assignments.

Greg Corbin has led his team for sux years, at a previous firm and now under its own banner as Northgate Real Estate Group, with a primary focus on origination, deal-making, business development, and company branding. In addition to actively working on deals and overseeing transactions, Corbin manages the firm and works closely with agents,

David Friedman joined Arbor in February 2022, responsible for leading Arbor’s loan syndicated lending platform, as well as developing strategic partnerships for loan origination to access new sources of capital. In May 2024, Friedman took on expanded roles of chief credit officer of all of Arbor’s non-agency lending products

Christopher Albanese is president of the Albanese Organization (Albanese), a full-service real estate development and management firm with 75 years of experience in all facets of real estate. Albanese has built over seven million s/f of real estate in the greater New York metropolitan area, including pioneering multifamily rentals in partnership with New York State and Battery Park City Authority

For the past twelve years, Richard Maltz has led a team of seventeen dedicated professionals, most of whom have been with Maltz Auctions for well over twenty years. His primary responsibilities include strengthening client relationships, strategic planning, fostering an inclusive and motivated work environment, and steering the company towards continuous growth during uncertain times.

Christopher Sameth joined JLL in 2021 after helping build Skyline AI, a start-up company developing advanced AI for commercial real estate investment. Skyline AI was acquired by JLL and Sameth joined the global real estate services company as head of innovation and capital markets quantitative investments where he now oversees a team of 20 employees.

Kevin Paul oversees H2M’s private sector real estate discipline, which includes private sector architecture and structural engineering real estate teams in Melville and a private sector architecture team in NYC. He manages and facilitates all phases of

Elie Rieder is the founder and CEO of Castle Lanterra and has been an active real estate investor, owner and manager since 1998. He has acquired over 20,000 multifamily units and invested across various sectors, including residential, office, hospitality, and retail. Specializing in value-add acquisitions,

Jason Karp has held the role of director of preconstruction for over 18 months now but really started focusing on Shawmut’s preconstruction efforts during the pandemic. That unique moment in time pushed the industry to lean into new technologies and improve the way we communicate, plan,

Max Pastor has been at Time Equities, Inc. (TEI) for nine years, recently stepping into his role of chief operating officer on September 1, 2024. In this role, Pastor oversees company operations, growth and expansion, implements new initiatives and sources strategic

Gary Kao joined Dealpath in 2014 as a member of the company’s founding team and has since been instrumental to its consistent growth over the past decade. After spending four years building out Dealpath’s customer success operations in San Francisco, Kao