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New York People and Company News, Week of Jan. 10, 2025
- Greystone has named new co-COOs, Chip Hudson and Greg Lyss. Hudson previously served as CEO of Greystone’s agency lending platform, and Lyss as CIO at Greystone. Charlie Baxter, a 20-veteran of the firm previously serving as both COO and chief credit officer of Greystone’s agency lending platform, has assumed the role of CEO for Greystone’s Agency lending platform.
- Rockefeller Group announced that Brandi Hanback has been appointed EVP, head of development, assuming sole leadership responsibility for the company’s U.S. real estate development platform. Based in Annapolis, MD, she was previously co-head of development, a position she assumed in early 2024.
- Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. announced that managing director Ethan Lebowitz will succeed Steven Plust as COO effective no later than May 1. Following the transition, Plust will remain with Granite Point as a senior managing director full-time until his retirement from the Company, which will be no later than Dec. 31, 2027.
- Eastdil Secured, L.L.C. announced that Ryan Shore has joined as managing director. Shore will be based in Dallas, where he will be a key member of the firm’s global retail team. Bringing more than two decades of experience in retail investment sales, Shore spent 15 years at HFF/JLL as senior managing director, where he played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s retail investment sales strategy. Before HFF/JLL, he spent seven years at CBRE as SVP.
- TRIP Property Group, a leading real estate investment firm focused on acquiring and operating niche transportation and outdoor storage industrial real estate in major U.S. markets, hired Sean Gildea as VP of the Eastern Region. In this role, Gildea will oversee the firm’s acquisition strategy in the Eastern U.S. and will lead the opening of TRIP’s new office in New York City.
- Thornton Tomasetti senior principal Robert Smilowitz is the latest recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Ernest E. Howard Award. The award recognizes an ASCE member for their contributions in advancing the field of structural engineering. Smilowitz was honored by the organization for his “international leadership in protecting lives from acts of terrorism through structural design and public policy and for teaching protective design to the next generation of engineers.”
- Braverman Greenspun P.C., a leading law firm in condominium, cooperative and real estate matters in New York for more than 50 years, has acquired Zingman & Associates PLLC, a highly regarded real estate boutique law firm. The acquisition significantly deepens the firm’s capabilities in landlord-tenant-related issues, one area of focus for Zingman & Associates partners Mitchell Zingman and Cheryl Ginsburg. They join Braverman Greenspun in the same roles.
- Gottesman Real Estate Partners, a family-owned and operated real estate company based in Chatham, NJ, has hired Zachary Levine as VP. Levine will assist in overseeing the firm’s four-state portfolio of 14 commercial properties, spread across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and North Carolina. He is a former senior associate at Brookfield Asset Management and Morgan Stanley, where he underwrote some $45 billion of commercial property loans across all property types and geographic markets.
- Camber Real Estate Partners, a leading private real estate investment firm specializing in acquiring, developing and operating light-industrial properties in select East Coast markets, has expanded its in-house acquisitions expertise. Kevin Interlicchio joins Camber as the firm’s new director of acquisitions, while Connor Lipka has been named acquisition analyst. Before joining Camber, Interlicchio was VP at PGIM Real Estate, where he played an instrumental role in executing industrial transactions totaling more than 42.7 million square feet.
- Andrea Tsoukalas Curto, a land use & zoning partner at Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP, was appointed an affiliate board member of the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island and co-chair of the CIBS W Committee. CIBS Long Island’s mission is to bolster economic, sustainable and diversified development on Long Island. The CIBS W Committee promotes the interests and professional development of women in the commercial real estate industry on Long Island.
- Jones, a vertical software company leading AI innovation in insurance verification, closed its $15-million Series B funding round led by NewSpring Capital, a growth equity firm managing $3.5 billion in capital with over 250 platform investments, via its dedicated growth and expansion strategy, NewSpring Growth. The round also saw continued participation from major existing investors, including Hetz Ventures, Camber Creek, Khosla Ventures, JLL Spark, DivcoWest Ventures, Rudin Ventures and Ground Up Ventures.
- The Multifamily Impact Council (MIC), a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to establishing a framework of impact principles and reporting guidelines for the rental apartment industry in the U.S., and New York University Stern School of Business Center for Sustainable Business have launched a collaborative research project to quantify the financial benefits and value drivers of impact-oriented multifamily real estate investments in the U.S. This first-of-its-kind research project intends to provide the multifamily industry and broader investment community with a data-backed, evidence-based approach to demonstrating and evaluating the financial benefits of investing in impact-oriented multifamily housing.
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