Don’t Mess With Texas? Transwestern’s Lindsay Ornstein and Patrick Robinson Take Manhattan, One Broker at a Time
By Daniel Edward Rosen September 25, 2012 7:15 am
reprintsWhen Staubach was in the New York market, was there a similar downturn in the marketplace?
Mr. Robinson: It was mid-market: the run-up had already started to happen, and we had a little bit of wind in our sails, but it was similar dynamics to now.
What are some of the tenant deals that you have done in the past few months?
Ms. Ornstein: Caplin & Drysdale, a law firm. Advent International, a private equity firm right here at 375 Park Avenue.
Mr. Robinson: Kelso & Co. We did a disposition for Fiserv, which is a national client. There was a sub-sub-sub-sub-lease we just finished up—
Ms. Ornstein: Millstein & Co. That one just closed, the ink just dried.
In terms of recruiting, you guys picked up Alyson Berg from Studley and John Grotto from The Durst Organization …
Ms. Ornstein: We have another big one starting in two weeks, who we will announce very shortly.
Can you give us a hint?
Ms. Ornstein: It’s investment sales, coming out of a long time ago, one of the big investment sales companies—
Mr. Robinson: —has been on the landlord side for a while, and is now coming back to investment sales.
Will John Grotto be doing strictly agency work?
Ms. Ornstein: It will be everything, but with an eye toward retail.
