NEW YORK CITY-Former Forest City Ratner-executive Deborah Levinson, an instrumental player in Atlantic Yards, has joined the Reznick Group to expand the company’s presence in the New York-metropolitan area, GlobeSt.com has learned exclusively. In her new role, Levinson will focus on increasing the firm’s property management advisory services to clients throughout the five boroughs, Long Island, Westchester, Connecticut and New Jersey.

A native New Yorker and a 30-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, Levinson describes her move as coming “full circle.” Previously, she served as EVP and CFO of Forest City, where she was a key member of a $4 billion division of Forest City Enterprises, a publicly-held real estate developer and operators. In that role, she was responsible for financial reporting, corporate accounting and budgeting, development and property accounting, cash management and oversight of the IT group. Prior, Levinson served as partner of real estate, hospitality and construction group at Ernst & Young.

“Now at Reznick, I am coming home, but with more experience and more perspective to really help them grow and gain name recognition in the New York marketplace,” she tells GlobeSt.com.