This year’s bi-annual discussion was held on July 26th. Shimon Shkury, President of Ariel Property Advisors presented an overview of the New York City investment sales market. Following which Michael Stoler, President of New York Real Estate TV, LLC moderated the discussion participated by a panel consisting of Paulo Garcia, Sr. VP, Mercantile Bank, Sorabh Maheshwari, Founder Partner, Churchill Real Estate Holdings, Eli Weiss, Principal, Joy Construction Corp. and Susi Yu, Managing Director, L&L MAG.

Most real property investors are in the game for the long run. They look for superior yet stable returns in an increasingly unstable and uncertain geo-economic-political world. Coming years seem very positive for real property investments in the U.S.

Please read my article titled "Foreign Investment Capital – U.S. Outlook for 2016” that appeared in the summer 2016 edition of CRE Finance World magazine. The article provides a review of the past and an interesting glimpse of the coming years in foreign investment capital.

Click the image on the left to read the article in PDF.
​The magazine, courtesy of respective publisher, can be found here.​

Last week I was at an international young professionals event that was meant to connect local and international young professionals in New York. I had the pleasure of meeting, among many other international New Yorkers, with Zack, a young man in his late 20’s perhaps, engaged in digital communication industry and in the process of buying his first home – a residential condominium in Brooklyn.  ​