Everest's specialty is the small tenant category. "The package of services we provide can put them on an equal footing with large corporations," according to president and founder Jeff Feldman. Part of the company's growth plan is to sign up "only those properties that fit into our financial business model."

Signature properties that have been lit include New York's Chrysler Center and GM Building, the Merchandise Mart in Chicago and Equitable Plaza, Cal Mart Building and Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles.

In Canada, Everest's operation is headed by Steven Reichmann, of the well-known development family and has forged strategic relationships with some of the country's top real estate developers, including Olympia & York. The firm is headquartered in the newly renamed Everest Building, just across the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan.