NEW YORK CITY-The New York office of Lee & Associates has formed a new affiliate company, Lee & Associates BQ|LI, to service the Queens and Nassau and Suffolk County markets in retail, industrial and office—both on investment sales and leasing—GlobeSt.com has learned EXCLUSIVELY.
Kelly Koukou is executive managing director of the new company and one of its principal owners. Bradley Diamond also joined the new company and serves as a managing director. Koukou came from CBRE, where he was a SVP in the Long Island office. Diamond was previously at Coldwell Banker Commercial, in Long Island's Great Neck area, where he worked on office, retail, and industrial transactions. The two executives joined the firm together in mid-July.
The market on Long Island and in the surrounding areas is poised to grow, says Koukou. “The commercial market in Queens and Nassau is about 325 million square feet. I've been active in that market for about 20 years and have seen it grow and attract more and more New York City firms that want offices outside of the city, either as satellites or to move their operations and save on rent as they improve their facilities to more modern buildings, with infrastructure capable of handling their high-tech needs.”
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
