Facebook LIVE - Taking Care of Business Featuring District 20 Council Member Peter Koo and Queens Chamber Real Estate Committee Co-Chairs Marty Cottingham and Michael Wang Join Waitlist Register
Save the date October 16, 2020 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
Event Details Please join us for our weekly Facebook LIVE program. It's an opportunity for the Chamber to share with the business community during this pandemic.
This week we'll be joined by Council Member Peter Koo who represents District 20. He'll discuss work being done in District 20 with constituents during this pandemic including reopening of business.
Marty Cottingham, Avison Young and Michael Wang, Project Queens two of three Co-Chairs for our Real Estate committee. They'll talk about how their organizations have dealt with pandemic and challenges facing the real estate industry in Queens county.
Click to watch: https://www.facebook.com/QueensChamberOfCommerce
We'll see you at 1 p.m. LIVE
Speakers
Peter Koo District 20 Council Member at New York City Council
Michael Wang Founder of Project Queens Michael Wang is a native New Yorker. He was raised in Flushing, Queens and attended school in Downtown Manhattan. He is the founder of Project Queens. A commercial real estate brokerage focused in Queens, NY. He is also the Co-Chair of the Queens Chamber of Commerce Real Estate Committee. He spends time each week connecting with community leaders and is an active participate of various programs throughout the year.
Martin Cottingham Principal at Avison Young Martin Cottingham is a Principal specializing in transaction management in Avison Young’s New York office. A real estate veteran with over 23 years of experience, Cottingham’s success leading major initiatives at Avison Young is the product of his hard work, knowledge of the industry and unique background. Cottingham is a preferred provider for national transactions for JPMorgan Chase, providing an array of services including office and retail leasing, consulting and sales in cities across the country. His tireless efforts working with NYU Winthrop University Hospital’s real estate task force reduced portfolio operating costs across the owned and leased facilities in the hospital’s network, enabling the institution to identify over $5 million in savings. Cottingham also worked with city officials to transform vacant lots on Brooklyn’s Coney Island Boardwalk into the stunning 5,000-seat Ford Amphitheater. Cottingham’s accomplishments have been recognized by the Real Estate Board of New York, which named him a finalist for the Most Ingenious Deal of the Year Award for arranging the relocation of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) headquarters from Harlem to 1133 Avenue of the Americas. The NBPA project also received the Design & Construction of a New Facility Award from the New York Chapter of the International Facility Management Association. Previously, Cottingham was a Managing Director of the Corporate Services Group, for Grubb & Ellis (now Newmark Knight Frank), where he oversaw the firm’s corporate services in the Northeast region. Prior to joining Grubb & Ellis, Cottingham was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Company, where he was responsible for all global facility management, property management, design, development, construction, facility planning, furniture procurement and corporate services units for a real estate portfolio totaling more than 4 million square feet. Prior to being named Managing Director, Cottingham oversaw all site activities for the development of Bear Stearns’ 1.2 million-square-foot world headquarters at 383 Madison Avenue. Education St. Joseph’s College – Bachelor of Science, Organizational Management, New York University – Master of Science, Real Estate Development and New York University – Certificate in Construction Management.
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