Matt Stefanski, managing director, Berkadia, Philadelphia, PA

PHILADELPHIA—CBRE vice president Matt Stefanski is jumping ship to help Warren Buffett's Berkadia expand its investment sales platform in Philadelphia. Stefanski will be a managing director based in the Philadelphia office and will report to Keith Misner, Berkadia's national head of investment sales.

“It was obviously a very difficult decision to leave CBRE,” Stefanski tells GlobeSt.com exclusively. “It was a once-in-career opportunity that was presented to me to help grow an investment sales team from the ground floor.”

Stefanski will be responsible for expanding Berkadia's sales platform regionally. Berkadia says Stefanski's hiring sets the stage for increased production activity on both a regional and national level as Berkadia seeks to grow its reach. Berkadia is a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Leucadia National Corporation.

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Steve Lubetkin is the New Jersey and Philadelphia editor for GlobeSt.com. He is currently filling in covering Chicago and Midwest markets until a new permanent editor is named. He previously filled in covering Atlanta. Steve’s journalism background includes print and broadcast reporting for NJ news organizations. His audio and video work for GlobeSt.com has been honored by the Garden State Journalists Association, and he has also been recognized for video by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has produced audio podcasts on CRE topics for the NAR Commercial Division and the CCIM Institute. Steve has also served (from August 2017 to March 2018) as national broadcast news correspondent for CEOReport.com, a news website focused on practical advice for senior executives in small- and medium-sized companies. Steve also reports on-camera and covers conferences for NJSpotlight.com, a public policy news coverage website focused on New Jersey government and industry; and for clients of StateBroadcastNews.com, a division of The Lubetkin Media Companies LLC. Steve has been the computer columnist for the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, since 1996. Steve is co-author, with Toronto-based podcasting pioneer Donna Papacosta, of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional. You can email Steve at [email protected].