The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) announced that David Ehrenberg, currently executive vice president at New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), has been appointed as the new president and CEO of the not-for-profit that manages the 300-acre, city-owned industrial park.
Ehrenberg and his team will oversee the development of more than one million square feet of new industrial space within the Yard.
Prior to his appointment, Ehrenberg was co-head of the Real Estate Transaction Services group at NYCEDC.
Before that, he worked at South Brooklyn Legal Services as the co-ordinator for a microenterprise program.
He is a graduate of Wesleyan University where he majored in government and urban studies and received dual Masters Degrees from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University in Public Policy and Urban Planning.
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Eastern Consolidated has brought aboard another professional to expand its Retail Sales Group.
Carlos G. Olson has joined the firm as associate director. Previously he was at Massey Knakal Realty Services where he focused on the sale of properties in SoHo, NoLita, Hudson Square, Little Italy and Chinatown.
During his tenure, he brokered a total of 15 transactions valued at more than $162 million. Notable sales included the 11-building Bowery Portfolio for $62 million, 100 Vandam for $27.5 million and 224 Mulberry for $26 million.
Before Massey Knakal, Olson co-founded Firm Inmobiliaria in Guadalajara, Mexico, a residential and commercial real estate brokerage .
Earlier, he worked as sales manager for Livorno Towers, a residential development in Guadalajara, and prior to that as a sales director for Homex Development Corporation in Sinaloa, Mexico.
He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Mexico.
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Jason Park, a capital markets specialist with a concentration on the Asian real estate investment sector, has relocated from Savills in Korea to join the company’s US-based Cross-Border Investment team in New York.
Park, an associate director, has helped close more than $760 million in investment transactions since co-founding the International Investment Advisory team for Savills Korea in 2009. He first came to the firm’s Seoul office in 2006.
Prior to joining the Savills investment department, Park was responsible for managing more than 4.7 million square feet of office and retail space owned by seven clients.
He holds both a bachelor of science and master of science degree from Yonsei University in Seoul.
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L&L Holding Company, LLC, has expanded its asset management department with two new hires.
Financial professionals Katherine Lau and James Trayor have joined the firm as Asset Management Analysts, reporting to L&L’s senior vice president and director of asset management, Howard L. Slavin.
They will be responsible for supporting the asset management team in managing, recapitalizing and refinancing L&L’s portfolio of office buildings and development projects.
Katherine Lau began her career at Prudential Real Estate Investors as an investment analyst in the firm’s PRISA II core-plus fund, where she supported the asset management and development teams in managing the portfolio’s complex retail investments and distressed land positions.
She is a graduate of New York University, where she received the Founders’ Day Award.
James Traynor formerly worked with Ernst & Young’s Transaction Real Estate Group in New York City.
He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelors of Finance and holds a Master’s in Real Estate from the University of Florida.
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Zetlin & De Chiara LLP announced the arrival of new partner Loryn Riggiolato the firm.
Riggiola has developed a specialty in representing clients from counseling through litigation and/or arbitration in disputes arising from construction projects and commercial matters.
She has represented clients in both public and private sector projects, contract disputes, bidding disputes, defect and delay claims, and commercial disputes. She has serviced clients in the United States and abroad on a variety of matters.
Riggiola has participated in numerous bench and jury trials in both New York and New Jersey and has a diverse and active caseload.
She is a past president of the Design Build Institute of America, NY-Tri-State Metro Area.
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Colliers International has added Mark Petersen to its New Jersey team as a senior research analyst.
Prior to joining Colliers, Petersen was a research analyst with CBRE’s Saddle Brook, NJ office.
While there, he was honored as NJ Research Professional of the Year and given the Tri-State Research All Star Award and the National Research MVP Award.
Prior to CBRE, he served as a Market Researcher for Realty IQ Corporation in Manhattan.
Burnham Nationwide announced the promotion of Michael Skomsky to director of business Development.
He will be responsible for attracting business opportunities and potential clients for the firm, in addition to communicating with existing clients.
Skomsky was formerly deputy executive director / director of legislation at the Building Owners & Managers Association of Greater New York, Inc. (BOMA/NY) for over 10 years.
He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from St. John’s University.
Skomsky is Burnham NY’s main representative to BOMA/NY as well as the NY Building Congress.
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Advantage Group announced that Nicholas E. Racanelli has joined the Mortgage Advantage as vice president of business development.
Racanelli formerly was regional vice president of South Fork Funding Inc., a mortgage brokerage firm in Hauppauge.
Before that, he was a senior loan originator at Racanelli/Spateri-GFI Mortgage Bankers Inc.
A 1991 graduate of Villanova University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology, Racanelli entered the mortgage business in 2008 after establishing himself in his family’s successful real estate development company.
In addition to his active role in the family business, Racanelli has participated in the acquisition, operation, and sale of a number of various successful private businesses in the service sector.
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CBRE Group, Inc. (CBRE) announced that Paul Suchman, a highly accomplished business-to-business marketing and brand-building leader, has been appointed CBRE’s Chief Marketing Officer.
In this newly created position, Suchman will report to Mike Lafitte, chief operating officer, CBRE Group, Inc., and oversee the company’s global marketing functions and activities.
He joins CBRE from BBDO NY where he served as an executive vice president.
Suchman has more than 20 years of extensive business-to-business marketing and brand-building experience.
Prior to BBDO, he worked at Ogilvy & Mather. Before that, he led the digital strategy practice at Agency.com, New York.
Suchman holds degrees in Marketing and Finance from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.
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Savitt Partners announced that Caroline O’ Connell is now part of its brokerage team.
O’Connell, who previously worked in residential real estate at Prudential Douglas Elliman, will be responsible for assisting fashion and creative services companies with their real estate requirements.
Prior to entering the real estate industry, O’Connell had a successful modeling career working with the renowned Ford Modeling Agency.
Savitt Partners announced that Caroline O’ Connell is now part of its brokerage team.
O’Connell, who previously worked in residential real estate at Prudential Douglas Elliman, will be responsible for assisting fashion and creative services companies with their real estate requirements.
Prior to entering the real estate industry, O’Connell had a successful modeling career working with the renowned Ford Modeling Agency.
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The New York office of Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services announced it formed a new affiliate company, Lee & Associates BQ|LI, LLC to service the Queens and Nassau and Suffolk County office, retail, and industrial markets.
Kelly Koukou is executive managing director of the new company and one of its principal owners.
Bradley Diamond also joined the new company and serves as a managing director.
Kelly Koukou joins the firm from CBRE, where he was a senior vice president in its Long Island office for 13 years.
Bradley Diamond joined from Coldwell Banker Commercial, where he worked on office, retail, and industrial transactionsfor seven years.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced that Nichole D. Cortese has been promoted to senior counsel in the firm’s Real Estate Department in New York.
Her primary practice focus is the representation of landlords and tenants in commercial leasing transactions. Cortese joined Loeb & Loeb LLP in 2008 and was previously an associate.
A member of the New York City Bar and New York State Bar, she earned her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where she was the Editor of the Urban Law Journal and Senior Writer and Research Editor for the Sports Law Forum.
She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from New York University.
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Stark Office Suites announced that Tracey A. Di Brino has joined the company as director of business development.
Di Brino will help the Stark brand grow its business throughout the metropolitan region.
She has an established career in office leasing and is a licensed real estate broker. She previously served as general manager at Serendipity Labs in Rye and managing director at Carr Workplaces, providing work environments for independent professionals, entrepreneurs, and home-based workers.
She also worked as general manager at Regus, a manager of executive suites, virtual offices and conference room space.
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Allen R. Wolff has joined Anderson Kill P.C. as a shareholder in the firm’s New York office.
Wolff’s practice concentrates in construction litigation, insurance recovery and the nexus between the two, as well as complex commercial litigation.
He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation only honorary society of trial lawyers.
Wolff is a frequent lecturer on Federal practice and procedure, complex construction law, and insurance coverage issues.
For many years prior to his move to New York in 2008, Wolff was a partner at Carlsmith Ball LLP, a preeminent Pacific Rim firm based in Hawaii.
Before becoming a lawyer, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army for more than five years, including three years as a paratrooper.
A retired Colonel in the Army Reserve, he graduated from the Army’s senior leadership program at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA, where he earned a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies.
He also holds a J.D. from Albany Law School Union University and a B.A. from Cornell University.
