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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
Simon Ziff, Ackman Ziff
Simon Ziff is president of Ackman Ziff, a position he assumed in 1995. Since joining the firm as an analyst in 1989, Ziff has contributed to the firm’s arranging of over $50 billion of debt, mezzanine and equity financings for some of the nation’s foremost real estate developers and owners while solidifying the firm’s relationships with key capital sources.
Ziff received a B.S. in Finance from Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in Real Estate Finance from New York University. New York University awarded him its second-ever distinguished Real Estate Alumni Recognition Award. He has also been recognized multiple times by the Real Estate Board of New York.
Ziff has also been honored with REBNY’s prestigious Louis Smadbeck Broker Recognition Award in recognition of his positive influence on the real estate brokerage industry over the past 17 years.
In the community, Ziff has been active in leadership roles of multiple not-for-profit organizations.
These are some of the reasons why Simon Ziff 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.