Coffee & Cap Rates: Commercial Real Estate Podcast

At Ariel Property Advisors’ Coffee & Cap Rates event on July 20, Shimon Shkury, Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, moderated a panel discussion with industry experts, Kurt Stuart, Managing Director, Commercial Term Lending Northeast - Chase; Eleonora Bershadskaya, Principal, Real Estate - Vistria; and Christopher Balestra, President & CIO – Taconic Partners, who shared their...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, presented an overview of New York City’s investment sales market in the first six months of this year at Ariel Property Advisors’ Coffee & Cap Rates event on July 20. To see his presentation and download Ariel's research reports, please see https://arielpa.nyc/investor-relations/event/230720-coffee-and-cap-rates

In this episode of Coffee & Cap Rates, recorded the day after the Fed voted to hold rates steady for the first time in 15 months, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, and Senior Director Matt Dzbanek discuss the lending environment in the last 30 days. Although underwriting is tougher, Dzbanek said activity has been brisk with the Capital Services team securing up t...

On his latest podcast, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, welcomes Ariel Partner Victor Sozio and explores first quarter trends in the multifamily market.  Dollar volume totaled $2.11 billion in Q1 2023, a 39% drop year-over-year, and predominantly free market buildings accounted for 78% of the sales. Headwinds discussed include bank closures, which are causing a cred...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, and Matt Dzbanek, Senior Director of Capital Services, discuss what borrowers can expect moving forward in the wake of the Fed’s latest rate hike and recent turmoil in the banking sector. At its March, the Federal Reserve unanimously voted to raise rates another quarter percentage point, bringing the target range for the federal fund...

In this episode of Coffee & Cap Rates, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, discusses trends in the Queens investment sales market with Founding Partner Michael Tortorici and Director Alexander Taic. Ariel Property Advisors' Queens 2022 Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report showed that Queens had a record-breaking year in 2022, with the most transaction...

In this podcast, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, interviews Senior Director Jason M. Gold and Director Daniel Mahfar about the performance of the commercial real estate market in the Bronx in 2022. They discuss the findings of Ariel Property Advisors' Bronx 2022 Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report , which showed that the Bronx recorded just under $2....

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, Partner Sean Kelly and Director Stephen Vorvolakos discuss the outstanding performance of Brooklyn’s commercial real estate market in 2022. They highlight findings in the recently released Ariel Property Advisors 2022 Brooklyn Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report , which showed that Brooklyn saw a 28% year-over-year increase...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, Founding Partner Michael Tortorici and Director Howard Raber discuss the performance of Manhattan’s commercial real estate market in 2022 and the opportunities they see in 2023. They highlight the findings of the recently released Ariel Property Advisors 2022 Manhattan Year-End Commercial Real Estate Trends report , which noted that...

Shimon Shkury, Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, presented this overview of the 2022 New York City investment sales market and what to expect in 2023 at Ariel Property Advisors’ Coffee & Cap Rates event on February 2. To see his presentation and download Ariel's research reports, please see https://arielpa.nyc/investor-relations/event/latest

At Ariel Property Advisors’ Coffee & Cap Rates event on February 2, Shimon Shkury, Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, moderated a panel discussion with industry experts Tom Ortinau, Head of Acquisitions, for GFP Real Estate; Meir Milgraum, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions, Lightstone; and Ofer Yardeni, Chairman and CEO, Stonehenge NYC.

The New York City multifamily sector saw a major resurgence in 2022 with $16 billion in total dollar volume for all multifamily properties (small buildings, buildings with 6-9 units and 10+ units) and $13.2 billion for buildings featuring 10 or more residential units. In this episode, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, and Founding Partner Victor Sozio discuss the fin...

In this podcast recorded on December 15, the day after the Fed’s final meeting of the year, Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, and Eli Weisblum, Senior Director of Capital Services, discuss the Fed’s latest rate hike and what it means for borrowers. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously approved a .50% rate hike at its eighth meeting of the year, bringi...

Shimon Shkury, Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, and his guests YuhTyng (Tyng) Patka, a Partner with Duval & Stachenfeld LLP, and Matt Swerdlow, Senior Director, Capital Services at Ariel, discuss how New York City building owners can use commercial property assessed clean energy (CPACE) financing to comply with Local Law 97. Tyng is chair of Duval & Stachenfeld’s NYC Real...

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, and his guest Matt Dzbanek, Senior Director of Capital Services, discuss how the market reacted to the 7.7% increase in the inflation rate in October, which was better than expected. Although Treasuries started to peak following the Fed’s latest .75% rate hike on November 2, after the October inflation rate was announced on November...

Shimon Shkury, Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, discusses the latest trends in New York City’s multifamily market with Victor Sozio, Founding Partner, and Matt Swerdlow, Senior Director, Capital Services. 

Shimon Shkury, Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, discusses the Brooklyn market and Gowanus rezoning with his Partner Sean Kelly, who has specialized in the Brooklyn market for more than 13 years. Kelly is particularly active in Gowanus, where this year he has arranged the acquisition of two development sites — one, a $21.6 million joint venture for a property with a 102,035-square-...

Shimon Shkury, Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, discusses with Matt Swerdlow, Senior Director, Capital Services, how borrowers and lenders are responding the Fed’s latest .75% rate hike. For more information about the Fed’s latest announcement, please see Ariel’s Capital Markets Monthly available here . 

Shimon Shkury,  Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, interviews Jason M. Gold and Daniel Mahfar, both Directors in Investment Sales specializing in the Bronx, on the performance of the borough's commercial real estate market during the first six months of this year. More details are available in Ariel Property Advisors' research report, Bronx 2022 Mid-Year Commercial Real Es...

Shimon Shkury, Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, presents an overview of  New York City's investment sales market in the first half of 2022 at Ariel's bi-annual Coffee & Cap Rates event on July 28.

Shimon Shkury, Founder and President of Ariel Property Advisors, moderates a panel discussion with industry experts Will Blodgett, Founder & CEO – Tredway; Andrea Himmel, Principal & Chief Investment Officer - Himmel + Meringoff Properties; and Rashid Walker, Founder & CEO - First Street Capital at Ariel's bi-annual Coffee & Cap Rates event on July 28

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, and Eli Weisblum, Senior Director of Capital Services, discuss how borrowers and lenders are responding to the Federal Reserve's latest rate increase of 75 basis points, the highest rate hike since 1994. 

In this episode, Ariel Property Advisors’ President Shimon Shkury and Matthew Swerdlow, Senior Director, Capital Services discuss the Federal Reserve’s recent announcement to raise rates by 50 basis points, the highest increase since 2000, and pledge to consider additional 50 basis point increases at upcoming meetings to help combat inflation. The Fed also announced that the Central Bank plans to...

Ariel Property Advisors’ President Shimon Shkury and Founding Partner Victor Sozio discuss how inflation and rising interest rates are affecting different segments of the multifamily market. Although contract signings are continuing, the multifamily sector has become more turbulent in the last 60 days primarily because interest rate hikes are triggering renegotiations and repricing. This period of...

·        President of Ariel Property Advisors Shimon Shkury conducts a discussion with Matthew Dzbanek, Senior Director of Capital Services at Ariel ·        Matthew Dzbanek and Shimon Shkury sat down for our latest Coffee & Cap Rates podcast to discuss the impact and key takeaways for investors in the commercial real estate industry.