David Amsterdam, Peter Nicoletti, Dylan Kane and Zach Redding

The David Amsterdam-led Colliers capital markets team made big waves in 2025 by leading a variety of transactions through a versatile platform. The brokerage ranked as the fastest-growing capital markets platform in the commercial real estate industry last year, according to MSCI data, by placing No. 1 for growth in market share, transaction volume and institutional investment sale transactions.

The Colliers team, which features Peter Nicoletti, Dylan Kane and Zach Redding, drove much of its sharp rise by executing several signature office-to-residential conversion deals in Manhattan.

“It was a very busy year with a lot of recapitalization and reinventions of properties, specifically office,” Redding said.

Colliers brokered a $25 million sale of 29 West 35th Street to former Silverstein Properties CEO Marty Burger in October 2025 as part of a $70 million capitalization in what also marked the first building trade under a new Midtown South rezoning framework for office-to-resi conversions. The team also arranged a $45.2 million sale to CSC Real Estate of a 178,000-square-foot assemblage at 75 Maiden Lane and 13 Gold Street for another residential conversion, while also negotiating a $28.85 million acquisition loan from Genesis Credit.

The integration of investment sales, note advisory, debt and equity placements in a single platform provides Colliers a competitive advantage to advise beyond just a single deal.

“It allows us to pivot on a deal-by-deal basis and allows us to transact across the capital stack,” Amsterdam said. “That’s important in today’s environment and is something that’s been successful for us.”

Versatility has proven to be especially important for new buyers that Colliers has engaged with in the New York City market for complex transactions, according to Amsterdam. That includes Japanese, South Korean and European investors, along with family offices entering commercial real estate for the first time.

Colliers has continued its momentum into 2026 with a large pipeline of investment sales and recapitalization assignments for office, retail, ground-up development and rent-regulated multifamily assets.

For instance, the team is marketing the former Core Club site at 66 East 55th Street on behalf of RFR Holding and a portfolio of retail assets in West Chelsea for Related Companies.