 | Yisroel Berg | Harbor Group International | CIO - MF | Yisroel Berg is the Chief Investment Officer - Multi-Family of Harbor Group International. Mr. Berg is responsible for the sourcing and underwriting of new Multi-Family opportunities, as well as coordinating due diligence and closing efforts for HGI’s multifamily acquisitions. His primary focus is on major and secondary markets in the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest. Mr. Berg also leads transactions on HGI’s Mortgage Bond B Pieces Purchases as well as sources the origination of mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments. Mr. Berg started with HGI as an analyst in 2010. |
 | Andrew Brown | Cushman & Wakefield | Executive Director | Andrew Brown is an Executive Director of the Sunbelt Multi-Family Advisory Group in the Birmingham office of Cushman & Wakefield. Mr. Brown helps lead the firm’s Multi-Family brokerage activities in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida Panhandle.
Mr. Brown started with Multi Housing Advisors in 2015 before the company was acquired by Cushman & Wakefield in June 2016. Since then, Mr. Brown has been involved in selling 500 apartment communities with a total of over 89,000 units and an aggregate value in excess of $8.9 billion. He has been recognized as a CoStar Power Broker since 2019. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Auburn University. |
 | Ephraim Diamond | Arbel Capital Advisors LLC | Managing Member | Following nearly two decades as a bankruptcy lawyer and a hedge fund, distressed analyst, Ephraim founded Arbel Capital Advisors LLC in late 2018 to provide interim crisis management, bespoke restructuring advisory services and independent and fiduciary oversight for distressed and special situations. Arbel represents debtors, creditors, principals and investors.
Most recently, at both All Year Holdings Ltd. and Brookland Upreal Ltd., Ephraim, as restructuring officer, took charge of a mixed portfolios of income producing, stalled and pre-development multi-family assets; developing and implementing strategies for restructuring, managing and/or liquidating individual assets and the portfolio, negotiating with a diverse array of lenders, partners, noteholders and other stakeholders, overseeing sales processes, managing litigations and creatively enhancing value for creditors, all in the context of the overlay of an multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings.
Prior to opening Arbel, Ephraim was the founding legal analyst for Davidson Kempner’s distress investment group, working on identifying, researching, analyzing, implementing, managing and monitoring investable, legal strategies in both traditional bankruptcy/distress, sovereign/municipal and general litigation and judgment enforcement situations. This allowed Ephraim to litigate in courts across the country, including the Supreme Court, and internationally. In addition, he provided timely analytical and actionable legal support for 50+ member investing team across DK’s distress strategies (corporates, structured products, convertible arbitrage, long/short credit and real estate).
After graduating from NYU School of Law, Ephraim began his career as a bankruptcy associate at Paul Weiss, where he represented creditors, debtors, noteholder groups and lenders in both formal bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. There, in addition to analyzing credit documents, advising noteholder groups, guiding debtors and boards of directors through the bankruptcy process and negotiating and drafting plans of reorganization, he litigated interest accrual entitlements, claims objections and the limits of impairment. Working closely with the corporate practice, Ephraim also advised banks and lenders on complex structured products and lending transactions. |
 | Kevin Dillon | Berkadia | Senior Managing Director | Revered as a market leader and a top producer in the industry, Kevin Dillon, a Senior Managing Director on the Great Lakes Investment Sales Team at Berkadia, has established himself as a leading force in the Multi-Family space in Michigan and Ohio. Specializing in the sale, refinance, and recapitalization of Multi-Family properties, Mr. Dillon has closed in excess of $2.1 Billion in 2021 through September 2022.
With over 35 years of industry experience, Mr. Dillon has amassed a wealth of in-depth market knowledge and an extensive list of prominent clients and professional achievements. Prior to the merger with Berkadia, Mr. Dillon had already earned his stripes as a top producer at Hendricks & Partners and earlier at the Dietz Organization, achieving a multitude of accolades including CoStar Power Broker Awards.
With industry-wide recognition as a resourceful strategist and tenacious advocate of his clients’ interests, Mr. Dillon prides himself on consistently delivering superior results year after year. Additionally, Kevin has focused on the strength of the team with his partner and co-leader Jason Krug. |
 | Honorable David Friedman | Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel | Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel | David Melech Friedman, Esq. is an American bankruptcy lawyer and was the Ambassador to Israel during the Trump Administration. He joined the law firm Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman (then known as Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson & Torres) in 1994, where he met and represented Donald Trump, Chairman and President of The Trump Organization. He served as an advisor to Trump during his successful presidential campaign.
Mr. Friedman was one of four children born to Morris S. Friedman and Addi Friedman and grew up in North Woodmere, New York. His father was a Rabbi at Temple Hillel, a Conservative synagogue in North Woodmere, and served as head of the New York Board of Rabbis. His mother was a high school English teacher.
Mr. Friedman earned his Bachelor's degree in anthropology from Columbia University in 1978, and his law degree from New York University School of Law in 1981. He has been a member of the New York Bar since 1982. |
 | Leon Goldenberg | Goldmont Realty Corp | CEO | Leon Goldenberg has been the Chief Executive Officer of Goldmont Realty for over 30 years. He possesses a wealth of experience and consistent success. In his role as CEO, Mr. Goldenberg maintains his founding vision while setting future goals for the company. He also takes the lead in investor and partner relations.
A proud member of the Jewish community, Mr. Goldenberg serves on numerous Boards. He is First Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at COJO of Flatbush and the Chairman of the Board at Shalom Torah Centers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Agudath Israel of America, Treasurer of Agudath Israel of America Community Board and leads COPE, a college accredited CPA Program. In addition, Mr. Goldenberg sits on the boards of various businesses in the health care field giving him a broad range of experience.
In addition to this, Mr. Goldenberg hosts the popular weekly radio show “Community Matters,” which airs each Saturday at 10pm on WSNR 620 AM on your radio dial or online at
http://www.radio620am.com. |
 | Evan Goldenberg | Ebex Holdings | Principal | Evan Goldenberg is a third generation real estate investor and entrepreneur who focuses on Multi-Family value-add projects. He is currently a partner and asset manager of over 12,000 Multi-Family units across 10 states. EBEX Holdings current portfolio is valued in excess of $1.5 billion. In addition to EBEX Holdings, Evan is a partner in Marev Management, an affordable housing asset manager that currently oversees a portfolio of over 1,600 units of project-based Section 8 apartments. Evan graduated Cum Laude from Yeshiva University with a degree in Finance and Business Management. |
 | Yoni Goodman | Meridian Capital Group | President | Yoni Goodman serves as President of Meridian Capital Group, overseeing the company across all divisions and markets nationally. In this role he is responsible for managing Meridian’s day-to-day business activities in the mortgage, sales, and leasing divisions including overseeing its existing brokerage force, overall personnel, and many client and lender relationships. Mr. Goodman, working in tandem with Mr. Herzka and Meridian’s senior leadership, works to chart the strategic direction of the firm, expand Meridian’s service lines and geographic reach, recruit talent, and create and foster new corporate level relationships between Meridian and its partners.
Prior to assuming the role of President of Meridian in January of 2019, Mr. Goodman served as President of its Investment Sales division, which was launched in 2015. Additionally, he played a critical role in building Meridian’s retail leasing division, launched in 2018, and retains an active management role in these businesses.
From 2010 through 2014, Mr. Goodman was a senior member of the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs. During his tenure at Goldman, he originated and structured more than $5 billion of CMBS and balance sheet lending activity and strategically advised and financed clients including REITs, investment managers, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and private investors. From 2008 through 2010, Mr. Goodman worked in the Real Estate Capital Markets Group at the Reznick Group. From 2004 through 2008, Mr. Goodman worked in the Real Estate Finance Group at Credit Suisse First Boston, in both origination and disposition capacities. |
 | Christopher Herron | Iron Hound Management Company | Managing Director | Christopher Herron joined Iron Hound Management at inception in 2009 and has over 22 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. At Iron Hound, Mr. Herron is responsible for the loan restructuring platform along with the debt and equity placement advisory business. In addition, Mr. Herron sources new origination and acquisition opportunities for Iron Hound. Before coming on board at Iron Hound, Mr. Herron was a Director in Wachovia’s Real Estate Group, where he worked in the Securitization, CMBS, Large Loan and Structured Finance Groups. His responsibilities included loan origination, structuring, execution, and disposition of such loans in the secondary market. In his eight years at Wachovia, Mr. Herron originated and sold over $7 billion in loans for the CMBS and Large Loan Groups, and over $500 million for the Structured Finance balance sheet. Mr. Herron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Bucknell University. |
 | Ralph Herzka | Meridian Capital Group | Chairman & CEO | Ralph Herzka has led Meridian Capital Group as Chairman & CEO since founding the company in 1991. He is the guiding force behind the firm's growth and success, and has set standards nationally for expertise, vision, and reputation in commercial real estate.
Originally established as a commercial mortgage brokerage in Brooklyn, NY, Meridian Capital Group is now a national leader in debt capital markets, with investment sales and retail leasing divisions in New York City launched in 2015 and 2018, respectively. The firm has completed over $300 billion of financing and $3 billion in investment sales transactions.
Mr. Herzka demonstrates an exceptional ability to foster long-lasting relationships with a broad array of lenders, forming critical alliances with banks, agencies, life companies, CMBS lenders, and debt funds. Having personally led over $100 billion of financing transactions, Mr. Herzka also cultivates multi-generational relationships with real estate investors from across the asset spectrum: multifamily, office, retail, industrial, hotel, cooperative, senior housing, and healthcare. |
 | Josh Jacobs | Marcus & Millichap | First Vice President Investments | Josh Jacobs opened the Gulf States office of Marcus & Millichap as First Vice President of Investments in the Fall of 2020. Formerly a Senior Director at Cushman and Wakefield’s Southeast office, Mr. Jacobs has comprehensive transaction experience throughout the Gulf States Sunbelt and has been recognized multiple times as a CoStar Power Broker Award Winner in recent years. Mr. Jacobs also finished 2022 as a national top 30 multifamily broker among 700+ Marcus & Millichap / IPA offices having sold over 3,500 units across 15 markets.
Throughout his career in Multi-Family Investment Sales, Mr. Jacobs has been involved in closing more than 350 transactions across multiple asset classes and locations, totaling over 55,000 apartments units and almost $5 billion in sales volume. Mr. Jacobs has successfully managed a wide variety of sales throughout Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Since opening his office two years ago, Mr. Jacobs has been involved in 100+ transactions totaling in excess of $1 billion in sales volume, and has been recognized as an M&M Chairman's Club honoree and National Achievement Award recipient for two years in a row.
Mr. Jacbos resides in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife and four young children. |
 | Ted Jones | Stewart Title Guaranty Company | Chief Economist | Ted C. Jones is the Chief Economist – Senior Vice President for Stewart Title Guaranty Company. Previously, he served as the First Director of Investor Relations for Stewart Information Services Corporation NYSE-STC for 17 years, ending March 2014. Currently, Mr. Jones addresses the information needs of internal and external customers, conducts on-going research and supports economic and financial analysis for the company and its customers. Jones earned a PhD in finance with a minor in statistics and a Master’s degree in Land Economics and Real Estate from Texas A&M University. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University.
Prior to joining Stewart, Mr. Jones served as Chief Economist at Texas A&M University’s Real Estate Center, the nation’s largest publicly funded real estate research group. Before that, he authored and taught the valuation and appraisal section of the Bachelor of Commerce in Valuation and Property Management at Lincoln College, University of Canterbury near Christchurch, New Zealand. An internationally recognized real estate expert, Mr. Jones has completed appraisals and property analysis in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the U.S.
Mr. Jones' recognized specialty is applied real estate research. He has completed numerous mass-appraisal assignments including more than $3 Billion of income-producing property owned by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, retail properties, hotels, motels, offices, commercial land, Multi-Family housing, residences and numerous other special use properties. He completed a study on the impact of the Resolution Trust Corporation on real estate values and testified before the Oversight Board. His expert witness testimony has included analysis and evaluation of a solid rocket missile and carbon fiber plant, hydro, gas and coal-fired electric utilities and co-generation plants, an internal pipe coating plant in Scotland servicing the North Sea oil and gas production, and arguments on the treatment of deferred income taxes in the valuation of regulated public utilities. He has consulted The Boeing Company on property valuation issues relating to ad valorem property taxes at Boeing’s diverse aerospace and aircraft manufacturing plants in Washington.
An accomplished speaker, he typically gives more than 150 presentations on real estate and the economic outlook each year. Representative real estate groups addressed include: the National Association of REALTORS®, National Association of Home Builders, National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives, Fannie Mae®, the American Land Title Association®, The Housing Round Table, Association of University Real Estate Officials, New Zealand Property Management Institute, Employees Relocation Council, GMAC Real Estate, Prudential Real Estate Associates, the Institute of Professionals in Taxation, the American Bar Association®, the Association of Real Estate Law Licensing Officials and the National Conference on Unit Value Standards.
He is a past member of Board of Directors of the National, Texas and Houston Association of REALTORS® and served as Chairman of the Board of the Houston Association in 2004. |
 | Aaron Jungreis | Rosewood Realty Group | Principal | Aaron Jungreis has earned a solid reputation in the real estate circles of New York City for identifying opportunities and closing deals. His dynamic relationships and extensive network of commercial property owners and developers has earned him a reputation as the consummate dealmaker. Throughout his career, Mr. Jungreis has sold over $4 billion in property. His portfolio includes an array of multifamily properties, office buildings, shopping centers, development sites and conversion deals ranging from $1 million to $500 million.
With a degree from the University of Maryland and Touro College, Mr. Jungreis began his career in commercial real estate as a broker for a New York-based firm, building long-lasting relationships with commercial property owners and high-end investors. In 2007, he founded Rosewood Realty Group, closing deals totaling nearly $1.2 billion during the firm’s first year in business. The company averages 40–50 deals a year. The firm expanded its regional presence to become recognized as a national leader in the industry. Rosewood consistently lands among the top 10 city’s brokerages in sales of Multi-Family apartment buildings. Since January 2010, Rosewood Realty Group has sold over 50 buildings worth over $300 million, mostly Multi-Family six-story elevator buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens.
Mr. Jungreis was awarded “Co-Star Broker of the Year” twice. He was also named “Investment Property Sales Broker of the Year” by the prestigious Mann Foundation at its “Annual Mann of the Year Awards” ceremony in 2006. In 2008, Crain’s New York Business’ Special Real Estate report listed Rosewood Realty in its “3 Firms Bet Right Time to Launch” article. |
 | Martin Kirzner | Sharp Management | President | Izzy Kirzner is the Founder and President of Sharp Management Corporation with over 35 years of experience in the field of Multi-Family ownership and management. The company currently operates over 7,000 Multi-Family units in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, West Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas.
Mr. Kirzner is a licensed Real Estate Broker and resides with his family in Brooklyn, NY where the company’s headquarters are located. |
 | Aaron Kurlansky | Sheridan Capital | Principal | Mr. Kurlansky is a Co-Founder, and Principal of Sheridan Capital. In addition, he is a co-Founder of FM Capital. He has held the Principal position since FM Capital’s inception in 2007. He is responsible for portfolio decision making; overseeing the sourcing acquisition, management, and disposition of portfolio assets; and managing FM Capital’s commercial loan origination division. Currently, Mr. Kurlansky manages in excess of $3 billion in assets and throughout his career has handled the acquisition and disposition of more than $25 billion in assets. Mr. Kurlansky began his real estate career as a Property Manager at Crescent Heights of America in 2000. He joined First Meridian Mortgage in 2004 and became a Senior Vice President in 2009. Throughout his career, Aaron has originated well over $30 billion dollars in residential and commercial loans. Mr. Kurlansky is a licensed mortgage loan originator in Florida and New York. |
 | John Manginelli | KeyBank Real Estate Capital | Regional Executive / Market President Hudson Valley Metro New York | John J. Manginelli is Senior Vice President and Northeast Regional Executive for KeyBank Real Estate Capital. KeyBank Real Estate Capital is the third-largest commercial real estate lender in the U.S. and a major line of business of Cleveland-based KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY).
Manginelli, an expert on trends in commercial and multifamily real estate development, manages the entire Northeast region including sites specific to the New York and New Jersey markets. He leads an organization that provides loan programs for construction and interim financing; permanent lending and mezzanine and market-rate equity products; and he manages a regional cross-functional team that delivers the bank’s many products to commercial and multifamily developers and investors. Manginelli has over 20 years of experience delivering commercial real estate financial solutions. He is an experienced relationship manager with expertise in market analysis, business planning, extending market penetration and developing new market niches.
Prior to joining KeyBank in 2001, Manginelli spent 12 years at Summit Bank in Cranford, N.J., most recently as Senior Vice President of commercial real estate. He managed all aspects of a construction and permanent mortgage portfolio aggregating $450 million and more than 150-plus accounts including: originating; structuring; underwriting; negotiating; monitoring; and cross-selling the bank’s products and services. Previously he served as Assistant Vice President of Private Banking at Bankers Trust Company in New York City.
John Manginelli received his Master’s degree in Finance from Rutgers University. He earned Bachelor’s degrees in both Industrial Engineering and Economics, also from Rutgers University. Manginelli is an active member of National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP); Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA); New Jersey Apartment Association (NJAA); Real Estate Lenders Association (RELA); Rutgers University Engineering Advisory Board; and American Diabetes Association (ADA). |
 | Meir Milgraum | Lightstone Group | Senior Vice President Acquisitions of Dev. | Meir Milgraum is the Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development at The Lightstone Group. Mr. Milgraum is responsible for sourcing, underwriting and closing Multi-Family and commercial transactions in the Northeastern United States, with a focus on New York City. Mr. Milgraum began his career in construction management before switching to the development side of the business. He then served as an Acquisitions Analyst at Triangle Equities, followed by a move to Pink Stone Capital Group where he was the Director of Acquisitions and Development. Mr. Milgraum received a Master’s of Science in Real Estate Investments and Development from New York University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Touro College. |
 | Steven Neuman | Coltown Properties LLC | Principal | Steven Neuman is a founding principal at Coltown Properties LLC. Mr. Neuman directs Coltown’s policies relating to asset management and oversees all aspects of Coltown’s activities, including its investment strategies and acquisitions. Mr. Neuman has been actively involved in purchasing and repositioning Multi-Family properties in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Tennessee and North Dakota since 2000.
Prior to founding Coltown, Mr. Neuman practiced law for five years as a member of the real estate group at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. His practice included the development of hotel, retail, entertainment and mixed-use properties, sales and acquisitions of major properties and multi-property portfolios, financing of construction and mortgage loans, and joint venture work on behalf of equity investors in commercial property investments. He received his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Science in Business and Management from Johns Hopkins University. |
 | Heath Rosenblat | Morrison Cohen LLP | Partner, Restructuring | Heath Rosenblat brings over two decades of experience to his corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation practice. His clients, who include members of every creditor class, receivers, and debtors, turn to Mr. Rosenblat for counsel in a wide range of bankruptcy and restructuring matters, including Chapter 11 and Chapter 9 proceedings, real estate workouts and foreclosure actions, Trust Indenture Act violations, and breach of contract disputes. Mr. Rosenblat has extensive experience in the courtroom, including a successful federal-jury trial.
Prior to joining Morrison Cohen, Mr. Rosenblat ran his own practice, Heath D. Rosenblat, PLLC, where he focused on restructuring and commercial litigation and served in an outside general counsel capacity, as well as gained invaluable experience in business operations and management. He was previously counsel in the Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring practices at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and King & Spalding LLP, and an associate at Kaye Scholer LLP. Before his law firm experience, Mr. Rosenblat served as Senior Assistant Counsel in the NY State Unified Court System’s Office of Court Administration, and in law school was a judicial intern with The Honorable Lawrence E. Mooney in the Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis. Mr. Rosenblat was an adjunct professor at St. John’s University School of Law from 2009 to 2017, where he taught a bankruptcy practice litigation seminar. He frequently writes on restructuring and Chapter 11 matters in national law publications such as American Bankruptcy Institute Journal and The New York Law Journal. |
 | Y. David Scharf | Morrison Cohen LLP | Chairman and Co-Managing Partner | Y. David Scharf, Esq. is one of the country’s leading trial and appellate lawyers and serves as a senior counselor to CEOs and multi-national companies. He has more than 25 years of experience representing and advising clients in securities, M&A, complex commercial and real estate transactions, corporate restructurings and other high-stakes business matters. David leads a vibrant litigation and counseling practice that services some of the country’s foremost companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and family offices.
In the financial arena, he has broad national experience representing private equity funds, hedge funds, public companies, financial institutions and other stakeholders in all facets of financial and business litigation. During the financial crisis, he focused on significant restructuring, counseling, advisory work and related litigation matters, representing investors, lenders and borrowers across the country. He has successfully litigated multi-million-dollar corporate takeovers, shareholder disputes and securities-related matters.
In the real estate sector, David’s experience encompasses all aspects of real estate and business litigation. He has represented sponsors, developers, hospitality companies, lenders, purchasers, brokers and other stakeholders. Mr. Scharf has obtained successful outcomes for parties linked to iconic properties in New York, Chicago, Miami and San Francisco.
A native of New York, David organizes and heads various pro-bono projects. Among his philanthropic activities, he serves as treasurer and member of the board of directors of the U.S. Tennis Association Foundation, and as a trustee and board member of the Lifetime Care Foundation for the Disabled, Inc. |
 | Charles Scharf | The Battery Group | CEO | Charles Scharf, CEO of The Battery Group has over 25 years of experience developing and managing businesses. He began his career participating in his family’s healthcare-related business, later branching out into real estate and investing in commercial banks and lending companies. As CEO of TBG Funding, a private Real Estate lender that originates, funds and services bridge loans throughout the United States, Charles has guided TBG in closing loans in 24 states secured by a variety of asset classes and is approaching the $1 Billion mark in loan closings.
As CEO of TBG Equity Holdings, a direct LP Investor in Multi-Family value add acquisitions throughout the US, Mr. Scharf has led the investments of close to $35,000,0000 in deals with a total capitalization of $228,000,000 across seven states and almost 1,800 units in the past 12 months alone. |
 | Steven (Shraga) Schorr | Walden Group | Principal | TBD |
 | Dov Shapiro | Broad Management Group | C.F.O. | Dov Shapiro’s career spans the educational, financial, and real estate worlds and his diverse experience has enabled him to balance the various needs of a growing real estate acquisitions and management firm.
After seven years in the field of education, first as a teacher, and then as a high school principal, Dov left academia and began his business career. After earning his M.S. in accounting from Farleigh Dickinson University, he joined Price Waterhouse Coopers in NYC, specializing in private equity fund audits. His confidential client list included private equity funds held and managed by some of the nation's largest banks and investment firms. In 2013, Dov, a New York State licensed C.P.A., assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer of Broad Management Group. Under his leadership, Broad has grown from a portfolio of 1,000 units to the 9,500 units currently under management. As Broad’s management portfolio grew, Dov assumed the additional role of C.O.O., responsible for the operational management of Broad’s entire portfolio.
Since 2017, Dov has been involved in new acquisitions. In this role Dov has developed BMG’s underwriting protocols and processes, built diverse business models for various types of acquisitions and management strategies, and developed a proprietary software application utilized in due diligence research of new acquisitions under contract.
Dov’s diverse range of Human Resource experience, financial acumen, and real estate management expertise has helped Broad Management Group create and execute the firm’s ambitious vision for future growth. |
 | Zach Solomon | The Solomon Organization | Managing Director / Principal | Zach Solomon is Managing Director and Principal at The Solomon Organization, a 45-year-old NJ-based real estate owner-operator working exclusively in the multi-family sector. Its holdings, acquired from notable sellers including Brookfield Properties, Heitman Real Estate Securities, CalSTERS, Starwood, Kensington Realty Advisors, and Hawthorne Residential Partners, now exceed 20,000 apartments organized into Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.
The Solomon Organization’s transaction volume since Mr. Solomon joined the firm exceeds $6.2 Billion, including $500 Million acquisitions in 2022 totaling more than 2,800. The Solomon Organization’s aggressive value-added acquisition strategy identifies potential breakout markets and has resulted in scaled presence in what have become some of the most robust markets, including suburban Detroit, Charlotte, Columbus, Chapel-Hill and Albany. Its well-located, amenitized communities are typically close to employment centers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia and North Carolina. The Solomon Organization’s investment and stewardship culture stems from its commitment to blending patience for identifying and pursuing opportunities while applying a sense of urgency to maximize the performance of its assets.
Mr. Solomon holds a degree from the University of Denver. His civic work has included chairing the annual fundraising event for the Jewish Guild for the Blind’s Young Person’s committee and he served as Board member for Breakthrough New York, an organization that empowers motivated students from low-income backgrounds to graduate from college and access a fulfilling career and supports The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center. He resides in Manhattan with his wife and three children. |
 | Henry Stimler | Newmark | Executive Managing Director | Executive Managing Director Henry Stimler’s core focus is origination and brokerage in Multi-Family debt and equity, with an emphasis on large portfolio bespoke transactions. He joined Newmark in 2018 at the firm’s Manhattan headquarters. Mr. Stimler has had notable success in the Capital Markets field coaxing traditional Tri-State investors into new markets across the US, such as the Midwest region, Texas and South Florida. However, Mr. Stimler’s reach is global. A former resident of Great Britain, France and Israel with insider access to high-net-worth-individuals, he has sourced equity from markets such as London, Tel Aviv and Johannesburg. Stimler is fluent in English, Hebrew and Yiddish. Prior to Newmark, Mr. Stimler was company Director at London Green Capital, a prolific debt origination firm he founded in 2015.
Mr. Stimler’s professional achievements include Top Producer, Newmark, 2019, 2020, and 2021 and Number 1 Ranked Multi-family Lending Group within Newmark, 2021. A partial list of transactions as a direct lender include:
• Aragon Portfolio (Newmark largest multifamily transaction to date) $1.85 billion
• Dasmen Portfolio $364 million
• Sugar Land Portfolio $184 million
• Boston Portfolio, Boston, Massachusetts: $288.2 million
• Columbus Portfolio, Columbus, Ohio: $209 million Freddie Mac execution
Mr. Stimler is active in the New York community, donating many hours to the Chabad organization and the Investors Club charity. He is also an active board member of Elevate, a philanthropic organization historically dedicated to mentoring disenfranchised youths. |
 | Steven Vegh | Westwood Realty Associates | President | Steven Vegh is Founder and President of the well-known boutique firm in New York City, Westwood Realty Associates. Steven started his real estate career at GFI Capital focusing on the capital markets side of the business, with loans to owners and developers. After being in GFI for nine years, Steven left to venture into the property acquisitions for an NYC firm that lasted just a couple of short years before going back into Investment Sales on his own. Since its inception in 2012, Westwood Realty Associates has sold in excess of $7 billion dollars in deals all ranging from Multi-Family, Retail, Office, Development, and Hospitality. Being a boutique two-person firm, Westwood has outperformed most large brokerage companies in NYC during the same period.
Steven's hard work has earned him respect and trust from his clients and peers. He was been recognized for his honest approach to the business and earned top leadership awards as a result. He was named one of Co-Star’s “Top 10 Brokers in NYC.” Also, Westwood has been named “Top 10 Investment Sales” each year since its launch. Most recently, Westwood has used the relationships and business created in NYC to venture into out of state brokerage. In 2020 alone, Westwood closed deals in NJ, GA, TX, VA while working on many more assets across the country. |
 | Michael (Dovi) Weiser | GFI Realty Services, LLC | President | As the President of GFI Realty Services, Michael Weiser manages Investment Sales, Debt & Equity Teams. Mr. Weiser began his career as a Commercial Mortgage Banker and subsequently played a major role in the acquisition and disposition of GFI Capital's national real estate investment portfolio as the firm's Managing Director of Acquisitions and Dispositions. In that capacity, Mr. Weiser handled the acquisition and disposition of over 35,000 Multi-Family units across the country - from New York to Kansas City, and from Houston and Dallas to Savannah, GA. In his various roles, Mr. Weiser has handled tens of billions of dollars of successful transactions. As President of GFI Realty, Mr. Weiser has taken his unique and broad experience and built teams with deep market knowledge and comprehensive understanding of the capital stack. Whether it’s the NYC-focused team, groups focused on nationwide Multi-Family, retail and industrial assets, or The Net-Lease Team, GFI Realty’s experienced brokers are equally at home with institutional owners as well as private owners across the country. The team has been honored as CoStar's Power Broker for the NYC market and Crains Best Places to Work NYC. Recently, his team was honored as one of the CoStar Power Brokers for the OH Market.
Known in the industry for his strong analytical skills, keen insight and negotiation expertise, Mr. Weiser is able to channel his broad knowledge into successful closings for GFI Realty's clients.
Mr. Weiser received his BS in accounting from Brooklyn College. He serves on the Boards of numerous educational and charitable organizations and currently resides in Brooklyn NY with wife and children. |
 | Jeff Weiskopf | White Eagle Property Group | Chairman and CEO | Jeffrey Weiskopf has over three decades experience in marketing, management and investing in a variety of businesses. He has overseen large scale management operations and supervised significant cost reduction programs. As Chairman and CEO of White Eagle, Mr. Weiskopf is responsible for the integration of the firm’s assets, regional management, executive team, and relations with bankers and investors. He is known for uncompromising standards and leadership in the commercial multi-family industry and its financial markets. White Eagle currently owns and operates over 11,000 multi-family units spanning the East Coast of the United States. |
