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2025 The ApartmentBuildings.com 100 from Connect CRE
Dealmakers of the Year
- Arcus Harbor Real Estate Capital
- Berkadia Orange County & San Diego Mortgage Banking Team
- Birk Sklar Team, Kiser Group
- Brandon Polakoff, Avison Young
- Brendan O’Leary, Transwestern
- Brian Eisendrath, Institutional Property Advisors
- Brian Kuhn and Jon Reible, KeyBank Real Estate Capital
- Brian Smuckler, JLL
- Chad Musgrove, M&T Realty Capital Corporation
- Dan Blackwell and Mike O’Neill, CBRE
- Drew Fletcher, Greystone Capital Advisors
- Ellie Perlman, Blue Lake Capital
- Erik Anderson, Newmark
- Hailey Ghalib, Affinius Capital
- Harvey Russell, NAI Advent
- John Darrow, Slatt Capital
- Joseph Koicim, Marcus & Millichap
- Ken Wellar, Global Real Estate Advisors
- Kitty Wallace, Colliers
- Logan Lee, Moody National Companies
- Maggie Burke, Capital One
- Marc Renard, Cushman & Wakefield
- Mark Goodman, Goodman Commercial
- Michelle Herrick, JPMorgan Chase
- Neander Lima, Empire Group
- Regions Real Estate Capital Markets Multifamily Origination Team
- Sharon Karaffa, Newmark Multifamily Capital Markets
- Shimon Shkury and Victor Sozio, Ariel Property Advisors
- Simon Ziff, Ackman Ziff
- Tyler Hague, Will Mathews and Ed Thomas, Colliers National Multifamily Advisory Group
- Vic Clark, Lument
- Walker & Dunlop New York Capital Markets Team
- Steve Bram, George Smith Partners
- Thomas Olivetti and Taylor Sims, Northmarq
- Thorofare Capital Originations Team
- Tom Britt, SitusAMC
- Hessam Nadji, Marcus & Millichap

Neander Lima, Empire Group
Neander Lima, co-founder of Multifamily Empire, is also the innovative mind behind Empire Construction, Green Empire Landscaping, Tower Multifamily, and Empire Living Solutions, where he creates and leads vertically integrated acquisitions and operations.
Lima is a two-decade veteran in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, and his multifaceted skill set drives innovative strategies and projects across every arm of the Empire Group.
He firmly believes in a “hands-on” approach for each property, knowing that the philosophy leads to a higher-quality property and positive residential experience. This, in turn, generates a higher return for Multifamily Empire’s investors.
Lima earned his B.A. in communications and marketing.
These are some of the reasons why Neander Lima was selected to receive ApartmentBuildings.com’s first annual AB 100 Dealmaker of the Year Award, which recognizes those who demonstrate creativity, skill and success in the multifamily industry.
