Rob Cord Rob Cord, president of Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors

NEW YORK CITY—Rob Cord joined Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors in 2015, as president of its asset services. He tripled its portfolio of properties under management to 21 million square feet in less than one year.

“If you are creative, you can create value. You can do that anywhere, but it's the density, the dynamic, the energy, the drive, the momentum that exists in this city,” he says. “If you can't do deals here—you shouldn't be in the business.”

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Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.