Coffee & Cap Rates: Commercial Real Estate Podcast

Shimon and Matthew discuss the Q3 figures for Manhattan and then specifically on the Upper East Side Matthew speaks about his current listing, 14 East 69th Street, which is a vacant townhouse primed for owner users

President Shimon Shkury begin the conversation analyzing the overall NYC investment sales data for Q3 2020 and compares it to the quarter and year before Howard Raber and Shimon discuss Midtown Manhattan's market performance specifically in the third quarter

Ariel Property Advisors founders Shimon Shkury and Victor Sozio have the hard data and trusted insight on what you need to know from 2020 including total dollar and transaction volume Shimon and Victor discuss what to expect through the end of the year and in 2021 You can watch this interactive episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubqXtkUqpGE&t=5s

President Shimon Shkury welcomes Investment Sales Director Stephen Vorvolakos to inform our listeners in what is happening in Stephen's geographic core, Sunset Park 35 acres of Sunset Park, called Industry City, were proposed to be rezoned by a group of developers that would have paved the way for a $1 billion renovation of the campus that would add big box retail, academic space, and other u...

Shimon Shkury welcomes Remy Raisner, the Founder and CEO of The Raisner Group (formerly Proteus Capital Management), a private real estate investment firm headquartered in New York City.  Under Remy's leadership, The Raisner Group has raised capital domestically and internationally since 2009. It has been active in non-performing notes and fee simple transactions, and focuses primarily on val...

Panel discussion between Jim Simmons, CEO & Founding Partner of Asland Capital Partners; Rick Gropper, Co-Principal at Camber Realty Group; Etan Slomovic, Managing Director, Investments at Castellan Real Estate Partners; and, Meyer Mintz Tax Partner at Berdon LLP The panelists discuss all facets of the NYC commercial real estate industry including hot topics such as the effects of Covid-19 on...

President Shimon Shkury and Executive Vice President's Victor Sozio and Michael Tortorici analyze the investment sales figures for the first half of 2020 in NYC Transactions are limited and lagging indicators of the market because the properties were in contract at the end of 2019 or prior to Covid-19 Ariel Property Advisors has released its mid-year Investment Sales Research Reports for 1H20...

Shimon Shkury meets with Sean Kelly to speak about the concept of land leases during the pandemic, the increased popularity of ground leases and the challenges it presents Ground lease is annual payments (usually for 99 years) that are paid to an owner of land, instead of selling the land, and allowing the leaseholder to develop on the land for the term of the lease

President Shimon Shkury and Investment Sales Director Jason Gold talk about closing on a property during the coronavirus pandemic Jason talks about the future of the Bronx investment sales market and how he navigated his client through the closing process 

Senior Analyst David Baruch provides his insight on the multifamily data from March, April and May 2020 Shimon Shkury compares this data to the financial crisis of 2008 and how that prepared us for today's pandemic The two predict where they think pricing and investment sales data will go in the future

Shimon Shkury, President of Ariel Property Advisors, sits down with Eli Weisblum, Capital Services Director, to discuss the current lending environment for commercial real estate during the coronavirus pandemic Active capital can be found through private lenders, bridge and mezzanine lenders and debt funds

Shimon Shkury, President of Ariel Property Advisors, talks with Sean Kelly, Investment Sales Director in Downtown Brooklyn, about Brooklyn's retail market The two discuss what types of businesses can survive in Brooklyn because of the current challenges to retail Post the pandemic, landlords and tenants will have to work together to create smart and innovative ways to structure leases and agr...

Shimon Shkury presents the current state of the NYC Q1 investment sales market, which asset classes are faring best, and the lending environment and its challenges during Covid-19 Panel discussion, moderated by Michael Stoler, continues with the same panel from Ariel Property Advisors' Coffee & Cap Rates in February 2020, Nadir Settles, Joseph Fingerman and Tyrone Barnes Tyrone Barnes, VP...

Shimon Shkury, President of Ariel Property Advisors, talks with Victor Sozio, Executive Vice President at Ariel Property Advisors, about what they are seeing in the commercial real estate market today, which has been heavily affected by Covid-19 The two discuss the three buckets of capital available in the current market

Shimon Shkury, President of Ariel Property Advisors, and Jeff Turkel of Rosenberg & Estis, who has been specializing in rent regulation since 1983, discuss the recent ruling made by the Court of Appeals that struck down a portion of the 2019 Rent Law. 

Shimon Shkury and Michael Tortorici, Executive Vice President, discuss the $2 trillion CARES act signed by President Donald Trump Shimon and Michael explain what is in the relief bill for the real estate market Shimon and Michael outline what they have been hearing from clients including real estate owners and investors on how they are currently viewing the market during the coronavirus crisis and...

Shimon Shkury, President of Ariel Property Advisors, and Howard Raber, Director of Investment Sales, talk about Amazon's most recent New York City real estate purchase at 424 5th Avenue Amazon bought the Lord & Taylor building from WeWork for $1.15 billion This is some positive business news in light of current events involving coronavirus

Shimon Shkury and Matthew Swerdlow, Director of Capital Services, discuss this week's news regarding the unprecedented rate cut by the Federal Reserve during an unscheduled meeting The Fed is trying to combat the effects of the coronavirus, which has already infected approximately 95,000 people worldwide Matthew talks about the financing environment and what owners of real estate can expect i...

Panel discussion between Tyrone Barnes, VP at Taconic Investment Partners, LLC; Joseph Fingerman, Managing Group Director and SVP at the Commercial Real Estate Lending Group at Signature Bank; Nadir Settles, Managing Director at New York Regional Head, Office, Real Estate, Americas of Nuveen Real Estate; and, Michael Stoler, President at New York Real Estate TV, LLC The panelists discuss all facet...

Shimon Shkury, President of Ariel Property Advisors, discusses the New York City investment sales market for 2019 by sub-market and asset type 2019 NYC investment sales dollar volume dropped 15% to $35.3 billion and transaction volume dropped by 17% to 2,042 transaction (compared year-over-year) 2019 NYC development market dropped 39% in terms of dollar volume year-over-year 2019 NYC multifamily m...

Shimon and Remi discuss Ariel Property Advisors' recent activity and what is currently transacting in the market Post rent-regulation discussion on the multifamily market and new entrants Ariel Property Advisors' recent closings, contracts and listings

Remi Mandell and Shimon Shkury discuss the retail market in NYC Commercial rent control and other regulations are in the works Traditional retail needs to adapt to survive

Panel discussion moderated by Meyer Mintz, Tax Partner at Berdon LLP Panelists include: Scott Metzner, President & Founder at Janus Property Group Michael Givner, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley David Schwartz, Co-Founder & Principal at Slate Property Group Seth Pinsky, Executive Vice President & Fund Manager at RXR Realty

Remi Mandell & Shimon Shkury sit down to discuss what happened in the 1H of 2019  Opportunity Zones fueling the development market in outer boroughs Rent Regulation effects on the market

Shimon and Remi discuss the investment sales multifamily metrics for the first quarter of 2019 Potential rent regulations that the City may pass have affected the figures Rent regulation will significantly prevent landlords from increasing rents in rent stabilized apartments