REBNY Reveals Most Ingenious Sales Deal Nominees

Veteran Cushman & Wakefield broker Bruce Mosler is up for two awards on the leasing front.

NEW YORK CITY—Top dealmakers have submitted 16 sales, lease and finance transactions completed in 2015 to join the spirited competition for the Real Estate Board of New York ‘s 2015 Sales Brokers Most Ingenious Deal of the Year Award competition. The contest will culminate at the sales brokers committee’s 72nd Annual Deal of the Year cocktail party on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 from 5:30-7:30pm at Club 101 (located at 101 Park Ave.). “This year’s submissions exemplify the vast talent of the brokers in our industry,” says Woody Heller , chair of REBNY’s sales brokers committee and executive managing director, group head of the capital transactions group at Savills Studley . “These complex and impactful transactions demonstrate the brokers’ highly creative and technical skills, as well as the dynamism of the real estate market throughout the boroughs.” Adds REBNY president John H. Banks III , “The Most Ingenious Deal of the Year award competition annually showcases the extensive efforts undertaken by leading real estate professionals to go above and beyond in their service to New York City’s owners, tenants, buyers and sellers. We look forward to announcing the winners and honoring all the candidates for their impressive achievements.” The sales submitted are: “Persistence to a Record-The Saga of the ZARA Soho Flagship,” 503 Broadway, Manhattan, broker: David Ash , Prince Realty Advisors ; “MCNY’s “One of a Kind” South Bronx Campus Transaction–Charity Starts at Home”–459 E. 149th St., Bronx, broker: Stephen Riker , Cushman & Wakefield ; “Calm (Success) In the Midst of the Storm”–164 11th Ave., Manhattan, broker: Drunell Levinson , Halstead Property ; “Land Swap Between City of NY, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Hunter College”-525 E. 73rd St., Manhattan, brokers: Justin DiMare , Mark Weiss and Howard Kesseler of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and “Creative Execution of Biblical Proportions: The Record Breaking Sale of 1865 Broadway” – 1865 Broadway, Manhattan; broker: Helen Hwang , Cushman & Wakefield; The leasing transactions are: “The Power of Out-of-the-Box Thinking: Assured Guaranty’s Relocation”-1633 Broadway/ 31 W. 52nd St., Manhattan, broker: Robert Martin , JLL ; “A Slam Dunk: Moving the National Basketball Players Association to Midtown”-1133 Ave. of the Americas, Manhattan, brokers: Arthur J. Mirante II and Martin Cottingham , Avison Young ; “Gansevoort Market to Empire Outlets”–55 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, broker: Michael Brais of Douglas Elliman Commercial ; “The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields: Designing a Road Map for the Next 100 Years”–487 Hudson St., Manhattan, broker: Paul Wolf of Denham Wolf Real Estate Services ; “A Good Deed and a Great Deal: Landing a 21-Year Term and a Home for the New York Stem Cell Foundation–and for the Future of Medical Research” – 619 W. 54th St., Manhattan, brokers: Stephen Siegel and Gary Kamenetsky , CBRE ; “Conducting an Orchestra: Executing a Complicated Close”–300 Vesey St., Manhattan, broker: Derek Trulson, JLL; “Selling the Dream: The Art of Place-Making at Manhattan West”–400 W. 33rd St., Manhattan, broker: Bruce Mosler , Cushman & Wakefield; “Bringing MetLife Home” –200 Park Ave., Manhattan, broker: Mosler and “An Affair to Remember The Empire State Building Stays LinkedIn: How CBRE Inspired an Icon to Innovate for Technology’s Most Innovative Company”–350 Fifth Ave., Manhattan, brokers: Lauren Crowley Corrinet , Gregory Tosko and Sacha Zarba , CBRE. Finance transactions submitted were: “387 Park Ave. So. Permanent Financing”–387 Park Ave. So., Manhattan, brokers: Andrew Singer and Kathleen McSharry , The Singer & Bassuk Organization and “EmblemHealth Building” – 101 Pennsylvania Ave., Brooklyn, broker: Alan Goodkin, The Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group. Winners will be judged in each category by a panel of industry leaders. The honors are presented to the dealmakers that demonstrate the most ingenuity, creativity and professional skill. The Henry Hart Rice Award will be presented to the first-place winner. The Robert T. Lawrence Award is the second place award and the Edward S. Gordon Award is the third place award. Sponsors of the party include Tishman Speyer , Eastern Consolidated , H.J. Kalikow & Co , Jack Resnick & Sons , Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, The Moinian Group , Vornado Realty Trust , Donald Zucker Co. an