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2026 The ApartmentBuildings.com 100
Dealmakers of the Year
- Arcus Harbor Closes Multiple Multifamily and Retail Financing Transactions
- Ariel Affordable Housing Team Closes $3.65 Billion in NYC Deals
- Berkadia’s Ernest Katai Fuels Triple-Digit Production Growth
- Colliers’ Will Mathews Closes $2.5 Billion in Sales Over the Past Year
- Connor Kerns with Matthews Boosts Multifamily Momentum Throughout the Southeast
- Eric Chen with CBRE Closes $6.5 Billion in Multifamily Sales and Financing
- Greysteel Mid-Atlantic Team Drives Multifamily Activity Across D.C. Region
- HKS Real Estate Advisors Surpasses $30 Billion in Transactions Since 2011
- Jamie May Leads JBM to $20 Billion+ in Multifamily Sales
- Lument’s Vic Clark Originates Over $13 Billion in Real Estate Loans
- Mark Goodman Oversees a $5-Billion Multifamily Brokerage and Market-Intelligence Platform
- Michael Reyes, with Opportunity Home, Spearheads Affordable Housing Transformations in San Antonio
- Newmark’s Joseph Smolen and Geoff Boler Advise on Over $135 Billion in Multifamily Deals
- Noah Birk and Aaron Sklar with Kiser Group Oversee $1 Billion-Plus Chicago Multifamily Brokerage
- Otto Ozen with the Mogharebi Group Oversees $3.5 Billion in California Multifamily Sales
- Cushman ＆ Wakefield’s Pat Knowlton Delivers Results Across Colorado’s Multifamily Market
- THG Multifamily Advisors Founders Generate $12 Billion in Deals
- Walker ＆ Dunlop’s Mo Beler and Jonathan Paine Advise on $40 Billion in Transactions
- GREA Partners Brown and Wellar Close $9 Billion in Multifamily Deals
- Drew Fletcher Brings Owner, Operator and Capital Markets Expertise to Greystone
- Simon/Anderson Multifamily Team Covers Washington State at Kidder Mathews
Newmark’s Joseph Smolen and Geoff Boler Advise on Over $135 Billion in Multifamily Deals
Joseph Smolen and Geoff Boler, executive vice chairmen at Newmark, bring more than $135 billion in combined multifamily transaction experience to the firm’s investment sales platform.
Both specialize in complex institutional transactions, including portfolio sales, recapitalizations, joint ventures and strategic dispositions.
Smolen has 20 years of real estate experience and has handled more than $100 billion in multifamily transactions, including single-asset and large portfolio sales. Boler has nearly two decades in the industry, completing over $35 billion in transaction volume.
Their transaction history includes the $925-million sale of Westlake Village Apartments in the Bay Area, as well as major transactions involving Kiara in Seattle, Kapilina Apartments on Oahu and Park 12 in San Diego. Newmark said Smolen, Boler and two other incoming advisors had been responsible for more than 90% of Western U.S. multifamily sales of $300 million or more within the past seven years.
The pair joined Newmark in 2025 from Eastdil Secured and assumed leadership roles within Newmark’s multifamily business and Multifamily Advisory Council. Before Eastdil, Smolen was a founding member of Institutional Property Advisors and led multifamily advisory work across Southern California.
Smolen is a member of ULI and NMHC and has degrees from Harvard and INSEAD. Boler is a CFA charterholder and earned a business administration degree from the University of Arizona.
These are some of the reasons why Joseph Smolen and Geoff Boler were selected to receive ApartmentBuildings.com’s AB 100 Dealmaker of the Year Award, which recognizes those who demonstrate creativity, skill and success in the multifamily industry.