Cushman & Wakefield's Top Producers from New Canaan

Cushman & Wakefield’s Stamford, Conn., and Westchester, County, N.Y. offices posted a banner 2013, completing transactions on almost 2 million square feet, including office, retail, medical and industrial space.  This was accomplished despite the soft market fundamentals in the office real estate market in both Fairfield and Westchester Counties.

“When you look at annual office leasing activity averages in Fairfield County over five-year periods, there are notable differences,” said Jim Fagan, senior managing director and market leader of Cushman & Wakefield’s Fairfield and Westchester County regions.  “Between 2009 and 2013, the average annual leasing was just over 2.2 million square feet.  That’s a 27 percent difference when compared with the 3 million square feet leased annually during the five years prior.”

New Canaan residents Jay Hruska, Al Mirin and Trip Hoffman were on the list of top producers in the Cushman & Wakefield Stamford, Conn. office.

Jay Hruska, vice chairman, was again top producer in 2013 with close to 950,000 square feet of transactions in Fairfield and Westchester Counties.  Hruska was either lead or co-broker responsible for the following notable transactions:  Boehringer Ingelheim (328,000 square feet), General Electric Corp. (115,000 square feet), Conair (160,000 square feet), Unilever (60,000 square feet), Merrill Lynch (50,000 square feet), and NBC (35,000 square feet).  

Hruska has consistently ranked among the top 25 of Cushman & Wakefield’s top producing brokers globally.  In fact, just in 2013, he was either the lead or part of a team responsible for more than 7 million square feet of transactions globally for his clients.

Al Mirin, executive director and head of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Group, which specializes in middle market building sales ranging from $2 to $20 million, was also a huge contributor to the office success.  Notable accomplishments included the $11 million sale of 180 Post Road, Westport, Conn.  He also represented Save the Children in the $12-million sale of 54 Wilton Road, also in Westport. Mirin has been recognized as a top producer in investment sales in the region for the past 20 years. 

Trip Hoffman, senior director, co-brokered Boehringer Ingelheim’s 328,000-square-foot lease with Jay Hruska and represented the landlord (Stamford Exit 9, LLC) at 1 Blachley Road in Stamford, Conn. in the 20,534-square-foot lease to the Hospital For Special Surgery. Hoffman has represented many other prominent clients including,Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and First Brands.   Most recently he was responsible for the sale of the 700,000-square-foot Clairol headquarters and also represented the new landlord in the leases to NBC and Chelsea Piers.

In addition to Hruska, Mirin and Hoffman; the Cushman & Wakefield brokers who also had banner years were Steve Baker, senior director, Matthew Lisk, director (Westchester office), Gerry Lees, senior director, Adam Klimek, director, and Maureen O’Boyle, senior director.

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Cushman & Wakefield is the world’s largest privately held commercial real estate services firm. The company advises and represents clients on all aspects of property occupancy and investment, and has established a preeminent position in the world’s major markets, as evidenced by its frequent involvement in many of the most significant property leases, sales and management assignments. Founded in 1917, it has approximately 250 offices in 60 countries, employing more than 16,000 professionals. It offers a complete range of services for all property types, including leasing, sales and acquisitions, equity, debt and structured finance, corporate finance and investment banking, corporate services, property management, facilities management, project management, consulting and appraisal. The firm has nearly $4 billion in assets under management globally. A recognized leader in local and global real estate research, the firm publishes its market information and studies online at www.cushmanwakefield.com/knowledge.