Episode 52: James Nelson, Over $6B in Sales, Discusses State of the 2020-2021 NYC Commercial Market & Where Future Opportunities May Lay

I had the pleasure of getting James Nelson on the show.  James is a top commercial broker in NYC with over $6B transacted in sales to date. (rough internet math!). James currently serves as Principal and Head of Avison Young’s Tri-State Investment Sales group where he leads a group of three dozen professionals in the sale of multi-family, office, development, and retail properties throughout the country.  His client list includes the Archdiocese of New York, Breaking Ground, Brookfield, The Carlyle Group, JP Morgan Chase, Related, Salvation Army, 60 Guilders JUST to name a few.   Throughout his over 20-year career, James has been involved in the sale of approximately 500 property and loan sales for an aggregate value of over $5 billion dollars. Prior to joining Avison Young, James served as Vice Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield & prior to that, he was the youngest partner and top producer for legendary firm Massey Knakal for six of their last eight years.  For those of you looking for opportunities in NY or outside of NY (Avison Young has 120 offices around the world), you can visit his profile on Instagram at @jamesnelsonnyc and look for the link in his bio, or find him on his website at jamesnelson.com  You may also find out how you can get on the Investors List through his website, along with future educational materials on how to get into real estate investing.  (more on that in this episode)