Spotlights
2023 Year in Review: Michael Jacobs, NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs
What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2024? The commercial real estate industry will likely be driven by the changing landscape post COVID. Examples include the increase in technology focused on our industry as well as the emergence of AI overall.
2023 Year in Review: Robert Corley, NeighborWorks Housing Solutions
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Maple on Franklin in Holbrook – a 72-unit passive house design senior housing development. The need for affordable housing is at a critical point, especially for seniors looking to age in place near their support systems
2023 Year in Review: Mark Flaherty, A.W. Perry
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The dramatic pace of interest rate increases has had the greatest impact on our market. The market continues to absorb the rate increases with visible consequences.
2023 Year in Review: TJ DiFeo, Bergmeyer
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2023? Earning the promotion to principal at Bergmeyer in 2023 was the ultimate recognition and a significant career milestone for me. It symbolizes my peers’ trust in me and acknowledges my varied, continuous, evolving contributions
2023 Year in Review: Robert Rohrer, Colliers
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Post COVID reactions had a significant impact. Companies were still trying to figure out what officing formula to implement.
2023 Year in Review: Mike Cobb, Colliers
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Rising interest rates in 2023 had a significant impact on the real estate market. With an active market in 2022, sellers still had high pricing expectations.
2023 Year in Review: Dwight Kay, Kay Properties and Investments
What transaction had the greatest impact on your firm this year? While this transaction was not the biggest 1031 exchange we helped, it does showcase what makes Kay Properties so special. We helped a family enter 11 different Delaware Statutory Trusts following the sale of their family business
2023 Year in Review: Brandon Carr, DiPrete Engineering
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? The volatility and unknown future of interest rates has made clients rethink breaking ground on upcoming projects.
2023 Year in Review: Robert Marcus, Robert Marcus Real Estate Company Inc.
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? We are seeing an increase in commercial and residential management. There are several people in the industry who have provided me with opportunities to take on more challenging projects
2023 Year in Review: David Skinner, Prescott Advisory
What person, project, transaction, or market trend had the greatest impact on your industry this year? Jerome Powell has been the harbinger of bringing the economy to a grinding halt, which has been great for users looking to acquire property that was formerly out of reach.