In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Shimon Shkury, President and Founder at Ariel Property Advisors. Shimon’s career journey began in 2002 working at a CRE firm this podcast knows well – Massey Knakal – thanks to my conversations on TEN with Bob Knakal and Paul J. Massey. About a year into that relationship, Shimon was given the opportunity to run Upper Manhattan and the Bronx as a partner. Shimon went on to hire several key people to support him in that effort, and together they eventually left to start Ariel Property Advisors. At the core of Ariel’s mandate is research. Half the team works in research and in turn partners with the sales and investment teams. Layered on top of that are capital service and mortgage brokers. You have to listen to the episode to hear Shimon’s story about being laid off from his first job, but somehow also meeting his life partner. He credits the key to his success to his partners at Ariel. Shimon shares insights on the current state of the market as well as his beliefs on the opportunities ahead of us. He has a great read on what building operators need to do to create more compelling workplaces and suggested the idea of forming a Board, consisting of both building operators and the occupants, to come together and discuss emerging issues in CRE. Shimon is excited about the emerging changes in the office sector and truly loves what he does.

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