Con Edison announced that its Board of Directors has elected John McAvoy as president and chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2014.
McAvoy will also serve as CEO of Con Edison’s principal subsidiary, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
JOHN McAVOY
After 40 years of service, Kevin Burke will retire as president and CEO on December 31. He will remain the non-executive chairman of the board for a transition period. Burke, who is 62, joined the company in 1973 and has served as president and CEO since 2005.
McAvoy, 53, was appointed president and chief executive officer of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. in 2012.
Since joining Con Edison in 1980, he served as senior vice president of Central Operationsy. Over the years, he has held positions of increasing responsibility, including vice president of System and Transmission Operations and general manager of Substation Operations.
He earned an MBA from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Manhattan College.
McAvoy is a graduate of the Rockefeller Fellows program. He currently serves on the boards of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation, Orange County Partnership, and the Rockland Economic Development Corporation.
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Jonathan Mazur has joined Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) at its New York City headquarters as director of capital markets research.
Mazur will steer NGKF Capital Markets’ research platform, supporting investment sales and institutional client requirements nationally.
Formerly with Cushman & Wakefeld, Mazur will be responsible for establishing capital markets research standards and supporting business development initiatives.
JONATHAN MAZUR
He’ll oversee the gathering of capital markets data, identify trends, and disseminate the latest information on the capital markets through white papers, think pieces and other reports.
Mazur is known for providing customized current and historical market analysis and reports. His clients have included SL Green, Mack Cali, Trinity Real Estate, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, The Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs.
He’s noted for his work with the Real Estate Board of New York and the Department of City Planning on its East Midtown rezoning plan.
Prior to Cushman & Wakefield, Mazur was a financial trader for Blackwood Trading, LLC. He holds a B.A. degree from Indiana University.
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Eastern Consolidated announced that Matthew Sparks, a 15-year investment sales veteran, has joined the firm as senior director.
He previously served as managing partner at ERG Property Advisors.
Sparks has negotiated more than $850 million in real estate transactions during his 15-year career.
For the past three years, he has served as partner at ERG Property Advisors. Earlier, he was with GFI Realty.
He studied accounting and finance at SUNY Old Westbury and is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY).
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Massey Knakal Realty Services announced that Seth Pollack has joined the firm as a director of sales, focusing on New Jersey’s Passaic and North Bergen County.
Pollack has over a decade of experience in real estate. He has specialized in multi-tenant investment sales within the retail sector and has sold in excess of $300 million in investment properties throughout New Jersey on behalf of private investor groups.
Prior to Massey Knakal, he was a first vice president at CBRE’s Private Capital Group in Saddle Brook, NJ. Earlier, he served as a senior associate at Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services. He also spent time as vice president of investment sales at Gebroe Hammer Associates and director of operations at a private real estate company in New York.
Pollack earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Massey Knakal Realty Services announced Vijay Gogia has joined the Capital Services division as an associate.
He will be working alongside Director Scott Aiese focusing on Flatiron, Gramercy Park, Murray Hill, and Union Square.
Prior to Massey Knakal, Gogia was an associate at Emerald Creek Capital in New York. Earlier, he served as an asset manager at Gogia Equities, a family-owned diversified investment fund in Roslyn, New York.
As a capital markets analyst at Real Capital Analytics in New York, Gogia researched CMBS issuances and evaluated property level financials.
He is currently earning a Master of Science degree in Real Estate Development from New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and a minor in Economics from Boston University’s School of Management.
He is fluent in Hindi and conversational in Spanish and Mandarin.
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Cassidy Turley announced the addition Raymond A. Sohmer, senior vice president, and Carol Reed, senior property manager.
Raymon Sohmer brings a wealth of commercial real estate experience and is highly regarded for his expertise in tenant representation, lease negotiation and strategy implementation.
Prior to joining Cassidy Turley, he served as executive vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle and was the senior managing director of brokerage operations in New Jersey for CBRE. Before that, he was a senior broker at Grubb & Ellis.
Sohmer has completed more than 10 million square feet of office leasing transactions during his career and played a key role in many of New Jersey’s most significant lease and sale transactions.
Carol Reed will lead the property management division at Cassidy Turley in New Jersey.
CAROL REED
She brings more than 17 years of experience in real estate management, operations and project management. Previously, she was senior property manager at Mandelbaum & Mandelbaum, where she oversaw a portfolio of over 1.5 million square feet of commercial properties. She began her career in property management at Zepka Goldberg Real Estate.
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Matthew Bernholc has joined the Real Estate and Land Use/Zoning Practice Groups at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP. He is an associate, and is based in the Hauppauge office.
Earlky in his career, Bernholc worked as a property manager for Wellington Custom Builders where he managed three multi-million dollar luxury homes in Southampton.
He also developed a Florida-based, start-up company created to redesign spaces and stage residences for sale or rent.
He gained his legal experience as a summer associate at Garbarini & Scher.
Bernholc earned his Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 2012 and his Bachelor of Science in Criminology with a minor in Psychology from the University of Tampa in 2008.
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Community Environmental Center (CEC) has named Sarah Gaddis to be in charge of marketing CEC’s sustainability expertise to New York City building owners.
Gaddis, who has worked in CEC’s Corporate Development department since 2012, will help bring CEC’s energy efficiency services to the attention of multifamily building owners.
Gaddis spent her undergraduate years at Kenyon College studying Psychology and Environmental Studies.
Upon graduating, she worked for the nonprofit Rainforest Alliance and later moved to San Francisco to work in development for the Environmental Defense Fund.
Gaddis then attained MBA at Tulane University and began working as a marketing strategist for the internet start-up, Lifebooker before accepting a position with Community Environmental Center.
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Zetlin & De Chiara LLP announced the arrival of new attorney Alana T. Sliwinski to the firm.
Sliwinski has joined the firm as an associate. She focuses on the representation of corporations in complex litigation.
ALANA SLIWINSKI
She is an active member of the New York County Lawyers’ Association and received her J.D. from New York Law School, where she participated in the Moot Court Association and competed in two national Moot Court competitions.
During law school, she was a summer law clerk for Hon. Loren Baily-Schiffman, in New York State Supreme Court, Kings County.
Sliwinski also interned in the in-house legal department for an international real estate and development and investment firm headquartered in New York. She received her undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College and is currently a member of its Young Alumni Leadership Society.
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John N. Garvalia has joined Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation as senior vice president of Design Center Leasing,.
Garvalia, an industry veteran with 25 years of experience leasing and managing multiple design centers across the country, will oversee leasing activities for the Cohen Brothers’ design center portfolio, which includes the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, CA, the Decorative Center of Houston, and the Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) in Dania Beach, Florida. He will be headquartered out of Florida.
Prior to joining Cohen Brothers, Garvalia served as vice president of Miromar Development Corporation. Previously, Garvalia was president of Dallas-based Crow Design Centers. Before that, he worked as the financial manager/leasing agent of the Boston Design Center.
Garvalia earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from University of Wisconsin La Crosse.
