Rising stars.

Paul J. Amrich

Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

Since joining Cushman & Wakefield in 1995, Paul Amrich has been lead broker in the successful lease-up of more than 7,000,000 SF of Class A property in Midtown Manhattan. A Senior Director based in the firm's Midtown office, his most recent accomplishments include the lease-up of more than 350,000 SF on behalf of Macklowe Properties at 2 Grand Central Tower, and 60,000 RSF for The Paramount Group at 150 East 52nd Street and 1633 Broadway. In 2002, he received Cushman & Wake field's Strategic Agency Services Award for the leasing of 150,000 SF at 1370 Avenue of the Americas, which resulted in the disposition of the property and a 150 percent return on investment to ownership within an 18-month period of time. In 2001, Amrich received a Client Commitment Award in the successful brokering of 14 leasing transactions totaling more than 700,000 SF of 9/11 disaster recovery space on behalf of the Bank of New York. He holds an active membership in the Young Men's/Young Women's Real Estate Association of New York and the Real' Estate Board of New York, and is a 1995 alumnus of Campbell University, where he received his BA in Business Administration, majoring in marketing and management.

Matthew Barlow

Studley

Matthew Barlow joined Studley in 1989 and has since consistently been one of the firm's top brokers, leveraging his engineering and financial background. While a full service broker, his specialty is providing a consultative approach to developing operational and financial strategic plans that enable his clients to make informed decisions. Barlow also specializes in the negotiation of municipal incentives on behalf of his clients.

Some of Mr. Barlow's more notable transactional accomplishments include: the 460,000-square-foot relocation of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP to One World Financial Center; Ann Taylor's 300,000-square-foot headquarters relocation to Times Square Tower; the city-wide strategic plan for Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers resulting in a 100,000 consolidation at 450 West 33rd Street; Jones Day's build-to-suit for over 300,000 SF; the one-million-square-foot build-to-suit world headquarters for Time Warner at Columbus Circle; and Manhattan's largest lease transaction ever, completed in 1999, a 1.5-million-square-foot restructure and extension of Time Inc.'s corporate headquarters lease at 1271 Avenue of the Americas.

He regularly conducts training seminars for the firm's professionals on wide-ranging topics including finance, strategic planning, portfolio advisory, and value engineering.

Barlow graduated Cum Laude from at Boston University with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and Finance.

Stephen R. Bellwood

Colliers ABR, Inc.

Stephen Bellwood began his career in the commercial real estate business in January of 1999 at GVA Grimley International Property Advisors in London, UK as an Associate in the City Agency Group. He joined Colliers ABR, Inc. in June of 2000. He is one of the few young brokers who have international real estate, corporate real estate, tenant representation and landlord representation experience.

As a tenant representative, Bellwood has participated in over 200,000 SF of commercial leases. As a leasing agent, Bellwood has participated in over 400,000 SF of commercial leases. He is currently the leasing agent for 550 Fifth Avenue, a building that he successfully repositioned as NY's preeminent jewelry building, and he was responsible for executing six leases comprising of 25,327 SF to a prestigious roster of tenants. He is also leasing agent for 50 and 52 Broadway and 598 Madison Avenue.

Bellwood holds a BA from Castleton State College. In his spare time, he is a coach for Harlem RBI, an organization that provides inner city youth with opportunities to play baseball and softball, learn, grow, and be inspired to recognize their potential. He is a member of The Young Men's/Women's Real Estate Association and CoreNet Global.

Peter Capuciati

Studley

Peter Capuciati joined Studley in 1991 as an intern-analyst. He became assistant director in 1995, was promoted to managing director in 1997 and became the firm's youngest executive managing director in 2002. Capuciati currently heads the consulting arm of Studley's Corporate Services Group, which he was instrumental in creating.

Capuciati has the keen ability to bridge the world of corporate finance and commercial real estate to create custom financial structures to meet his clients' needs. He has a long history of creating innovative products, services and new approaches to strategic advisory and financial planning services to national clients. Additionally, Capuciati has been directly involved with more than $3.5 billion of leasing, disposition and structured finance transactions.

Capuciati has 13 years of real estate and finance experience. He has provided strategic and financial planning services for clients including SunGard Recovery Services, Mitsui Sumitomo, Marsh & McLennan, Charles Schwab, CIGNA Insurance, Scudder Kemper, Oppenheimer Funds, Amgen and Toshiba accounts.

Capuciati graduated from Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science with a BS in Applied Physics with a concentration in finance. He actively raises money for various charities including The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

Raymond Chalme

Broad Street Development

Just eight months after founding Street Development, Raymond Chalme, has acquired two NY properties and is eagerly looking for his next project. The firm, focused on acquiring real estate assets, was launched with the purchase of 61 Broadway, a 653,000 SF Downtown office building. Since then, the firm has acquired 184 Thompson Street, a 140-unit residential property and 10,000 SF of retail space in the heart of Greenwich Village.

With more than a decade of real estate experience in the Downtown market, Chalme and his team have developed an unsurpassed reputation as "hands-on" owners and managers. Among some of his most important accomplishments has been the successful repositioning of 75 Broad Street. Following the acquisition of this prominent Downtown office building, Chalme directed an aggressive leasing campaign that increased office tenancy to 100%. The program's success, combined with the extremely unique "building-within-the-building" concept for Millennium High School, the first new public high school in a privately-owned Downtown office tower, solidified the property as one of the most notable in the area.

In addition to Broad Street Development, Chalme holds an interest in assets jointly-owned by JEMB Realty, a company in which he was a founding principal. The portfolio includes such well-known properties as 75 Broad Street in Manhattan; 375 McCarter Highway in Newark, NJ; and the Galleria Corporate Centre in Scottsdale, AZ.

Barak Dunayer

BARAK Realty.

In 1999, starting all by himself and working out of his tiny Upper West Side apartment, Barak Dunayer, classical musician and Juilliard graduate, had big dreams and a vision: "Creating meaningful long-term relationships with his clients."

Today, with a spacious state-of-the-art Upper West Side office, Dunayer has built BARAK Realty into a prominent full-service real estate firm filling the different needs of a growing number of sellers, buyers, property owners and renters.

Dunayer's vision continues to generate countless referrals, repeat business, and loyal clients who become life long friends. "It is not only business, it is personal," Dunayer says. "Our clients appreciate the value of our highly efficient yet personal approach. We are constantly looking for ways to improve our operation and provide our clients with better, faster and more effective service."

Dunayer spends the majority of his time between selling the properties he represents exclusively and managing the dynamic BARAK Realty team. Diversified, experienced and dedicated, the team is hand picked by Dunayer himself.

Recently he reached out to hire Catherine Holmes, formerly Vice President of Prudential Douglas Elliman, as his new Director of Residential Sales. "It is part of a growing trend of smaller, more personal brokerage firms enticing talented top-rated performers from the largest brokerages in New York--a trend which signals the heyday of the boutique agencies," Dunayer maintains.

Dunayer lives on the Upper West Side. In his rare spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, dining out, traveling, and playing the trumpet.

Abigail Elbaum

Ogden Cap Properties, LLC 

Abigail (Abby) Elbaum, daughter of Constance Milstein and granddaughter of Seymour, is the first member of the fourth generation of the Milstein real estate dynasty to participate in the family business. In 2003 she formed Ogden CAP Properties, LLC, with fellow principals Constance and Philip Milstein, her uncle.

The firm currently manages residential, commercial and hotel properties in New York City. The portfolio includes Normandie Court, Windsor Court, One Lincoln Plaza, Biltmore Plaza and Dorchester Towers. In addition, Ogden CAP Properties oversees a portfolio of residential units at Murray Hill Mews, The Chesapeake, The Whitehall, Manor Towers and Winston Churchill. The firm also operates the well known 1,300-room Milford Plaza Hotel.

Abby is a member of Columbia College Board of Visitors and Chair of the Columbia University Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee. She also supports numerous charitable, cultural and educational institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York City Opera, Guiding Eyes for the Blind, and The Asia Society. In 2003, she was elected to The Columbia Presbyterian Health Sciences Council.

Abby began her career in the private banking division of JPMorganChase (formerly Chemical Bank). She received a B.A. from Columbia College and a MBA in Finance from Columbia's Graduate School of Business.

Elie Finegold, Island Capital Group

Elie Finegold has served as Chief Administration Officer since the inception of Island Capital Group, a real estate merchant banking firm that is working to transform existing marinas around the world via its new Yacht Haven initiative. Finegold is responsible for overseeing the Yacht Haven initiative, a new lifestyle destination concept designed for the affluent customer drawn to the boating lifestyle.

Plans are underway for the first Yacht Haven in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI), where a world-class mega-yacht marina will be enriched by an upscale destination center including shopping, dining, entertainment and leisure activities for tourists, yacht owners and residents alike.

Previously, Finegold was Chief Innovation Officer for Insignia Financial Group where he worked closely with Chief Executive Officer Andrew L. Farkas and other senior management on strategic initiatives and new business opportunities that reached beyond the traditional scope of real estate services.

Finegold graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in Ethnomusicology, a major he designed himself. His honors thesis received the Hoopes Prize and was published by the Harvard Library Press.

Sarah Fiszel

Warburg Realty Partnership

Sarah Fiszel began her career at Warburg Realty Partnership in July 2001, after graduating with a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in May 2001, joining a growing number of young Ivy Leaguers choosing residential real estate as their first career. At the time, it was unprecedented for Warburg to hire a real estate salesperson straight out of college, and she continues to be the youngest salesperson at the firm. Her intense passion for real estate was fostered by a constant exposure to the business from an early age. Both of her parents Renee Bross, Managing Director, and Richard Steinberg, Senior Managing Director, are two of Warburg Realty Partnership's most notable brokers and have been in the business for over 20 years.

Mrs. Fiszel works both alone and in partnership with both of her parents. Together they have created an entity capable of covering the entire real estate market by providing a strong and experienced team for all of their clients. She has developed a specialty serving professionals in the hedge fund community who require absolute efficiency, privacy, and expert knowledge of the current real estate market. In the last six months, Mrs. Fiszel has independently either closed or is in contract for $35.2 million of Manhattan properties, and presently has $17 million of exclusives listings. One of her most noteworthy deals in 2005 is the sale of two penthouse apartments at One Beacon Court for a total of $24.6 million, marking that as the highest single sale in Warburg's history.

Benjamin L. Friedland

CBRE 

Ben Friedland joined Insignia ESG in 1999. His primary focus is representing corporations with operations in Manhattan, devising creative real estate solutions and providing expert advice during transaction negotiations. His understanding of ownership needs and tenant requirements has been instrumental in the successful completion of numerous transactions throughout NYC.

Several tenant representation transactions include: Highbridge Capital Management's 20,000 SF relocation to 9 West 57th Street; Axis Reinsurance's 49,000 SF expansion at 430 Park Avenue; and Glenview Capital Mana-gement's 26,000 SF relocation to the General Motors Building, 767 Fifth Avenue.

In addition to on-going tenant representation assignments, Ben has represented over 4,000,000 SF of combined space for various landlords throughout Manhattan. Transactions of significance include: Representing Moklam Enterprises in a 48,000 SF disposition to Take 2 Interactive Software at 622 Broadway; and representing Macklowe Properties at The General Motors Building in over 415,000 SF of leasing in 2004 alone.

Additionally, Ben is a valuable member of CBRE's "Think Tank," helping shape the company's strategy and technology infrastructure. This was recently recognized when he won the company's "Hi Tech Brokerage" award.

Ben is a member of the YM/ WREA, the UJA Federation of NY Real Estate & Allied Trades Division and the Plaza District Office Building Committee.

Michael L. Goldman

Studley

Michael Goldman joined Studley in 2003 as executive managing director specializing in representing tenants in Midtown Manhattan. For most brokers, the first year at new firm would be transitional marked by below-normal deal flow. Not for Goldman. His acute understanding of the market and his clients' needs translated into a stellar first year at Studley, completing 25 transactions totaling over 400,000 SF. His success is due to his depth of knowledge of the Midtown Plaza market and his ability to create opportunities for his clients in any economic climate by parleying the opportunities into fiscally competitive transactions.

Going into 2005, Goldman has exclusive assignments on more than 250,000 SF in Midtown.

Prior to joining Studley, Goldman worked for CB Richard Ellis for 17 years. Goldman works primarily with high-profile financial institutions including banks, hedge funds and investment firms, as well as leading-edge corporations. During his career, he has helped to arrange more than $2 billion of office leasing transactions for local, national and international clients. He is experienced in commercial leasing, financial analysis and commercial office design/construction.

In 1981, Goldman graduated from the University of Hartford's Barney School of Business. He is a member of the REBNY.

David J. Goldstein

Studley

David Goldstein joined Studley in 1990. In January 2003, he was promoted to principal & executive managing director. Prior to joining Studley, he worked at Andover Realty, a Manhattan-based commercial real estate tenant representation firm. He earned his B.A. in Business Administration and Real Estate from the University of Colorado.

Over the past 14 years, Mr. Goldstein has worked on some of Manhattan's most notable lease transactions including Ann Taylor's recent headquarters relocation to 300,000-square-foot at Times Square Tower; the 460,000-square-foot relocation of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP to One World Financial Center; the relocation of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP from lower Manhattan to Midtown; and Jones Day's build-to-suit for over 300,000 SF on East 41st Street. Goldstein also acts as Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation's exclusive broker for its tri-state portfolio, as well as for other notable clients such as Bank of Bermuda, MSD Capital, Piper Rudnick LLP and Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank.

Goldstein is experienced in assisting institutions, corporations and partnerships in overall strategic planning, portfolio administration and the acquisition and disposition of facilities both across the New York metropolitan region and the United States.

Goldstein is an active member of the Real Estate Board of New York.

Mark J. Gordon

Sonnenblick-Goldman Company

Any major hotelier who has acquired, sold or financed an asset in the past decade has either worked with Mark Gordon or knows his name. Bright, aggressive and determined to secure the best transaction for his clients, Mark has completed over $5 billion of hospitality transactions on a national basis during his tenure at Sonnenblick-Goldman.

Mark is responsible for some of the country's largest recent hotel transactions. His New York City transactions include the recent sales of the Park Central Hotel, Empire Hotel, Paramount Hotel and the Delmonico Hotel.

Mark also arranged the long-term lease for the W Times Square, financed the Rihga Royal Hotel and advised on the corporate recapitalization of Morgan's Hotel Group (formerly known as Ian Schrager Hotels), which included the refinancing of the Hudson, Royalton and Morgans Hotels in New York.

His client roster reads like a "Who's Who" of hotel investors, including: Blackacre Capital, Carlyle Group, Ian Schrager, Marriott International, NorthStar Capital Starwood Hotels, Trump Organization and Westbrook Partners.

Mark has played an integral role in establishing Sonnenblick-Goldman as a dominant player in the hotel industry. In 2000, he was appointed both head of the firm's International Lodging and Leisure Group and a partner in the firm.

Gary Green

Alliance Building Services

At 26, Green founded his first company, First Quality Maintenance, to provide cost-effective and high-quality cleaning and maintenance services to building owners and property managers. In doing so, Green has helped changed the business practices of an old-school industry building by thinking owner like a and providing his clients with a combination of hands-on experience and high-caliber expertise.

Along the way, Green acquired additional firms in related businesses. Today, the Alliance family of companies includes First Quality Maintenance, Classic Security, Bright Star Couriers and Onyx Restoration Works. Alliance provides services to more than 100 buildings encompassing more than 55 million square feet. Clients include Murray Hill Properties, the Moinian Group, Stellar Management, George Comfort & Sons and L&L Acquisitions.

"I look at the world and seek out where needs are not being met, and then attempt to exceed people's expectations," Green said. His advice to others is to "take chances and seek failure. With each failed occurrence, you are one step closer to success." Recently, Green launched Alliance's first charitable program called Mr. Clean and Mr. Safety. Alliance provides cleaning and security staff free of charge to charitable events run by non-profits that benefit children in need and at risk.

Brett S. Greenberg

SL Green

Brett S. Greenberg is Senior Vice President of Leasing at SL Green. He works closely with SL Green's senior management team, focusing on leasing, marketing and asset management efforts for the Company's portfolio of 29 office properties totaling 18.7 million square feet. A real estate industry veteran with more than 20 years of real estate experience, Greenberg was formerly Managing Director for Equity Office Properties Trust, responsible for leading strategic leasing and marketing efforts for their Manhattan office and retail portfolio for 11 years.

Greenberg's knowledge of the local commercial real estate landscape has enabled him to negotiate and structure more than 5,000,000 SF of leasing transactions in Manhattan, and complete some of Midtown's highest profile transactions. Under his direction, EOP's Manhattan portfolio maintained an average occupancy rate of 97 percent for the past five years. Prior to EOP, Greenberg was a leasing broker with CB Richard Ellis. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of Young Men's/ Women's Real Estate Association of NY, is an active member of REBNY, and is the former President of the New York/Connecticut/Westchester chapter of the National Association of Office Properties. He earned his Bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Connecticut.

John Grotto

The Durst Organization, Inc,

John Grotto began his career at J. Grotto & Associates, Inc. after graduating from Ithaca College in 1993. Prior to graduation, Grotto spent summers and vacations working at the firm becoming familiar with market conditions and landlord/tenant lease negotiations including work allowance, escalations, taxes, etc. Eventually Grotto became a principal of the firm and vice president. Grotto joined Colliers ABR as Director in February 2003 when J. Grotto & Associates, Inc. merged into Colliers ABR. In March, he joined The Durst Organization as Assistant Vice President.

John specializes in leasing both retail and office space and has been responsible for having directly leased several hundred thousand square feet. Having lived in Manhattan for over a decade, Grotto's passion has been his involvement in getting to know many neighborhood store merchants and successfully assisting their leasing needs.

Aside from retail brokerage, John's expertise is representing office tenants and landlords whether acting as tenant's representative or landlord's exclusive leasing agent.

John is a member of REBNY and serves as a member of the Board of Governors. He was elected as 2005 Chairman of YM/WREA, an organization founded in 1948 with approximately 400 members. Grotto is involved with volunteer programs Central Park Conservancy and Habitat For Humanity.

John and his wife, Viktoria, and daughter Jacqueline reside in Wilton, CT.

Owen C. Hane

Cushman & Wakefield

A 19-year veteran of commercial real estate, Owen Hane joined Cushman & Wakefield after six years at CB Commercial, where he received their Client Service Award for the NY Metropolitan area in 1996. Hane has been involved in almost 300 office transactions and represented tenants in leases totaling nearly 6 million sf. He has handled assignments for corporations including ABN AMRO Inc.; Airborne Freight Corporation; Alliance Capital; American Institute of CPA's; Atlantic Monthly; Bloomberg, L.P.; Greater NY Hospital Association; IKON Office Solutions; Metrocall; ORIX USA Corporation; QRS Corporation; RCN; Rockefeller Group; SBC Telecom; and The CIT Group; and managed building agency assignments totaling approximately 2,500,000 sf (including Rockefeller Center West, 551 Madison, 430 Park, and 1370 Broadway). In addition to NY, Hane has cooperatively handled significant requirements in Dallas, Miami, Nashville, New Jersey, San Francisco, San Jose, Sante Fe, Seattle, Washington D.C., London and Mexico City.

Hane received his B.A. from Clark University, and is an active member of the school's Alumni Club. He is a member of: The Real Estate Board of NY, where he sits on the Plaza District Committee; and Young Men's/ Women's Real Estate Association. He is also active in many other professional, civic and charitable organizations.

Jeff Hipschman

CBRE

Since starting his IT career on Wall Street in 1987, and moving to commercial real estate in 1994, Jeff Hipschman has developed increasingly innovative ways to translate commercial real estate information into opportunities for tenants, owners and service providers alike.

Jeff has been involved in introducing a number of indus-try innovations. From the first Web-based transaction management system to his most recent accomplishment of leading the launch of a New York City commercial property listing exchange, Jeff continues to find new ways to move, process and analyze market information, giving clients new insight into the markets in which they operate.

In addition to overseeing Market Data Services (market research, infrastructure and application development) in CBRE's New York TriState Region, Jeff puts his IT expertise to work directly on behalf of owners and tenants whenever technology impacts a real estate strategy or decision. A licensed real estate salesperson in the State of New York, Jeff has developed a highly specialized practice in the area of corporate data centers, critical facilities and business continuity.

Tapping his 15-plus years of IT-related experience, Jeff has bridged technology and real estate strategies for some of the largest and most respected technology and technology-dependent companies, including Microsoft, Accenture, AT&T and Disney's Internet Division. As a practice leader in CBRE's Technology Practice Group, Jeff also helps lead a national network of CBRE professionals involved in technology-intensive real estate transactions.

David L. Hoffman, Jr.

Colliers ABR, Inc.

David Hoffman began his career in the commercial real estate business in 1984 at Cross & Brown Company. He joined Colliers ABR, Inc. in 1988, and became one of 11 stockholders and a principal of the firm in 1995. Hoffman presently serves on the board of directors of Colliers ABR and is co-director of the brokerage department. Throughout his career, Hoffman has acted as both a landlord and tenant representative.

His success as a landlord's agent is driven by his understanding of the goals and objectives of both institutional and entrepreneurial owners; cultivation of close working relationships with tenants in his agency properties; and experience operating office buildings including preparing and adhering to annual budgets, monthly reporting and management of building personnel.

Hoffman is also a prolific tenant representative, having represented NYC tenants in millions of square feet of leasing transactions.

Hoffman graduated from Vassar College. He's a member of the Real Estate Board of NY, The Urban Land Institute and Young Men's/Women's Real Estate Association. He has served as an industry expert panelist for CoreNet, ULI and Columbia University's real estate graduate studies program.

Hoffman resides in Greenwich with his wife Linda and three sons, Sam, Noah and Brett.

Daren W. Hornig

The Quest Group, LLC

In September 2003, Daren W. Hornig took his first step towards "Jet Blue-ing" real estate by heading the acquisition of Dwelling Quest, a small, 50-year-old, low-profile residential brokerage. Pledging "real service for real estate," he transformed Dwelling Quest into New York's fastest-growing residential firm within eight months. Focusing on the often neglected middle market, he tripled revenue and doubled staff. Earlier this year, he moved into the commercial market, founding Quest Commercial to target the underserved middle market. Just a few months later, he established the Quest Group, LLC as the parent company to fulfill his goal of creating "the standard bearer for customer satisfaction."

As a broker at Newmark & Company and The Galbreath Company in the 1990s, he set the pace for creative ways to expand business--ultimately fusing real estate with the fiber optics and the Internet. In 1997, he co-founded OnSite Access and developed it into a full service provider of voice, internet and enhanced services in approximately 170,000,000 square feet nationwide.

Working with his 70+ team of professionals, and using technology and personal service to improve the customers' experience, Hornig continues to develop services wherever he sees a need.

Daniel Horowitz

Studley

In 1990, Daniel Horowitz was recruited by Studley as a junior broker after working for another national real estate firm for three years as the primary financial analyst serving its Midtown Manhattan office. Over the past 14 years, Horowitz's accomplishments have earned him numerous promotions and consistent recognition as one of the firm's top producers.

As an advisor advocating on behalf of tenants, he has represented clients in transactions exceeding 2,000,000 SF of space with a value exceeding $1 billion. He provides strategic planning and financial analysis to create cost-saving real estate efficiencies that improve his clients' bottom-line. Among these clients are major corporate and financial service firms, law firms, foreign governments and not-for-profit organizations, including Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York Community Trust, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Gannett Co., Banque Nationale De Paris and Cisco Systems.

Horowitz is active in REBNY and YM/ WREA, and serves on the Board of Governors of The PENN Club. He also spearheaded a tutoring program for inner city youth and is involved with the Friends of the Upper East Side Historic District. He holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and has studied at NYU's Real Estate Institute.

Todd E. Korren

Swig Burris Equities

Todd Korren has over 19 years experience in acquisitions, leasing, asset/property management and construction. He has negotiated over 425 leases comprising over 3,000,000 sf and been involved in the acquisition/disposition of 18 properties ranging from $1 million to $175 million aggregating over $1.7 billion.

As Senior Vice President & Director of Leasing of Swig Bums Equities, Korren manages the Leasing of its 2.5 million square foot portfolio and participates in Operations and Acquisitions.

Prior to joining Swig Burris, Mr. Korren served as Managing Director of Rockrose Development's commercial and retail divisions and also worked at The Witkoff Group, where he was responsible for overseeing a 7 million square foot national portfolio. Korren also served as a broker at Insignia/ ESG.

Korren earned his BS and MBA from NYU. His affiliations include the Young Men's/Women's Real Estate Association of NY (former Vice-Chairman, Governor and Secretary); Real Estate Board of NY (Sales, Economic Development, and Rental Conditions Committees); Long Island City Business Development Corporation and the Architectural Review Board of Roslyn Estates (Co-Chairman).

He was named as one of 2003's "40 under 40" and one of 2004's "Young Deal Makers" by Real Estate New York. He resides in Roslyn, NY with his wife and two daughters.

Michael Lenchner

SageGroupAssociates

Since being recruited in 1990 by the principals of the William Kaufman Organization (WKO), one of the country's major family-owned real estate developers, Michael Lenchner, 37, has become one of the most active and well-known commercial real estate brokers and executives in Manhattan.

He's completed numerous elite property transactions on behalf of the William Kaufman Organization with the likes of Goldman Sachs, Omnicon Group, Grey Global Group, Wachovia Bank, the Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, just to name a few, thanks to his expertise and professionalism in one of the world's most competitive and pressured real estate markets.

As a Managing Director of SageGroupAssociates--a boutique commercial real estate firm-Lenchner both oversees leasing for WKO and is a promotional broker, representing other companies with their NYC office space requirements.

For WKO, he oversees more than 2.5 million square feet of Class A commercial real estate, currently maintaining a 99% occupancy rate, and has completed over 500 leasing transactions totaling approximately 4 million square feet, with a total transaction value of approximately $2.5 billion.

As a promotional broker, he's successfully concluded major assignments for such firms as Modern Telecommunications, Hite Capital Management, Bankruptcy Services, Gannaway Entertainment, Millennium Financial Services, Silicon Valley Bank, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Commonwealth Associates and Battalia Winston International.

Matthew T. Leon, Esq.

Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc.

Matthew Leon entered commercial real estate after graduating from Brooklyn Law School. He joined a boutique firm, concentrating on real estate litigation and transactional assignments. At Castro & Karten, he gained experience in all facets of real estate.

In 1997, he joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, where he gained experience with complex transactions including leasing, financing, sales and acquisitions for a myriad of real estate concerns. He calls upon this experience daily in his current capacity as a commercial real estate advisor/consultant.

At Newmark, Leon built upon his foundation as an accomplished real estate attorney to provide clients with diverse, complete service. He believes real estate professionals need to do more than just "identify the right location." He endeavors in representing tenants and owners, irrespective of size, location or business, to assist in all aspects of transactions and provide guidance and support long after the transaction has closed.

He has represented such assets as Carnegie Hall Tower, 645 Madison, 125 Park, 75 Broad Street and 260 and 261 Madison, and such tenants as Endeavor Talent, RHO Capital Partners, HRO International, Sara Lee International and Fenway Partners. After two years, he was named Newmark's New Broker of the Year.

Andrew D. Levin

Boston Properties

Andrew Levin is directly responsible for the planning and execution of all leasing and other asset enhancing activity for Boston Property's entire six-building, 8 million square foot office portfolio in Midtown Manhattan, including: 599 Lexington Avenue; 280 Park Avenue; Citigroup Center; 399 Park Avenue; 5 Times Square; and Times Square Tower.

He is a senior member of the acquisition team responsible for the acquisition and financing of four Midtown office buildings with an aggregate transaction value of $2.3 billion. Levin is also a senior member of the development team responsible for the acquisition, design, marketing and leasing of two Times Square office buildings worth over $1.4 billion.

A graduate of Columbia Business School with an MBA in Real Estate Finance, Levin received his undergraduate degrees at Boston University's School of Management. He is a Seminar Committee member of the Real Estate Board of New York; a Licensed Salesperson in the State of New York; a member of the Young Men's/Women's Real Estate Association of New York; a Board member of the Creative Arts Workshops for Kids; and a member of the New York Athletic Club.

Keith Locker

Inlet Capital

Keith Locker is President of Inlet Capital, Global Capital Resources, LLC and GCR Advisors Inc. His responsibilities include overseeing all new business, origination, asset management and capital raising.

Locker was a Managing Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. His responsibilities included managing the Western Region and acting as Senior Banker, originating and structuring debt and equity products and providing strategic advice to Real Estate, Opportunity Fund and REIT clients. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Locker was Senior Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., responsible for Real Estate Investment Banking. Locker began his career at the Bank of Montreal. Over the last 10 years he completed over $30 billion in real estate capital market transactions.

Locker earned a B.S./B.A. from Boston University School of Management and an MBA from the Wharton School. He completed the NASD Series 7, 24 and 63 exams and is a licensed Real Estate Broker; a Trustee of the National Jewish Center, ex-Associate Board member of NAREIT and Assistant Chair of the Urban Land Institute. He is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Wharton Real Estate Center and the Fisher Center for Real Estate.

John Mambrino

Studley

John Mambrino joined Studley in 1988. Over the past 16 years with Studley, Mambrino has become one of the firm's top-producing brokers earning him a principal position with the firm.

Mambrino is accomplished in assisting partnerships and corporations with overall strategic planning, portfolio administration and the acquisition & disposition of facilities across the New York metropolitan region.

Many of Mambrino's clients are law firms, not-for-profits and fashion companies. He has become an expert in how these companies operate and understands their commercial real estate requirements and lease structures that suit these particular business goals.

Mambrino's market knowledge and comprehensive understanding of the commercial real estate market has also awarded him numerous multiyear consulting assignments for companies like Accenture. Mambrino works with these firms to provide an overall analysis of the market and cost-effective solutions for their real estate needs.

Other notable clients include the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and Giorgio Armani.

Mambrino graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in economics from Villanova University. He was also elected to the Real Estate Board of New York's Commercial Brokerage Division's Board of Directors for 2004.

Louis Perfetto

Stadtmauer Bailkin LLC

At 18, Louis Perfetto was a prospect for the L.A. Dodgers and Kansas City Royals major league baseball teams.

At 31, he became the youngest partner in the 28-year history of Stadtmauer Bailkin, a New York real estate firm known for its government incentive expertise and transactional practice.

"Baseball was just too much of a long shot to justify the risk," says Perfetto.

In short time Perfetto has become the go-to lawyer for self-storage development deals of which he has done more than anyone else in New York. He also presides over Stadtmauer Bailkin's banking practice, which he originated and has significantly expanded.

Stadtmauer Bailkin has rewarded him with the co-management responsibilities for the real estate transaction department, which includes economic development and government incentives, and with co-management responsibility for the firm as a whole.

Perfetto joined Stadtmauer Bailkin right out of law school. He graduated cum laude from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and received his LLM from New York University.

"Lou has a brilliant future ahead of him," said Marshall Cohen, a senior partner at Stadtmauer Bailkin. "His focus, energy and dedication are extraordinary compared to any of his peers in the city."

Andrew A. Pittel

Andrew A. Pittel & Company, LLC

Andrew A. Pittel, 43, is President and CEO of Andrew A. Pittel & Company, LLC. The New York based commercial real estate and investment firm specializing in retail real estate consulting and leasing. Pittel began his professional career in 1984 after graduating with honors from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. He was a pioneer of the Donna Karan Company, rising rapidly from an entry level position to a Vice President of Marketing & Sales. In 1990, Pittel went to work in his family's real estate and development business Benmoore Construction & Development Corp., responsible for leasing and coordinating retail shopping centers. In 1993, Pittel joined Garrick-Aug Worldwide Associates as a Senior Retail Consultant and within a short period of time he was promoted through the ranks to Senior Managing Director.

Today, Andrew A. Pittel & Company specializes in retail real estate consulting; focusing on landlord and property owner representation, retail expansion and brand strategy development in conjunction with location research, placement and lease negotiations. Pittel and his company are leasing agents for nationally recognized building owners and developers such as The Trump Organization, Vornado Realty Trust, Sol Goldman Investments, Related Companies, Metropolitan Realty Group, Vintage Realty Group and many more.

Pittel represents such prestigious tenants as Abitino's Restaurants, Kushi Q Restaurants, Jones Nine West Group, Australian Homemade, The Gap, A&E Stores, Ann Taylor, Oxxford Clothing, Santoni Shoes, Sbarro's, Bice Restaurants, The Palm Restaurants, Haagen Dazs, LVMH/Louis Vuitton, Urban Outfitters, Anthropology, Modells Sporting Goods and Genovese Drug Stores, to name a few.

Pittel is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers; ADL Anti Defamation League; UJA Federation; Bonsai Broth Real Estate; New Leadership Cabinet of Israel Bonds Real Estate division. He holds the officer position of Financial Secretary on the Board of Directors of Temple Emanu-el of Closter, NJ. He is married with three children.

Nat Rockett

Jones Lang LaSalle 

Nat Rockett is a Senior Vice President in the Capital Markets Group at Jones Lang LaSalle. Based on his involvement and leadership throughout the NY commercial real estate industry, as well as his major transactions, he is clearly a star on the rise among Manhattan's sales brokers. His transactions have included the sale of Fresh Meadows, a 144-acre, 3,300-unit apartment complex in Queens, 130 Fifth Avenue, 50 West 23rd Street and 150 West 57th Street, the Russian Tea Room. He has represented prestigious owners and investors including The Witkoff Group, SL Green and TIAA-CREF, among many others. Throughout his real estate career, Rockett has been recognized for his accomplishments, first at Massey Knakal Realty Services and subsequently at CBRE and Insignia/ESG. In 1997, he was deemed the "Most Promising Commercial Salesperson." He has been a governor of the National Realty Conference, was appointed to the board of YM/WREA and became a member of the prestigious Sales Broker's Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York. He is an active member of The Bedford Democrats Club, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Westchester and is a competitive cyclist. He lives in Westchester with his wife and son.

Bruce Rothman

Studley

Bruce Rothman, corporate managing director, has been a part of New York's commercial real estate industry for 20 years. Prior to joining Studley in 1997, Bruce worked at three real estate firms in NYC, including ESG.

Bruce is a skilled corporate real estate advisor with varied experience in space planning, site selection and transaction negotiation. He helps his clients identify and align their long-term real estate requirements with their business objectives. He is known for providing creative problem solving and innovative transaction structuring.

During his career, Bruce has received performance-based awards including Studley's "Top 20 Award," placing 11th among his colleagues. He has cultivated long-term relationships with his clients including Clarendon National Insurance Co., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Banco de la Nacion Argentina and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Originally setting his sights on a very different career path, Bruce graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a BA in Art and Design. He also has an Associates degree in Applied Sciences from the State University of New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.

Bruce is a member of The Young Men's/ Women's Real Estate Association and The Real Estate Board of New York.

Kenneth Ruderman

Studley

Ken Ruderman is an office leasing specialist in Studley's New York office. Specializing in tenant representation services with expertise in the Manhattan marketplace, Ruderman provides added-value service to tenants throughout the lease negotiation process. In his 18 years in commercial real estate, he has been involved with transactions exceeding 2 million square feet with an aggregate rental income of more than $1 billion.

Mr. Ruderman has also received accolades from both Studley and the industry at large for his achievements. In 2002, he was one of Studley's top five (out of 350) producing brokers. He has also been recognized by industry publications for his many accomplishments before the age of 40.

Ruderman has represented tenants from various industries. Some of his most active clients have been Caxton Associates, New Mountain Capital, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Meister Seelig & Fein LLP to just name a few.

He is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and graduated from George Washington University with a B.B.A. Finance/Economics in 1986.

Dale F. Schlather

Cushman & Wakefield

Dale Schlather joined Cushman Realty Corporation in 1986 as National Director of Financial Services. After working five years on John Cushman III's team in the Cushman Realty headquarters office in Los Angeles, Schlather opened the San Diego office of Cushman Realty in 1991, where he was a senior broker for three years. In 1994, Schlather relocated to the NYC office of Cushman Realty, where he managed the office until the company merged with Cushman & Wakefield in July 2001.

During his eighteen-year career, Schlather has been responsible for the structuring, analysis and implementation of over 15,000,000 SF of lease transactions in over 30 cities across the US as a tenant representation broker for tenants such as Wells Fargo Bank, Jefferies & Company, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and City National Bank.

Schlather received a BA from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and an MBA, with a major in finance and urban land economics from University of Southern California. He is a licensed real estate broker in NY and a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, CoreNet and the Young Men's/Women's Real Estate Association, where he previously served as Treasurer and Governor on the Board of Governors.

Steven Schnall

The New York Mortgage Company, LLC

In the high-tech world, a successful business founded in a garage is the stuff of legend. But in NY real estate, an East Side studio might be more appropriate.

At 24, Steven Schnall had an accounting degree but little desire to become a CPA. His interest was in real estate. So Steve did the logical thing: he put his numerical skills to work by starting a mortgage brokerage business in his apartment.

Fourteen years later, Schnall not only heads one of the region's largest residential mortgage banking firms--The New York Mortgage Company, LLC (NYMC)--but also the New York Stock Exchange-listed mortgage REIT that now owns it, The New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYMT).

Schnall is president and CEO of NYMC, and chairman and co-CEO of NYMT. In this dual role he is a pioneer, having helped foster the birth of a new sector of publicly owned mortgage REITs that have their own operating companies, which originate loans that are securitized for the parent firm.

Today, NYMC, with a current annual loan origination run rate of nearly $4 billion, is licensed or authorized to do business in 40 states and D.C., has branch offices in 14 states and nearly 900 employees.

Amy Schustek

SL Green Realty Corp.

Amy Schustek joined SL Green's commercial leasing department in 1995, and since then has been involved in leasing more than two million square feet of office space. Amy is presently the leasing agent responsible for in excess of four million square feet of space at such premier SL Green properties as 1 Park Avenue, 555 West 57th Street, 1140 Avenue of the Americas, 70 West 36th Street, 470 Park Avenue South, and 321 West 44th Street.

One of Amy's earliest achievements was at the Bar Building, where she spearheaded the leasing, marketing and prebuilt program immediately after its acquisition. Her efforts resulted in the leasing of approximately 85,000 square feet of vacant and renewal space in less than 12 months, successful repositioning this prime Midtown property. Other career highlights include lease negotiations with such notable tenants as CBS, AllState Insurance, Primemedia, Inc., Technicolor, and BMW of Manhattan.

Prior to joining SL Green, Amy was a leasing specialist at Koeppel Tener Riguardi, and before that at Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. Amy is a graduate of Syracuse University and is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York.

Hal Stein

GVA Williams

Hal Stein is a Downtown Manhattan market expert, specializing in all aspects of commercial real estate. Since joining GVA Williams in 1997, he has completed transactions totaling in excess of 4 million square feet. Stein provides strategic real estate advisory services to some of the country's most prestigious corporations, not-for-profit organizations and trade associations. Much of his success lies in his ability to establish and sustain long-term rewarding relationships with his clients, as well as his colleagues within the ownership and brokerage communities. In 2003, Stein represented HIP and The Legal Aid Society in New York City's largest new lease and not-for-profit lease deals of the year, respectively. In addition, he was named as one of CoStar's "Top Brokers of 2003".

An authority on industry information and market trends, Stein's expert commentary has appeared in numerous regional business and trade publications. He is on the Steering Committee of the REBNY Lower Manhattan Office Building Rental Committee and is a member of CoreNet, the Real Estate Board of New York and the Young Men's Women's Real Estate Association. Prior to joining GVA Williams, Stein attended The University of Maryland and has continued his education and real estate career development at New York University's School of Continuing Education.

Lawrence A. Swiger

SL Green Realty Corp.

Lawrence Swiger, a six-year veteran of commercial real estate in NY, is Vice President of SL Green Realty Corp. Larry joined SL Green as an Assistant Vice President in 1997, and has been responsible for leasing space at 1372 Broadway; 440 Ninth Avenue; 286, 290 and 292 Madison Avenue; 420 Lexington Avenue (The Graybar Building); 470 Park Avenue South; 50 West 23rd Street; and 16 East 34th Street. Since joining SL Green, Larry has negotiated leases totaling more than 500,000 SF, including: 42,000 SF to CNN America, Inc.; 24,000 SF to York Hunter, Inc.; 22,500 SF to Pitney Bowes Management Services; and 10,000 SF to USADATA.COM, Inc. Prior to joining SL Green, Larry worked at Hines Interests Limited Partnership, where he directed leasing activities at 885 Third Avenue (The Lipstick Building). While at Hines, Larry was responsible for leasing in excess of 400,000 SF of space to such tenants as Latham & Watkins, Graham & James LLP, and Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, Inc. He began his career in real estate as a broker at Julien J. Studley, Inc., where he represented office tenants in lease negotiations. Larry is a graduate of Emory University and Fordham University School of Law.

Jacky Teplitzky

Douglas Elliman

Jacky Teplitzky is one of NY's true power brokers. As executive vice president at Douglas Elliman, she is among the top 1% of their 2000 Manhattan- and LI-based brokers. She is leader of an elite team of real estate professionals--The Jacky Teplitzky Team--that consistently generates $50 million in annual sales. Teplitzky was one of the first brokers in the industry to successfully create and implement this team concept. Acting as a seamless unit, The Jacky Teplitzky Team efficiently addresses their clients' needs of while providing them with round-the-clock coverage. The team covers all of Manhattan, not just one section. Their multi-lingual skills--group members speak English, Spanish, French, Italian and Hebrew--allow them to reach out to a diverse group of local and international clients.

Teplitzky has employed the team approach as a unique business-building and marketing tool. Differing personalities and viewpoints allow for an invigorating, creative work environment. As a testament to her people management skills, Teplitzky has not experienced one turnover within her group since its inception six years ago.

Teplitzky, whose business background is the foundation for her success, continues to innovate as she and her colleagues make their mark in this competitive industry.

Peter Turchin

CBRE

Peter Turchin is a Senior Vice President with CB Richard Ellis focusing primarily on owner representation in New York City. As a licensed attorney, Mr. Turchin's combined legal and business background has proven to be a major advantage in arranging, structuring and negotiating transactions. Mr. Turchin is also active in the real estate community, regularly teaching internal classes and continuing education classes for the Real Estate Board of New York.

Throughout his career, Peter has been responsible for a number of significant transactions, including a 410,000-square-foot lease to Lehman Brothers at 399 Park Avenue, 305,000 square feet to Port Authority of NY/ NJ at 225 Park Avenue South, 300,000 square feet to Ann Taylor at Times Square Tower, 225,000 square feet to O'Melveny & Myers at Times Square Tower, 225,000 square feet to Nationsbank at 9 West 57th Street, 220,000 square feet to Winstar at 685 Third Avenue, 150,000 square feet to Fleet Bank at 1633 Broadway, 125,000 square feet to Heller Ehrman at Times Square Tower, and 100,000 square feet to AXA Financial at 1633 Broadway.

Jed Walentas

Two Trees Management Co.

Jed Walentas has been a major force in the development and revitalization of DUMBO in Brooklyn and will play a larger role in Downtown Brooklyn in the near future. Jed began his career as a Junior Project Manager for The Trump Organization. In 1997 he joined Two Trees Management, then run by his father David.

Jed assumed daily operating responsibility for management and leasing of Two Trees' portfolio of 3,000 residential apartments and 2,000,000 sf of commercial buildings. He has been general contractor for other DUMBO projects, including conversions of factory buildings into luxury residential housing, improvements of commercial offices and artists studios, and construction of three garage sites.

Jed has commenced construction of a 500,000 sf mixed-use 320-unit rental building at Court Street and Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, which includes a 40,000 sf YMCA, 20,000 sf of retail and a 700-car underground parking garage.

Jed will also helm the conversion of 70 Washington Street in DUMBO into 250 high-end residential condominiums and the transformation of the former Board of Education building at 110 Livingston Street into luxury condominiums.

Jed is a member of the Downtown Brooklyn Council and a director of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation.

Glen Weiss

Vornado Realty Trust

Glen Weiss began ills real estate career in 1985 at 15 as a porter at Bernie Mendik's 11 Penn Plaza. He continued with The Mendik Company throughout high school and as a summer intern while attending the University of Delaware. In 1992, after a six-month stint at Mendik's cleaning company as a Payroll Associate, he was promoted to Assistant Building Manager, where he first learned how to manage an office building.

Three years later he was promoted to Building Manager and went on to manage 1740 Broadway and 11 Penn Plaza. In 1998, he was promoted to Vice President after Vornado Realty Trust acquired The Mendik Company, and in 1999 he received his MBA from Pace University. Weiss has completed major leasing deals including the 465,000 square-foot VNU USA headquarters lease at Vornado's redeveloped 770 Broadway in July 1998; Bloomberg (700,000 SF at 731 Lexington); Federated Department Stores (253,000 SF at 11 Penn Plaza); Citibank NA (176,000 SF at 731 Lexington); retail transactions for Hennes& Mauritz at 435 Seventh Avenue and 731 Lexington; and Prada's Flagship Store at 595 Madison.

Weiss is a member of the YM/ WREA; Board of Directors of the Union Square Partnership; REBNY's Seminar Committee; and BOMA International.

Pierre A. Winter

Rose Associates, Inc.

Real estate executives agree that Pierre Winter's rise in the industry is extraordinary. At age 35, only more success is anticipated.

At Rose, Winter is engaged in identifying, negotiating, analyzing and coordinating new developments, conversions, acquisitions, financings and consulting assignments. Over the past eight years, he has financed equity and debt placements totaling $1 billion, which included conventional, securitized, and tax-exempt bond structures. Recently, Winter played a critical role in securing a fee development assignment on the 250 West 93rd Street development.

Previously, at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Winter worked on the restructuring of The Chrysler Building leasehold. Prior to that, Winter had worked for the architectural firm de Architekten Cie in Amsterdam and Olympia & York Companies, Inc. at The World Financial Center.

Winter has a MBA in Finance from The Stern School of Business at NYU, and a Bachelors of Engineering from The Cooper Union. He graduated business school as a Stern Scholar and had a Full Tuition Scholarship for his engineering degree.

He is a member of the ULI, YM/ WREA, Mortgage Bankers Association, and the following REBNY Committees: Economic Development, Zoning & Design, Sales Brokers, and Transportation.

Elizabeth Ann Wright

Milestone Partners Limited

From her work alongside legendary Henry Hart Rice to her multi-disciplined approach to commercial brokerage, Elizabeth Ann Wright is one of the industry's leading young executives. Starting in investment sales at James Felt Realty in 1989, Wright learned tenant representation at Schlesinger & Co. Stephen Siegel then hand picked Wright to join Insignia/ ESG. She has negotiated transactions totaling over 1,000,000 SF for major tenants and owners. Among her accomplishments is having negotiated a build-to-suit for Bank of China, which earned her a nomination for REBNY's Most Ingenious Deal Award.

Wright prides herself on her ability to be creative and problem solve for clients, and being as attentive to small requirements as larger ones. After 15 years of working with the best in the industry, Wright recently started her own real estate consulting firm, Milestone Partners Limited. In addition to providing advice, she will also branch out to acquire properties.

Her passions run to the philanthropic as well. Her favorite charity is the Association for the Help of Retarded Children, where Wright has served as the Journal Chair for their Annual Real Estate/Construction Dinner for six years. An active member of YM/WREA, she served on the board for three years. Wright is also a member of REBNY and the Women's Committee of The Central Park Conservancy.

Amira Yunis

Newmark New Spectrum

Amira Yunis specializes in retail transactions, and possesses more than 10 years of experience in all facets of commercial real estate. Working for Newmark New Spectrum, she is considered an expert on the Manhattan retail real estate market, and is particularly adept at matching a tenant with the ideal location for its business.

As a tenant representative, Ms. Yunis represents numerous retail companies in Manhattan. Her recent transaction highlights include a nearly 15,000-square-foot lease for Capital Grille (owned by Rare Hospitality) for its premier New York location, as well as leases for Aldo Shoes' flagship locations on Manhattan's Upper West Side and Union Square. Ms. Yunis also completed the highly publicized relocation of the Latin Quarter Nightclub to a 13,700-square-foot space at 511 Lexington Avenue, and the lease for The Social Club in Manhattan, a new 7,500-square-foot lounge.

Additionally, Ms. Yunis has served as a real estate advisor for investment sales transactions. Most recently she completed the sale of the Zurich Depository Building on Long Island. Ms. Yunis is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the Commercial Industrial Brokerage Society (CIBS). She attended Normandale College in Minnesota.