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Name Medical Center, St. Joseph’s
Health and Hudson Regional Health.
In addition, they have represented
several specialty practices, including
Fresenius Medical Care, Fertility
Institute of New Jersey and New
York, Skin & Laser Care of NJ and
others.
“The move to The Clinical Group as a
fully integrated platform, along with
the launch of a new tech-enabled
website to service the medical
properties market, enhances our
ability to provide services to our
clients,” Lizzack and Horning said in
a joint statement. “We have already
seen the power of the platform in new
opportunities for us and solutions
provided by the team.”
MAZZOLA JOINS
GREYSTAR IN
DEVELOPMENT ROLE
Greystar, the multifamily investment,
development and management
fi rm, has hired Chris Mazzola as its
managing director of development in
the New York metro region.
According to the fi rm, which is
based in Charleston, South Carolina,
Mazzola will oversee the expansion
of its development pipeline across
New York,
New Jersey
and Southwest
Connecticut.
He’ll do so
with more
than 15 years
of experience
in real estate
Chris Mazzola
development
and acquisitions across institutional
and entrepreneurial platforms,
having executed some $1.7 billion in
transactions and $1 billion in ground-
up multifamily projects.
Mazzola previously served as head of
real estate investments at Victorian
Group. He previously held roles at
Bijou Properties and J.P. Morgan,
where he focused on the metro New
York region.
“Greystar is excited to welcome Chris
Mazzola to build out a pipeline of
residential projects in the metro New
York area,” said Gary Kerr, senior
managing director of development
at the fi rm. “Chris joins Greystar at
a time where there is great need for
housing across the country, and we
are encouraged by the pace-setting
volume of new residential being
delivered in the metro New York
area. This activity is refl ective of the
demand for housing as well as the
attractiveness of the market, which is
once again fl ourishing, and we look
forward to Greystar being heavily
involved under Chris’ leadership.”
Mazzola’s appointment follows
Greystar’s fi rst residential
development in New York State, at 25
North Lexington Ave. in White Plains,
which opened in summer 2024 with
500 luxury rentals. He’ll now look to
ramp up that platform as he identifi es
and pursues new development
opportunities while managing
entitlement and construction
processes.
“I am thrilled to join Greystar
and to help with the next chapter
of development growth for this
renowned organization,” Mazzola
said. “I am especially keen to leverage
my deep experience working in metro
New York to complement Greystar’s
deep resources in pursuit of best-
in-class residential developments
that will enhance communities in
the region. Greystar is the leader in
all aspects of multifamily, and I look
forward to building a development
pipeline refl ective of the company’s
stature.”
Mazzola is an active member of ULI
and NAIOP, where he serves on
multiple committees, according to a
news release. He holds a bachelor’s
in fi nance from Case Western
Reserve University and a master’s in
real estate fi nance from New York
University.
PEEK GROWS THIRD-
PARTY TEAM WITH
CHARLES, GARTNER
PEEK Properties has fortifi ed its
third-party development platform
for multifamily projects with the
additions of industry veterans Nick
Charles and Luis Gartner.
The fi rm, which is based in West
Orange, recently began offering
single-source construction
management, general contractor,
project management and accounting
services to investment entities,
property owners and land
development entities involved in
bringing new apartment buildings
to market in New Jersey. Charles,
partner and director of construction,
and Gartner, director of project
management, are central to that
effort after recently joining the
PEEK Builders unit with a wealth of
large-scale, complex construction
experience touching everything from
high-profi le Manhattan skyscrapers to
sophisticated transit infrastructure.
“When clients hire PEEK Builders,
they are not just getting a general
contractor — they are getting a
partner with an owner’s perspective,”
Charles said. “We manage the entire
project lifecycle. This holistic
approach ensures every decision,
from material choice to phasing,
directly contributes to the long-term
value and operational effi ciency of
the asset, and we build accordingly.
Our philosophy is rooted in complete
transparency, consulting, problem-
solving and of course results.”
Charles is a former general
superintendent
for Gilbane
Building Co.
in New York
City, where his
work included
the more-
than-$70 million
penthouse units
Nick Charles
at The Residence
for the Aman Group, according to
PEEK. Prior to that, as a senior
superintendent at Lend Lease, he
delivered some of the most complex,
prominent projects in New York City,
including the third-tallest residential
building internationally at 432 Park
Avenue, the World Trade Center PATH
Station and the MTA’s Fulton Transit
Center.
Gartner, for his part, has worked
internationally
and locally,
serving as a
project manager
for the likes of
Blackstone 360
in East Orange
after earning
his master’s in
Luis Gartner
construction
management from Manhattan College.
“Our process is disciplined and
‘battle-tested,’” Gartner said. “By
integrating every facet of the
design-build process, we have
perfected a methodology that
keeps multimillion-dollar projects
on track by constantly forecasting
challenges and providing solutions
before they impact the critical path.
This effi ciency is what allows us to
deliver PEEK-caliber quality, every
time.”
PEEK Properties, one of the earliest
developers to leverage the tax
benefi ts of building in federally
designated Opportunity Zones,
launched in 2018 under the leadership
of Phillip J. Evanski and Manny Klein.
It said it created PEEK Builders in
2021 to ensure end-to-end oversight
and uncompromising quality for its
luxury apartment portfolio across
Orange, East Orange and elsewhere
in Essex County.
“The quality and effi ciency that
PEEK Builders achieved internally
set a new benchmark for us, from
the CM and GC side as well as full
control and direct communication
with subcontractors,” Evanski
said. “Extending these proprietary
services — backed by Nick and Luis’s
expertise – means we’re offering
our industry peers a competitive
advantage that protects their
investment from start to fi nish.”
Since its founding, PEEK Properties
has delivered a total of 590 units
totaling 701,092 square feet and a
hard cost of more than $107 million.
“Expanding PEEK Builders to third-
party clients is a natural evolution for
our team,” Klein said. “We cultivated
PEEK’s internal construction entity
because we demanded excellence and
effi ciency, standards we felt that the
market couldn’t consistently provide.
Based on feedback and discussions
with our developer peer set, we’re
pleased to offer our attention to
the smallest details, proactive
risk management and integrated
development approach to our fellow
developers.” RE
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