Zachary Levine
By Joshua Burd
Gottesman Real Estate Partners has hired Zachary Levine as vice president, bolstering the team overseeing its portfolio across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and North Carolina.
The Chatham-based firm said Levine, who has held roles at Brookfield Asset Management and Morgan Stanley, directly supports CEO Andy Gottesman in all aspects of asset managing its 14 commercial properties. That includes underwriting new acquisition opportunities and financing of existing properties, as well as involvement with capital markets, development, leasing, project management, capital improvements, budgeting and tenant relations.
Levine, a grandson of the late Harold Gottesman, will also support Andy Gottesman directly with long-term strategy and portfolio diversification.
“Zach’s broad and extensive background in asset management, finance and development helps to fortify us for the next stage of our growth and asset diversification,” Gottesman said. “He is a most welcome addition to our team.”
In a news release, Gottesman said the 31-year-old Levine held senior associate and associate roles at Brookfield and Morgan Stanley, where he underwrote some $45 billion of commercial property loans across all asset classes and geographic markets. He recently received his MBA from The Stanford Graduate School of Business and earned his bachelor’s in finance and economics from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
For the past seven years, he has worked with the Georgetown Steers Center for Global Real Estate, serving as an advisory board member, the news release said.
Gottesman Real Estate Partners is an affiliate of Edison Investment Advisors, a family office established in 1998 by Harold Gottesman, co-founder of Edison ParkFast and Manhattan Mini-Storage. Its holdings include the Hippodrome Building, an 850,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan, as well as office buildings at 700 and 850 Canal St. in the South End of Stamford, Connecticut, 26 Main St. in Chatham and Esplanade, a 213,000-square-foot office building in Charlotte.
