New Jersey Multifamily Summit

Jonathan has more than 20 years of real estate investment and management experience. He is responsible for the acquisition and development of all new projects, property management, and leasing of over 12,000 rental apartment units and 6 million SF of office, retail and industrial properties. He oversees the team at KRE Group that is forging ahead with a development pipeline of over 10 million SF of residential and mixed use projects. Jonathan holds a B.A. from New York University and was the recipient of the 2016 SmartCEO Future 50 Award.

Korene is a Managing Director of Real Estate for Greystar’s third-party Property Management Services for the state of New Jersey. She is responsible for the oversight of a growing portfolio of high-quality assets in the Garden State including the Hudson Waterfront and Jersey City opportunity zones. Korene leads a seasoned regional team of local experts to ensure every asset in her region achieves an elevated customer experience, optimized value, and continued overall success. Her portfolio consists of high-rise, mid-rise, and garden style communities. Korene has over sixteen years of multifamily real estate experience in the state of New Jersey having worked for national and regional real estate development groups and real estate owners. She joined Greystar in 2014 as part of the Riverstone Residential Group acquisition where she worked for seven years. Her extensive project experience includes pre-development, lease-up to stabilization, rebranding and marketing, large capital projects, unit renovation programs, and affordable compliance. She has served on the board of the New Jersey Apartment Association where she is currently an active member. She has also been a licensed Realtor in New Jersey since 2006.

Mr. Wolfe is the Managing Partner in the Property Tax Department at Skoloff & Wolfe, PC, where he focuses his practice on representing taxpayers in significant real estate tax appeals and property tax related matters. He has extensive experience in all types of property tax appeals, including hotel, multi-family, retail, office, and industrial properties. Mr. Wolfe frequently counsels clients on the property tax implications of the development, acquisition, and disposition of significant assets. He also counsels clients with respect to property tax exemptions and PILOT agreements. Mr. Wolfe serves on the Board of the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys (NAPTA) and as the Co-Chair of the Real Property Tax Practice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Wolfe has been featured or quoted in a wide variety of local and national publications, including Forbes.com, GlobeSt.com, Marketwatch.com, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Law.com, Law360.com, The New York Law Journal, and Commerce Magazine. Mr. Wolfe has a track record of obtaining significant assessment reductions on behalf of his clients. Examples of those assessment reductions include: • Reduced hotel assessment from $188 million to $131million; • Reduced multi-family assessment from $116 million to $67 million; • Reduced office assessment from $115.5 million to $90million; • Reduced supermarket anchored center from $66.9 million to $46 million; • Reduced nursing home assessment from $36 million to $10.1million; • Reduced big box retail assessment from $21.3 million to $13.4 million; • Reduced office assessment from $27.8 million to $6.5million. Mr. Wolfe began his career as an associate at the law firm of Davis Polk and Wardwell in New York. While at Davis Polk, he focused his practice on regulatory investigations, securities litigation and banking disputes. Mr. Wolfe is a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates and is the Co-Chair of the ABA’s Diversity & Inclusion 360 Presidential Commission. As a young lawyer, Mr. Wolfe served as the Chair of the ABA Young Lawyers Division, the ABA’s largest entity with more than 130,000 members. Mr. Wolfe received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, and graduated from Cornell University with distinction in all subjects.

After a twelve-year career in Information Technology at large financial and law firms, Anthony began investing in multifamily properties in Newark, NJ in 2014. In a quest for financial freedom, he strategically acquired multiple assets over an 18-month span. After building a seven-figure portfolio in multifamily real estate in Newark, he realized he could not find a quality property manager for his portfolio. With this insight, he started a property management company in 2016 and in 2020 opened a boutique brokerage for investors looking to build their portfolios. Anthony lives in the Ironbound section of Newark with his wife Eliana and three daughters Amelia, Aveline and Ariella. He is an avid fan of the Yankees, 49ers, playing golf and Portuguese cuisine.

Tom is a Senior Director in the New Jersey office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. Mr. Didio has been in the commercial real estate industry for nearly 10 years, including 2 years as Vice President with CBRE Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance’s New Jersey office, 4 years in an underwriting / origination role with Freddie Mac Multifamily and 4 years with a NY private equity family office specializing in sourcing, underwriting, structuring and financing commercial real estate transactions. During his career, Mr. Didio has executed in excess of 100 transactions totaling more than $2.0 billion in volume throughout the United States, with a strong focus on the NY/NJ/CT Tri-State area. Mr. Didio obtained his Masters of Science in Real Estate Finance from New York University shortly after his undergraduate studies at Tufts University.

Mr. Minno is President of MINNO & WASKO Architects and Planners. As a founding partner, Mr. Minno specializes in private sector, large mixed-use redevelopment including TOD’s and projects that have significant residential components. Many of his projects reflect client relationships that span more than twenty years, including Roseland Properties, RXR, LCOR, The Bozzuto Group and Mill Creek Residential. MINNO & WASKO is currently working on sustainable, redevelopment projects in the following cities: Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken, Stamford, Morristown, Somerville, Park Ridge, Asbury Park, Bayonne and Harrison. Most of these commissions were obtained by partnering with project developers and competing for RFP based sites. Mr. Minno has deep experience in obtaining regulatory approvals for large scale development and becomes involved in the architectural design of a project at the early stages of a concept. MINNO & WASKO offer their clients, quality design, cost-effective detailing and timely services. The firm has a staff of over 90 professionals, who are experienced in all forms of residential and light-frame commercial construction with offices in Lambertville and Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Minno has his Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School. He is active in many professional groups including the Urban Land Institute and The Congress for New Urbanism. He has volunteered his professional services to Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Minno has been a quest lecturer at Rutgers University and Drexel University.

Rob Carpentier is a director in the real estate group at CLA, where his practice focuses on privately held and syndicated real estate enterprises, high-net-worth individuals, and related entities. Before beginning his 15-year public accounting career servicing small and mid-sized businesses in a variety of industries, Rob worked in small business accounting and administration as well as in private banking. Rob is an alumnus of Rutgers Business School, where he now instructs undergraduate and graduate courses in income taxation.