By Benyamin Davidsons
The real estate industry depends on its professionals and experts who have led the way in their fields and will be working to help New York City bounce back from its Coronavirus led fiscal woes. Crain’s NY has compiled its annual ‘Notable in Real Estate’ List.
Based on consultation with real estate industry sources and New York business world leaders, Crain’s 2021 list selected 83 honorees. Professionals named include developers, engineers, contractors, accountants, labor representatives, city planners, investors, lawyers, and brokers who helped shape the city, have helped buyers find homes and offices, and will help strengthened the Big Apple’s economy.
The list, which is in alphabetical order, includes profiles for each honoree. Among those named were Dottie Herman, CEO of Douglas Elliman, along with Scott Durkin, President and COO of Douglas Elliman. Mary Ann Tighe, CEO of CBRE was on the list, along with a handful of other top brass from the firm. Jonathan Miller, CEO of Miller Samuel Inc. was named. From The Corcoran Group, CEO Pamela Liebman was named. From Cushman and Wakefield Ethan Silverstein, Tara Stacom, and Nadine Augusta were named. Andrea Olshan, CEO of Olshan Properties was listed. Robert Nelson, President of Nelson Management Group was named.
Eli Weiss, the Principal of Joy Construction Corp made the list for his work in multifamily, commercial and hospitality properties. Anchin’s Marc Wieder and Robert Gilman were named. From Silverstein Properties Jason Kaufman and Lisa Bevacqua were named. Renowned geotechnical engineer Andrew Ciancia of Langan Engineering was on the list.
A few of the others who were honored in the list included: Jamar Adams, VP of NY for Related Cos; Matthew Astrachan of JLL; Caroline Burton, VP of Zillow Group; Helena Rose Durst of the Durst Org; Sam Einhorn Director of Colliers Int.; Adam Gordon, President of Wildflower Ltd; Barry Gossin CEO of Newmark Group; Grant Greenspan of Kaufman Org.; Aaron Jungreis CEO of Rosewood Realty; Jonathan Kaufman Iger President of Sage Realty; Lena Johnson, head of Marketing at Compass; Andrew Kimball CEO of Industry City; Stephen Kliegerman of Brown Harris Stevens; James Nelson, Principal of Avison Young; CEO of The Raisner Group, Remy Raisner; Samantha Rudin, Senior VP of Rudin Management company; Morris Sabbagh, President of Kassin Sabbagh Realty; Abe Schlisselfeld partner and tax adviser at Marks Paneth; Mechanical Engineer Dana Robbins Schneider of Empire State Realty Trust; Belinda Schwartz of Herrick Feinstein; Joseph Taylor, President of Matric Development Group; David Walker CEO of Triplemint; Seth Weissman, President of Urban Capital; and Michael Werner from Fried Frank;
In the full Crain’s list, there were a total of 83 honorees, which can be found on their website.
