RMF in the News

“Businesses have focused on returning workers to office spaces and refilling cubicles over the last year. However, with more than a quarter of office space in Westchester still vacant, the commercial real estate market is in a tough spot…”

Ginsburg Development and RM Friedland have announced that nine new leases for more than 40,000 square feet of space have been signed for Ginsburg’s City Square/50 Main St., complex in White Plains, which has undergone a reimagining that continues with the addition of new retail offerings.

Asking rates in the county averaged $18.83 per square foot, according to RM Friedland’s Westchester Industrial Leasing Q3 Market Report 2023. Availability was just 5.78 percent in Q3, with the lowest availability in the county along the I-95 corridor, RM Friedland calculated.

Carmen Bauman, Associate Broker of commercial real estate brokerage firm RM Friedland, was named 2024 President of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors at the organization’s 107th Annual Member Appreciation Day held on Oct. 30 at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown…

“Jillian is an incredibly hard worker. She is a strong student of the real estate brokerage business and is always looking for ways to improve and become a better broker. She has tremendous ambition and that will propel her success in the business.”

“Michelle is the behind-the-scenes lifeblood of Team Lala. She is proactive in everything she does, energetic, and tireless in her pursuit of success for her team.”

RM Friedland announced six new retail leases, totaling 30,382 square feet in the month of December with leases to experiential, national, and well-known regional tenants in some of Westchester County’s best centers including Cortlandt Crossing in Mohegan Lake and The Waterfront in Port Chester.

Atlanta-based Electric Owl Studios made a presentation before the village’s Board of Trustees last evening (Nov. 15) on its $100-million television/movie studio project to be developed at the Graham Windham School property at 1 South Broadway. John Barrett, managing is marketing the property on behalf of Graham Windham.

With the multimillion-dollar renovation of City Square at 50 Main Street/1-11 Martine Avenue in downtown White Plains, New York now complete, owner and premier tristate real estate developer Ginsburg Development Company (GDC) has awarded Westchester-based RM Friedland (RMF) the exclusive office leasing assignment for the relaunch of their signature property consisting of 360,000+ square feet of office space with a slew […]

PXG (Parsons Xtreme Golf) has entered the Westchester market with a lease for a 7,541-square-foot location at 80 Nardozzi Place in New Rochelle.

RMF Industrial Report included in the article discusses how the Westchester, N.Y., commercial real estate market has experienced stability and even growth amidst the turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on commercial real estate.

Simone Development Companies has announced My Salon Suite has signed a 7,345-square-foot lease at the firm’s property located at 80 Nardozzi Place in New Rochelle, NY. Katelin Vanvoorhis and David Scotto of RM Friedland LLC, represented ownership in the lease negotiations

Sarah Jones-Maturo gives her take on Retail’s 2022 Forecast: “There has been an uptick in interest in experiential retail, as well. Meanwhile, she notes that two of the strongest sectors in the pandemic, grocery stores, and childcare facilities, have remained strong”.

Pandemic forced closure of school’s Westchester campus in consolidation with Manhattan operation and the for-profit institution has hired commercial brokerage, RM Friedland.

RM Friedland’s Bill Anson and Jillian Reiner brokered the sale of 419 and 650 West Avenue in the Stamford Executive Park. “With the recent explosion in demand for industrial/flex space in Stamford, this was an opportune time for Robert Martin to sell these two properties at a premium price.”

Combining technology and talent to win business Sarah Jones-Maturo agrees that technology is a must-have to provide commercial real estate services. Without it, the firm would be challenged to manage their information on properties, historical sales comps, listings, contacts, and leads.

Click Read more for a video tribute to Sarah and her success and accomplishments leading the RM Friedland team.

In today’s rapidly evolving commercial real estate market, being able to adapt quickly to the ever-changing dynamics is crucial to success.

Female business leaders like Sarah Jones Maturo join Scott McGee to share their stories of overcoming adversity and the secrets to their success this week.

Sale of Historic YMCA Building in Tarrytown is a Case Study Where Everyone is a Winner

While some business owners and experts are optimistic in 2021, uncertainty is the overarching theme for Westchester’s key economic sectors this year. “Brick-and-mortar retail continues to be challenging,” notes Sarah Jones-Maturo, president of RM Friedland.

Bill Anson and Jillian Reiner represented the landlord on this exciting transaction bringing a growing tenant across State lines.  

RMF’s Chris O’Callaghan moderates a virtual forum on real estate this morning that was co-sponsored by the Fordham Real Estate Institute and the Business Council of Westchester

A report released on Dec. 8 by locally-based brokerage firm RM Friedland shows that over the past decade, multi-family development in the northern suburbs of Westchester and Fairfield counties has grown at an unprecedented rate.

A new report from Harrison-based real estate brokerage RM Friedland characterizes the growth in multifamily development in Westchester and Fairfield counties as “explosive,” and forecasts more to come.

RM Friedland’s Bill Anson and Jillian Reiner were the exclusive leasing agents on the deal.

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As a demonstration of its belief in a resurgence in the office market, RM Friedland has signed a long term lease at this new 8,300 square-foot space at 440 Mamaroneck Avenue in Harrison.

Chris O’Callaghan, one of Westchester County’s most prominent commercial brokers, has joined RM Friedland to lead the company’s new office brokerage division.

At a time when the office market is retrenching, RM Friedland, the largest privately held commercial real estate brokerage company in Westchester County, is emphatically stating that it believes the office market will rebound with the announcement today that Chris O’Callaghan, one of Westchester’s most prominent commercial brokers, has joined the company to lead its […]

In conjunction with the hiring of veteran commercial office broker Chris O’Callaghan, RM Friedland announced on Sept. 21 it has formed an office brokerage division.

RM Friedland announced that Chris O’Callaghan, one of Westchester’s most prominent commercial brokers, has joined the company to lead its newly formed Office Brokerage Division.

“The timing is really advantageous in some ways because now tenants and landlords as well are really going to need the wisdom of brokers more than ever,” says Friedland President Sarah Jones-Maturo.

The Stagg Group is set to build a 474-unit apartment building and this deal is one of the largest development site trades in the Bronx so far this year.

Marco Lala and his team have been retained to sell 209 Seventh Avenue, mixed-use property on the corner of Seventh Avenue and West 22nd Street in Chelsea. This property features a ground floor restaurant and five free-market property will be delivered vacant.

Marco Lala and his team at RM Friedland again brokered the sale of 3165, 3167 & 3169 Villa Avenue to UA Builders. The 6,676 s/f site consists of three vacant buildings that have been merged into one parcel. It has 65 ft. of frontage on the west side of Villa Avenue, just north of East […]

Veteran investment sales broker Alfonso Holloman has joined RM Friedland (RMF) and will spearhead the firm’s expansion into the Queens market. He most recently served as senior managing director and principal in the New York office of Lee & Associates.

We are pleased to announce our participation in bringing DeCicco & Sons to the new Edge-on-Hudson development in Sleepy Hollow, New York. David Scotto and Beth White were the sole brokers in the transaction.

RMF’s John Barrett is representing the Family YMCA at Tarrytown and the developer in this project as Wilder Balter Partners gets approval from the Planning Board for the 109 units on Main Street in Tarrytown.

Lightbridge Academy, which franchises child care centers, has made a move into Westchester County, leasing space at Robert Martin building in Elmsford. Coverage of the groundbreaking was featured recently in Westfaironline.