Name: Avi Cohen
Title: Director of Aquisitions
Company: Katz Properties
Location: New York, N.Y.
Place of birth: Teaneck, N.J.
Family: Older brother and sister
College: NYU
First job outside of real estate: Biotech private equity analyst
First job in real estate or allied field: Analyst
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: Acquisitions and management of grocery anchored shopping centers. We plan to continue our focus on this asset class going forward.
Hobbies: Basketball, guitar, reading and movies
Favorite book: "Scarlet Letter"
Favorite film: After the "Godfather" too many to chose from
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Ben Franklin and Albert Einstein
Keys to success: In business, caring a lot or a little
If you had to choose a different profession; what would it be? Writer
Little Compton, RI Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty sold 17 Ferolbink Way, for $4.5 million. The sellers were represented by Cherry Arnold, sales associate of Mott & Chace
This may seem self-serving, and I’ll be the first to admit it. But unlike some of the artificial intelligence tools now reshaping our industry, I am fully aware of my own bias. So, hear me out. The rise of AI in commercial real estate is not a distant threat or a speculative headline.
Now what? As the year comes to a close, the state of retail is always in the news. The answers vary greatly depending on who in the various related industries you ask, each offering a unique lens on the challenges and opportunities ahead.