Coffee & Cap Rates: Commercial Real Estate Podcast

In this episode of Coffee & Cap Rates, Shimon Shkury sits down with Kenny Burgos, CEO of the New York Apartment Association, to discuss the current state of New York City’s multifamily housing market and the growing challenges facing the rent-stabilized sector. The conversation takes a deep dive into the long-term effects of the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA), includi...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors; Victor Sozio, Founding Partner; and Matthew Dzbanek, Senior Director in the Capital Services Group, take a deep dive into New York City’s multifamily market on this episode of Coffee & Cap Rates. They discuss key trends from Ariel Property Advisors’ Q1 2026 Multifamily Quarter in Review New York City , and what to expect for the...

In the latest Coffee & Cap Rates podcast, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, Jason Gold, Senior Director, and Daniel Mahfar, Director, discuss multifamily and development market trends in the Bronx as reported in Ariel’s Bronx 2025 Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report . Highlights from the podcast and report include: The Bronx real estate market reached $...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors; Michael A. Tortorici, Founding Partner; Christoffer Brodhead, Senior Director; and Howard Raber, Director, take a deep dive into Manhattan’s investment sales market on this episode of Coffee & Cap Rates. They discussed trends in Ariel Property Advisors’ Manhattan 2025 Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report and what to expe...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, Sean R. Kelly, Esq., Partner, and Stephen Vorvolakos, Director, discuss trends in Brooklyn’s commercial real estate market and the findings of Ariel Property Advisors’ Brooklyn 2025 Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report . Highlights from the report include: Brooklyn closed 2025 with $6.66 billion in total commercial real esta...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, Victor Sozio, Founding Partner, and Matt Swerdlow, Senior Director in the Capital Services Group, discuss New York City’s multifamily market and the findings of Ariel Property Advisors’ Multifamily Year In Review New York City 2025 . Highlights include: Total dollar volume was relatively unchanged year-over-year, totaling $8.91 billi...

To celebrate 15 years of Ariel Property Advisors , President & Founder Shimon Shkury sits down with Roxanne Donovan , President of Great Ink, for an exclusive conversation about the firm’s journey in New York City’s commercial real estate market. From its founding in 2011 to growing into a 65-person team united by shared values and collaboration, Ariel has evaluated, sold, and financed billion...

 Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, provides an in-depth overview of New York City’s office, development, and multifamily markets. This presentation, “Behind the Sales: What’s Fueling Investment in NYC Real Estate?” , was delivered at the NYC Real Estate Expo on October 28, 2025, at the New York Marriott Marquis.  Listen to the presentation on this podcast and click h...

Ariel Property Advisors, together with Cozen O'Connor, recently hosted State of the Brooklyn Real Estate Market: What’s Ahead? —an exclusive commercial real estate trends conference and networking breakfast held on November 13. This discussion explored how Brooklyn’s CRE market is evolving and the forces shaping the borough’s future. The event opened with remarks from Shimon Shkury , Presiden...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, Victor Sozio, Founding Partner, and Ben Schlegel, Director in the Capital Services Group, discuss New York City’s multifamily market and the findings of Ariel Property Advisors’ Q3 2025 Multifamily Quarter in Review New York City. Highlights include: New York City’s multifamily market gained momentum in the third quarter, rising to $...

In this podcast, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, and his guests Barbara Blair, President of the Garment District Alliance, and Howard Raber, a Director in Investment Sales at Ariel, unpack the recently approved Midtown South Mixed-Use (MSMX) Plan, which replaces outdated manufacturing zoning with residential use. The Midtown South rezoning spans 42 blocks across fo...

Join Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, Partner Sean R. Kelly, Esq., and Director Stephen Vorvolakos, for an in-depth discussion of the state of Brooklyn's commercial real estate market. They analyze the market's robust performance, including $3.25 billion in total investment sales in 1H 2025, trends shaping investment strategies across the borough and other...

In this episode of Coffee & Cap Rates, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, discusses Ariel’s Bronx 2025 Mid-Year Commercial Real Estate Trends report with the Bronx market experts Senior Director Jason Gold and Director Daniel Mahfar. Key findings include: The Bronx investment sales market experienced a significant recovery in the first half of 2025 with dollar vol...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, Mike Tortorici, Founding Partner, Chris Brodhead, Senior Director, and Howard Raber, Director, unpack the findings of Ariel's Manhattan 2025 Mid- Year Commercial Real Estate Trends report . They discussed Manhattan's strong real estate performance in the first half of the year, with nearly $7 billion in dollar volume driven...

In this episode, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, reviews the latest trends in New York City’s multifamily market with Victor Sozio, Ariel Founding Partner, and Matthew Dzbanek, Senior Director in Capital Services. They discuss financing options and highlight findings from Ariel’s Q2 2025 Multifamily Quarter in Review New York City . Key takeaways include:  Dollar v...

Ariel Property Advisors hosted its summer Coffee and Cap Rates event on July 30th, sharing the latest trends in New York City’s investment sales market. Over 250 NYC real estate professionals gathered for this live networking breakfast at TD Bank’s conference center at One Vanderbilt. The theme of the event was “Investing Through Change.” Ralph Bumbaca , Regional President – Metro New York for TD...

Ariel Property Advisors hosted its summer Coffee and Cap Rates event on July 30th, sharing the latest trends in New York City’s investment sales market. Over 250 NYC real estate professionals gathered for this live networking breakfast at TD Bank’s conference center at One Vanderbilt. The theme of the event was “Investing Through Change.” Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advi...

In this episode of Coffee & Cap Rates, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, and Ariel Partner, Sean R. Kelly, Esq., interview Justin Pelsinger , COO of Charney Companies , who will be one of the panelists at Ariel’s next Coffee & Cap Rates event 8:30-11 am on Wednesday, July 30.  Pelsinger discussed how and why his firm became a pioneer developer in Gowanus and...

In this episode of Coffee & Cap Rates , Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, explores key trends in the Bronx commercial real estate market with Senior Director Jason Gold and Director Daniel Mahfar. According to Ariel’s Bronx 2024 Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report, investment sales in the borough declined 33% to $1.23 billion, while transactions held st...

In this podcast, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, discusses Ariel’s Brooklyn 2024 Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report with Brooklyn experts Partner Sean R. Kelly, Esq., and Director Stephen Vorvolakos. Overall, the dollar volume of investment sales in Brooklyn rose to $7.15 billion in 2024, a 37% increase compared to 2023, and transactions increased 5% to...

In this podcast, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, interviews Ariel’s Manhattan experts Michael Tortorici, Founding Partner; Chris Brodhead, Senior Director, and Howard Raber, Director, about the Manhattan market in 2024. According to Ariel Property Advisors’ Manhattan 2024 Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report , investment sales in Manhattan rose to $15.75 b...

Join Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, as he delves into Ariel’s 2024 Multifamily Research Report with Founding Partner Victor Sozio and Senior Director of Capital Services Matt Swerdlow.  In 2024, New York City’s multifamily market saw $8.91 billion in sales across 1,107 transactions, marking year-over-year increases of 14% in dollar volume and 4% in transactions. R...

This podcast is a recording of the panel Ralph Bumbaca, Regional President – Metro New York for TD Bank , moderated at Ariel's February 5th Coffee & Cap Rates event hosted by TD Bank.  The panel of affordable housing experts Eli S. Weiss, Principal of Joy Construction; Tell Metzger, SVP of Equity Investments at Community Preservation Corporation ; and Brendan McBride, Senior Development D...

This podcast is a recording of the overview of the New York City investment sales market and key insights from Ariel Property Advisor’s newly released end-of-year research reports that Shimon Shkury, Ariel’s President and Founder, presented at the firm’s February 5th Coffee & Cap Rates event hosted by TD Bank. Over 200 NYC real estate professionals attended the networking breakfast held at TD...

In his latest podcast, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, explored the challenges facing owners of rent stabilized buildings with guests Kenny Burgos, CEO of New York Apartment Association, a landlord group created by the merger of the Rent Stabilization Association (RSA) and Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), and Matt Engel, President of Langsam Property S...