Bisnow's Office Leasing & Development Expo

Larry Silverstein

Chairman - Silverstein Properties

Anthony Malkin

Chairman & CEO - Empire State Realty Trust

Isaac Zion

Co-CIO - SL Green

Isaac Zion, o-Chief Investment Officer, joined SL Green in January 2007 as a Managing Director and as co-head of the company’s Investments Group along with having overall responsibility for and being head of SL Green’s suburban division/portfolio. Mr. Zion has been the lead on property acquisitions, dispositions, and joint ventures. Over his career, he has played a senior role in over $30 billion of investment activity, including some of New York City's largest property transactions, and in over 15 million square feet of leasing. Prior to joining SL Green, Mr. Zion was a Managing Director at Tishman Speyer, responsible for office acquisitions and dispositions in the New York metropolitan region from 2004 through 2006. Upon joining Tishman Speyer in 2002, Mr. Zion was responsible for the leasing and marketing efforts of the company’s portfolio in New York City. Previously, Mr. Zion was a director in Insignia/ESG’s (now CBRE) Consulting Group and worked on large-scale leasing assignments from a tenant representative perspective. Mr. Zion holds a Bachelor of Science in management/finance from Binghamton University and an MBA from New York University. Mr. Zion is a member of REBNY, ULI, and an active participant in NYU’s Career Advisory Program. Mr. Zion graduated from the David Rockefeller Fellows Program, a program sponsored by the Partnership for New York City, in 2006. Mr. Zion was also selected by Real Estate Forum for inclusion in the 2010 national list of “40 Under 40” in real estate. Mr. Zion is also a founding member of the Center for Real Estate Finance Research at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Additionally, Mr. Zion is a member of the 9/11 Memorial Visionary Circle's Leadership and a board member of Hailey’s Hope Foundation.

Lauren Eckhart Smith

Global Head - Real Estate & Facilities - Bloomberg LP

Gabrielle Rubin Deveaux

Sr. Director of Corporate Real Estate & Facilities - BuzzFeed

David Rubenstein

Founder and Managing Partner - Rubenstein Partners

Toby Moskovits

Founder and President - Heritage Equity Partners

Andrew Wiener

Director of Leasing - L&L Holding

Andrew Wiener is the Director of Leasing at L&L Holding Company, LLC, a real estate development firm where Mr. Wiener oversees an office portfolio of over 6.5 million rentable square feet in New York City. Founded in 2000, L&L Holding Company, LLC focuses on re-developing office buildings by identifying untapped potential assets with the goal of maximizing their value and leveraging the company’s vertically integrated platform. In his five years at L&L, Mr. Wiener has leased over 1.7 million rentable square feet totaling over $400 million in value. Mr. Wiener also helps underwrite potential acquisitions for the company. Prior to working at L&L, Mr. Wiener was an analyst in NYC office of the Strategic Agency Services Group at Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. In his role as leasing agent and financial analyst for a portfolio of over 4 million rentable square feet, he was responsible for implementing a portfolio-wide leasing and tenant retention strategy. Prior to joining the agency group, Mr. Wiener worked in Cushman & Wakefield’s midtown & downtown offices focusing on tenant representation & transaction management. In 2012 Mr. Wiener was named one of the Commercial Observer’s “30 under 30” for New York City’s next wave of rising stars in the Real Estate Industry and in 2014 was named Jewish Week’s “36 under 36”. Mr. Wiener served as the co-chair of Israel Bonds’ real estate new leadership division from 2013 through 2014 and in 2013 was the recipient of the David J. Winoker New Leadership Award for outstanding and dedicated achievement and service in support of Israel Bonds Real Estate Division. Mr. Wiener resides in New York City on the Upper East Side with his wife Stefani and their 2-year old daughter Sydney.

Stephen Winter

VP - Related

Ashleigh Simpson

Director - MetLife Real Estate Investors

Chad Lundeen

Global Real Estate & Facilities Project Manager - Sonos

Jonathan Schultz

Managing Principal - Onyx Equities

As Co-Founder, Managing Principal, and Investment Committee officer of Onyx Equities, LLC, Jonathan Schultz oversees the organization’s investor capital raising initiatives, strategic planning, portfolio management, and business development, as well as formulating overall investment strategy. In addition, Jonathan has shepherded the Receivership Services platform of Onyx Equities which, since its commencement, has fast become the largest of its kind in the tri-state area. Jonathan has been responsible for initiating and closing billions of dollars in leasing and commercial real estate sales and acquisitions during his career to date. Prior to forming Onyx Equities, Jonathan was Founder and President of The Schultz Organization. The Schultz Organization and its affiliates provided commercial real estate brokerage and advisory services to institutions, lenders, private owners, and tenants. The Schultz Organization provided third party clients with leasing and/or management services for over 200 commercial properties totaling over 15 million square feet in the tri-state area. Jonathan is a member of the Metro NY chapter of YPO. He is a Founding Board Member of the “Award Of Courage” Foundation, raising significant funds for Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, and is a past recipient of their Humanitarian Award. Jonathan has been recognized as one of the “Commercial Brokerage All-Stars,” by Real Estate New York, he was twice named one of “New Jersey’s Most Successful Business Executives under 40” by Business News New Jersey, one of the country’s “Hottest Real Estate Brokers” by Commercial Property News, and one of the “Power Players of the Next Generation” by Real Estate NJ

Bill Bouchey

Director of Interiors, Principal - HOK

As a leader in "agile" corporate workplace design Bill has completed over 5 million square feet of award winning and recognized corporate workplace and showroom projects. With over 25 years experience Bill facilitates a team process with creative leadership which emphasizes visioning, culture, business objectives, and branding that define a workplace strategy. Innovative and forward thinking environments include WPP, Tough Mudder, Milliken and other companies.

Doug Curry

CEO - Xceligent

Doug Curry has served as the CEO of Xceligent, Inc. since its inception in 1999. Mr. Curry leads the executive staff and strategic direction of the company. His experience in real estate dates back to 1983 with hands-on experience of developing commercial and residential properties alongside his father. In 1996, Curry founded Pinnacle Appraisal Group, LLC. By focusing on customer service, standardized processes, training, and utilization of technology, Curry grew the company into one of the top appraisal firms in the country and his business model became the standard for many national banks. Curry then founded Pinnacle Commercial and experienced first-hand the difficulty in obtaining quality commercial real estate information. He founded Xceligent as an answer to that industry need in Kansas City. Over the last nearly 20 years, he has directed Xceligent’s growth into a proactively researched commercial real estate information provider covering more than 50 US markets.

Nick Romito

CEO - VTS

Mark Eagan

Partner - Hogan Lovells

Mark Eagan heads our Real Estate Practice for the Americas. He represents investment banks, foreign and domestic banks, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, public and private REITs, and a variety of other commercial real estate institutional investors and lenders. Before joining Hogan Lovells, Mark was a real estate partner at another international law firm, where he founded the firm's European real estate practice. He was based in London from 2001 to 2012, and is a member of the New York bar and a solicitor for England and Wales. With a wealth of international experience, Mark maintains many regular clients that are global; he has represented Ivanhoe Cambridge for more than 20 years on three continents. He recently represented Ivanhoe Cambridge in their US$5.3 billion acquisition with Blackstone of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. Mark also recently represented GreenOak Real Estate in its acquisition of a managing interest in the venture redeveloping 425 Park Avenue in Manhattan, the first office development on midtown Park Avenue in 50 years. He also represented the venture in its successful equity syndication.

Sarah Kay

Global Head of Workplace - Woods Bagot

As a director and designer at Woods Bagot Sarah is passionate about working with organizations to ensure good design positively influences business outcomes. During her career, she has advised and designed for some of the world’s largest and most successful organizations, including Google, Bloomberg, LinkedIn, JPMorgan and Macquarie Group Limited, adding value to the final built outcome through her knowledge of user needs and design innovations. Leading teams with a hands-on approach, Sarah’s experience working with business leaders means she speaks their language and in turn, is able to quickly and clearly communicate design ideas and how to add value to businesses. Sarah and her team are able to provide design outcomes that are functional, inspirational, and above all positively influence the culture, brand and business objectives of tenants and developers alike. Based in Woods Bagot’s New York studio, Sarah brings a global vision to her projects and is at the cutting edge of global ideas and new benchmarks in design.

Andre Kikoski

Founder - Andre Kikoski Architect

Andre Kikoski Architect is an award-winning Manhattan-based architecture and design firm, acclaimed for engaging innovation and artistry in work that elevates and expands our ideas of the built environment. Named one of the “Top 20 Biggest Power Players in New York City Real Estate” by the New York Post and one of the “Top 40 Firms in Residential Design” by Interior Design Magazine, Andre Kikoski Architect has proudly worked with such renowned brands as The Guggenheim Museum, The Howard Hughes Corporation, The Kohler Companies, Ligne Roset, The Relat- ed Companies at Hudson Yards, Saks Fifth Avenue, Swarovski Crystal, and Westfield at the World Trade Center. The Integration of Art & Architecture: Andre Kikoski Architect blurs the boundaries of art and architecture and explores materiality, form and scale to build a world that reveals the limitless potential of design. Kikoski highlights his work at The Wright in the Guggenheim Museum and a collector’s residence at One Madison Park to illustrate how he creates unified user experiences through the integration of art and architecture. It is in these moments of synthesis in art and the environment that the complexities of space become astounding. Downtown Revitalization:As a prominent figure in real estate development today, Kikoski is an expert resource on the changing landscape of downtown New York and the implications of urban revival and renewal. His newest project is at the junction of historic Kenmare and Mulberry streets, and the challenge he finds most exciting is the balance of creating and preserving community through the evolving built environment.

Kenneth Weissenberg

Partner - Eisner Amper

Kenneth Weissenberg is a Tax Partner and Partner-in-Charge of the Real Estate Services Group. His extensive experience encompasses all aspects of the real estate industry, ranging from developing tax saving strategies for owning and operating property to structuring and negotiating complex sales, acquisitions, and financing transactions. Ken has been involved in over $50 billion of real estate transactions over the last 30 years. Providing expert insight from both the legal and business perspectives, Ken consults with a variety of public and private REITs on tax planning and compliance issues ,including REIT formations, property contributions, and mergers and acquisitions. He serves a diverse client base that includes privately held and publicly traded real estate companies as well as prominent hotel and hospitality entities and world-renowned restaurants. Ken has also served as an expert witness and arbitrator in a number of complex litigations involving real estate issues. He represents the owners of some of the most well-known properties in New York City. For more than 20 years, Ken has also been a leader in developing tax and advisory services for same-sex couples and families. He serves as the National Leader of the LGBT and Alternative Family Services Group. He assists with tax issues facing high net worth individuals, trust and estate planning and the impact of tax laws effecting both LGBT couples and the businesses where they work. Additionally, Ken is a frequent writer and speaker on topics for various professional groups and news organizations.

Justin Royce

Executive Director - Cushman & Wakefield

Throughout his career, Justin Royce has successfully been involved in a wide array of commercial real estate transactions totaling in excess of 5 million SF with an aggregate value of over $1.5 billion. Major projects have included lease acquisitions and space dispositions, multi-market consolidations, repositioning assets, and the development and implementation of occupancy cost-reduction strategies. Mr. Royce has extensive experience representing landlords with the leasing, marketing, budgeting and analysis of commercial properties. He is currently working on the lease up of over 8 million SF including One World Trade Center, 220 East 42nd Street, 180 Maiden Lane, 100 Park Avenue, 75 Rockefeller Plaza and 505 Park Avenue. Prior to joining C&W, Mr. Royce spent 11 years at CBRE. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Psychology from the University of Richmond and currently resides in Manhattan with his wife. Clients Served: • Ally Financial • Amtrak • Cerberus Capital Management • Clarion Partners • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation • Herman Miller • Jamestown Properties • Lazard • MetLife Real Estate Investments • MHP Real Estate Services • Prudential Real Estate Investors • RXR Realty • Showtime Networks • Sidley Austin LLP • Sizmek Technologies • SL Green Realty Trust • The Durst Organization • Titan360 Professional Affiliations: • Board of Trustees, Indian Mountain School • Governor, Young Men’s/Women’s Real Estate Association (YM/WREA) • Executive Leadership Committee, Leukemia Lymphoma Society • Member, Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) • Member, University of Richmond Alumni Association of New York.

Shervin Gerami

CEO - TeleWorld Solutions

Wayne D'Amico

EVP - Xceligent

Wayne D’Amico, CCIM, works directly with the CEO on Xceligent’s growth nationally into remaining Top 10 U.S. markets with focus on New York City and Northeast. D’Amico is responsible to establish and maintain strategic industry relationships that enhance the brand, expand adoption and product offerings. Prior to Xceligent, D’Amico has been engaged in diversified services in nearly a billion dollars of commercial and investment real estate projects in the areas of strategic and valuation consulting, transactional brokerage and creative financing to a national clientele since 1987. D’Amico is a Past President & Chairman of the CCIM Institute with over 20 years of leadership and service to commercial real estate profession. In 1988, D’Amico received the “Diploma in Real Estate” from NYU’s Real Estate Institute and a Bachelor of Arts in Real Estate & Finance from New York University in 1989.

Punit Kulkarni

Head of Marketing - Software Enabled Businesses - HARMAN International

Mike Nash

Senior Managing Director - Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies

Since its founding in 1985, The Blackstone Group LP has grown into one of the leading global investment and advisory firms. The private equity firm’s real estate ventures have played a major role in that rise. Michael Nash, a senior managing director who joined Blackstone in 2007, serves as the chief investment officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS), which has more than $9 billion of assets under management. Nash is also the executive chairman of Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc. (NYSE: BXMT). He spoke recently with REIT magazine on topics including the state of market fundamentals, changes in lending strategy and development, and the reasons why Blackstone has been selling so much of its real estate lately.

Norman Sturner

CEO - MHP Real Estate Services

Norman Sturner is a founding Principal of MHP Real Estate Services and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the firm. Mr. Sturner has engaged in all aspects of the New York real estate market, including project acquisition, management and brokerage. He is responsible for the firm’s acquisition and disposition activities and has acquired and sold more than 150 properties with an aggregate value of more than 12 Billion dollars. Recently, Mr. Sturner was honored again by The Commercial Observer as one of the 100 most powerful people in New York Real Estate. Norman Sturner is an approved Receiver by The New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA). Mr. Sturner is a Board Member of: Real Estate Board of New York, Grand Central Partnership, New York Realty Foundation, Jewish Braille Institute and Association for a Better New York.