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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
Ariel Property Advisors Handles 375 Affordable Housing Buildings Totaling 20,000 Units Over 15 Years
Sales Total
$786 million
Ariel Property Advisors’ team consists of Shimon Shkury, President and Founder; Victor Sozio, Founding Partner; Michael A. Tortorici, Founding Partner; and Sean R. Kelly, Esq., Partner. Shkury and Sozio oversee the firm’s Affordable Housing practice.
Over the past 14 years, the company brokered or placed under contract 375 affordable housing buildings comprising nearly 20,000 units. This translates to 20 million square feet of real estate and a total transaction volume exceeding $3.65 billion.
During 2025, Sozio and Shkury handled the $88-million sale of Ocean Park, a 607-unit affordable housing complex at 125 Beach 17th in Far Rockaway, Queens. The team also arranged the $55.6-million sale of the Harlem River Point Portfolio, an affordable housing portfolio comprised of two elevator buildings with 315 units in East Harlem.
Additionally, Ariel arranged the sale of 12 development sites in Brooklyn and Queens over 12 months, with four more in contract. Together, the development sites total approximately 1 million buildable square feet and are valued at nearly $200 million.
These are some of the reasons we selected Ariel Property Advisors 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.