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2026 Top Broker Awards
New York & Tri-State
- Ariel Property Advisors Handles 375 Affordable Housing Buildings Totaling 20,000 Units Over 15 Years
- Berkadia’s New Jersey Investment Sales Team Closes 29 Deals at a Deal Volume of Over $456 Million
- CBRE’s Scott Gottlieb Spearheads 58 Deals Totaling Over 2 Million Square Feet
- Ed English and Ron Ganter with Avison Young Spearhead 27 Deals Totaling Over 1 Million Square Feet
- Jonathan Brody and Michael Schattner with BASE Realty Handle 12 Transactions Totaling $330 Million
- Levin Management Leasing Team Structures 119 Deals Totaling Over 1 Million Square Feet
- Marcus & Millichap’s Cafiero Team Generates $259 Million Across 77 Transactions
- Marcus & Millichap’s Michael Tuccillo Handles 22 Deals That Generate Over $223 Million
- RIPCO Real Estate’s Stephen Preuss Spearheads 74 Transactions Totaling $518 Million
- RIPCO’s Ari Ravi Leads Team to Over $196 Million in Sales Across 41 Transactions
- Skyline’s Robert Khodadadian and Daniel Shirazi Generate Over $181 Million in Sales
- The Cushman & Wakefield Institutional Leasing Team Handles 316 Transactions Totaling over 15 Million Square Feet

RIPCO Real Estate’s Stephen Preuss Spearheads 74 Transactions Totaling $518 Million
Sales Total
$518 million
RIPCO Real Estate’s team, including Stephen R. Preuss Sr., Andreas Efthymiou, Kevin Louie, Kevin Schmitz and Denise Tempone, is active throughout the New York City boroughs, Long Island, New Jersey and Florida.
In 2025, the company completed 74 transactions totaling $518 million.
Notable deals included handling the $18.6-million sale of a development site (while sourcing $66.1 million in acquisition financing), a $22.9-million medical office building sale on Long Island occupied by NYU Langone, and a $9 million sale of a 38th Avenue office building.
The company also sold an $8.5-million development site on Crescent Street, while securing $4.2 million in acquisition financing and $23.3 million in construction financing.
These are some of the reasons we selected the RIPCO Real Estate team as one of Connect CRE’s New York & Tri-State Top Broker Award winners for 2026. These awards recognize industry professionals who have demonstrated the highest standards and transaction volumes in investment sales and leasing.