Westchester-Fairfield State of the Market

Jeff Dunne has 36 years of experience in the real estate investment banking business as an advisor and transactional agent for retail, office, apartments, industrial and new development projects. He leads a team of 15 people that focus on investment sales and equity raises to capitalize projects largely located within two hours of Manhattan. Jeff has closed in excess of $19 billion in over 300 investment transactions since 2007 and over $30 billion during his career.

Julia Lindh, NCARB, is an executive managing director and director of design in MKDA’s Stamford office. Since establishing the office in 2006, Julia has grown a talented team of ten professionals who service a diverse roster of interiors clients in multiple markets nationwide. Julia’s experience includes major capital improvement assignments that include lobby and façade designs as well as prebuilt, marketing and tenant turnkey suites on behalf of landlords such as George Comfort & Sons, ClearRock Properties and RPW Group. Her diverse interiors work includes workplaces for brands that include Guggenheim Partners, W.R. Berkley Corporation, Bank of Ireland, Heineken USA, Tradition Energy, Cumulus, Design Within Reach and Remington Outdoor Co., among others. Julia is licensed in Connecticut, New York and Alabama. She is also a National Council of Architecture Review Board (NCARB) certificate holder in Florida, California and Texas. A seasoned design professional, Julia has built a reputation for diverse, collaborative, timely and budget-conscious work that successfully integrates a brand’s corporate identity into functionally efficient and visually pleasing workplaces. Julia holds a B.Arch. from Pratt Institute. She has been recognized by Westchester County Business Journal as a “Women Making an Impact” for her commitment to the local business community, and as a “Top Fundraiser” by the Muscular Dystrophy Association for her commitment to giving back.

John Gochberg joined TGM in 2000 first as an Acquisitions Analyst and then he became an Acquisitions Officer from 2001 to 2003.  From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Gochberg became Director of Property Operations and was Chief Operating Officer from 2008 to 2017.  In 2017 Mr. Gochberg became Co-Chief Executive Officer and President.  Mr Gochberg oversees all TGM’s day-to- day operating groups which include: Acquisitions, Property Operations, Accounting, Finance, and Investor Relations.  He is Co-Head of the Investment Committee and chairs the Operating Committee. Prior to joining TGM’s staff, Mr. Gochberg was a member of the United States Sailing Team from 1992 to 2000 and holds several national championships. Additionally, from 1997 to 2000, Mr. Gochberg was a partner in Sailing Resources Inc., a company focused on coaching high level sailors and the marketing of racing boats and other related products.

Mr. Gubner is President and CEO of RHYS. He has more than 24 years of experience in serving commercial real estate clients and has overseen transactions with an aggregate value in excess of three-billion dollars. Prior to his role at RHYS, Mr. Gubner formed Chase Commercial in 1998 and merged Chase Commercial with GVA Williams in 2002, which was purchased six years later by FirstService Corporation. Prior to founding Chase Commercial, he spent ten years with Pyramid Real Estate, becoming a full partner in 1995. Today, Mr. Gubner oversees all aspects of RHYS including retail leasing, office leasing and investment sales. He is consistently featured on expert panels and performs numerous speaking engagements to the industry. Since 1998, he has built and led three commercial real estate companies from the ground up, each time he was responsible for all aspects of founding, growing and eventually merging and/or selling the company. In addition, he has spearheaded the investment sales team at each one of his companies and is widely recognized as an industry leader in the field.

Jose is a senior managing director and co-office head in the New Jersey office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He joins JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and is a member of the firm’s leadership committee. Jose specializes in investment advisory throughout New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and also oversees the day-to-day operations of the firm’s New Jersey office. During the course of his more than 25-year commercial real estate career, he’s been involved in more than $62 billion of office, industrial, retail, multifamily and land sales. Jose started at HFF in March 2010. Before that, he was the executive director of Cushman & Wakefield’s New York area investment sales group where he spent more than 17 years. He began his real estate career as a real estate analyst at PaineWebber, UBS, Inc.

Mr. Parisier is the key principal and founder of Paredim, a premier owner operator of multi-family residential properties in the Northeastern United States, concentrated in the major markets of Connecticut and NY. He is responsible for directing all aspects of the firm’s strategic development, acquisition, redevelopment and management activities in over $1 billion in transactions since inception. Mr. Parisier brings over 35 years of experience to managing Paredim having executed over $1.5 billion in transactions with several public and private institutional investors including Mack Cali Realty Corporation and S.L. Green Realty. Mr. Parisier has a BA in Government from Clark University and an MBA in Finance from The Leonard N. Stern School of Business and New York University. He is active in numerous charities and Chairman Emeritus of the Young Professional’s division of the Children’s Hearing Institute

Brian DiPaola has over ten years of experience in public accounting at RSM, serving both public and private clients in the areas of real estate, construction, retail, manufacturing, construction, and professional service firms. He has significant experience with SEC reporting requirements as well as internal control testing required under Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. Brian has experience auditing complex transactions including business combinations, stock compensation arrangements, and consolidations. In his role, Brian supervises audit teams and coordinates the audit process from start to finish, including: • Designing audit procedures in complex areas utilizing the firm’s risk-based audit approach • Applying economic and general business knowledge to complex issues, such as: assisting clients in identifying and evaluating alternatives; evaluating the adequacy of management's implementation of new accounting standards such as ASC 805 Business Combinations and ASC 350 (formerly SFAS No. 142), Intangibles-Goodwill • Proactively communicating with clients and anticipating and identifying client challenges and concerns • Coordinating and communicating engagement deliverables and results to clients in a clear and accurate manner • Facilitating Continuing Professional Education related to the firm’s IDEA Data Extraction and Analysis tool to RSM employees in the state of Connecticut Education • Bachelor of Science, accounting, University of Connecticut