Navigating Market Cycles: Building Strength in Uncertain Times
When:
February 5, 2026 at 5:30pm – 8:30pm EST
Location:
Offit Kurman3rd Floor
590 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022
Join us on February 5th from 5:30 to 8:30 PM for a timely, candid discussion on navigating today’s commercial real estate market.
We’ll explore current market conditions, strategic alignment, and how to stay positioned for opportunity in a shifting landscape. Grounded in real-world transactions and market experience, this conversation is designed to deliver practical insights for dealmakers and the advisors who support them.
Real estate owners have always been entrepreneurial and adaptive, weathering disruptions from the 2008 mortgage crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic. As today’s market and policy outlooks are increasingly shaped by the political climate and municipal leadership, this discussion will focus on strengthening what’s within your control.
Expect thoughtful dialogue, fresh insights, hors d’oeuvres, and drinks.
*Space is limited, and all requests are subject to approval. Registration does not guarantee attendance. Approved registrants will receive a confirmation email.
Meet the Panelists:
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BKREA |
Offit Kurman |
Withum |
| Genessy Jaramillo specializes in land and air rights sales across Manhattan, where she leads BKREA’s air rights business and works directly alongside Chairman & CEO Bob Knakal. In her role, she focuses on advising property owners, developers, and institutions on maximizing value through strategic dispositions, assemblages, and development opportunities. | Faith Miros is a strategic legal advisor to commercial real estate owners and investors, partnering with clients to navigate transactions and market cycles with clarity and confidence. She advises clients nationwide on acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, and long-term portfolio strategy, delivering practical, business-focused guidance that balances opportunity and risk. | Alicia Mynarska is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with over two decades of experience serving clients in the real estate industry at Withum, a nationally ranked advisory and accounting firm. As a strategic partner, Alicia leverages her passion for successful business solutions to coordinate a wide range of specialized services aimed at helping clients achieve their goals and grow exponentially. |
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New York Life Investments |
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company |
ALC Environmental |
| Elizabeth Roy is a key member of the real estate team at New York Life Investments focusing on core, bridge and construction lending across all asset types with loans starting at $50 million. She has over 20 years of experience in real estate capital markets spanning CMBS, CRE-CLO bridge lending, and life insurance balance sheets. She has originated over $2 billion of investments. | Nicolette Sinatra is an adjunct professor teaching Real Estate Law at the Schack Institute of Real Estate. A practicing attorney with over 25 years of experience, she is currently a Sales Executive for Fidelity National Title Insurance Company. | Janet Stelz drives the CRE Due Diligence Division at ALC Environmental. She supports commercial lenders and CRE developers by understanding their risk tolerance, protecting their budget, and addressing environmental hurdles quickly and safely so they can keep projects moving forward. |
Meet the Moderator:
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BKREA |
| Bob Knakal has been a broker in NYC since 1984. Over that time, he has brokered the sale of over 2,339 buildings having a market value of approximately $22 billion. Bob is a prominent thought leader in the commercial real estate business, frequently writing about the market, lecturing on the market and appearing on podcasts and national television shows on networks like Fox, CNBC and MSNBC. Bob started BKREA, an investment sales and capital markets brokerage firm in New York City which blends best-in-class analog data sets with artificial intelligence technologies to create a new brokerage firm for a new era. |
