Category: Spotlight Content

2023 Year in Review: Sean McLoughlin, McAlpine Contracting

2023 Year in Review: Sean McLoughlin, McAlpine Contracting

December 26, 2023
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? I led McAlpine Contracting’s team that has successfully completed four specialized luxury veterinary clinics totaling more than $10 million in construction value. They required coordination
2023 Year in Review: Charles Rich, CA Rich Consultants

2023 Year in Review: Charles Rich, CA Rich Consultants

December 26, 2023
What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2024? Green remediation is a market trend for sustainable reuse of ‘brownfield’ sites. Development projects benefit from greener cleanups both economically and socially. Because excavation and off-site disposal
2023 Year in Review: Andrew Borek, Alan Margolin & Associates

2023 Year in Review: Andrew Borek, Alan Margolin & Associates

December 26, 2023
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? In a strategic move aimed at solidifying its position in the South Florida market, AMAA has successfully acquired Bryntesen Engineering
2023 Year in Review: Eugene Mekhtiyev, MC Architecture

2023 Year in Review: Eugene Mekhtiyev, MC Architecture

December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The new type of speculative developments of K-12 educational buildings in NYC has created opportunities for the AEC industry. IMC has designed
2023 Year in Review: Gary Zamperelli, Nationwide Security Service

2023 Year in Review: Gary Zamperelli, Nationwide Security Service

December 26, 2023
What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2024? There is no trend larger or that will have a major impact on the security industry than artificial intelligence (AI). Security AI trend would also include a blend of AI and cybersecurity.
2023 Year in Review: Donald Henry, Jr., Urbahn Architects

2023 Year in Review: Donald Henry, Jr., Urbahn Architects

December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? NYC’s decision to contract its projects in the design/build method has opened new opportunities for the AEC industry and improved the quality of public work
2023 Year in Review: Warren Dubitsky, Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes & Clyne, LLP

2023 Year in Review: Warren Dubitsky, Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes & Clyne, LLP

December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The swift increase in interest rates and resulting jump in cap rates over the last 18 months has dramatically changed our practice. Clients
2023 Year in Review: Jason Hoffman, Armanino LLP

2023 Year in Review: Jason Hoffman, Armanino LLP

December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? 2023 was the year of the high interest rate, and that touched every real estate deal from homes to class A commercial. Whether our clients needed
2023 Year in Review: Steve Powell, Vista Skywall Systems

2023 Year in Review: Steve Powell, Vista Skywall Systems

December 26, 2023
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? Vista Skywall Systems is installing the building façade for 90Ninety, a new major mixed-income development in Jamaica, Queens. For this
2023 Year in Review: David West, Hill West Architects

2023 Year in Review: David West, Hill West Architects

December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Hill West has noted an increase in the number of office-to-residential conversions being studied. Recently, I led a conference with AIA New York on the
2023 Year in Review: Jennifer Djurkovic, Djurkovic Investment Properties

2023 Year in Review: Jennifer Djurkovic, Djurkovic Investment Properties

December 26, 2023
What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2024? As 2023 is coming to a close, we can reflect on recent property trades to predict trends in the market. I bet my stack of chips that 2024 will be the year that NYC multifamily will make a comeback and
2023 Year in Review: Cem Savas, Plentific

2023 Year in Review: Cem Savas, Plentific

December 26, 2023
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Recognizing the growing need for centralization among the labor and supply shortages, Plentific successfully launched two new modules – compliance