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John Lopez

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

914-806-4921
john.lopez@newyorkmultifamily.com

260 Madison Avenue 5th Floor, New York, NY 10016

John's Q&A

What is Your Favorite Movie?

The Shawshank Redemption

01

What is You Favorite Book?

Think & Grow Rich

02

What are the top things you enjoy most about working in this business and on the NYM team?

  • Playing a small roll in the future development of New York City
  • Producing strong results for my clients

03

Professional History

John Lopez is a commercial real estate investment professional specializing in the sale of land and development sites. John is Head of Development for New York Multifamily Group and leads the team’s development site sales efforts. He primarily focuses on the sale of residential ground up development sites in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.

Since becoming a member of the New York Multifamily Group, John has facilitated the transaction of $28,000,000 in land and development sites since 2023.

Prior to joining the New York Multifamily Group, John was a Relationship Manager at JPMorgan Chase. He was responsible for managing and growing commercial client’s relationship with the firm. Some of his responsibilities included loan management, treasury management, and other cash management related responsibilities. John ranked #1 in Manhattan and #4 Nationally in closed business amongst his peers at JPMorgan Chase, and earned the National Achiever Award before leaving to join the New York Multifamily Group.

Lopez completed his graduate education at Cornell’s Johnson School of Business, within their Commercial Real Estate Certificate Program. He earned his undergraduate degree from Elon University, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. In addition, he was a Division 1 Student-Athlete on Elon University’s Football Team.

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October 29, 2024

The Economical Reason Why Banks Should Embrace Short Sales: Our Solution to Revitalize the Multifamily Market

The Problem In the past five years the New York City multifamily market has experienced tremendous fluctuations. The passing of HSTPA in June of 2019 was the starting point of a transformative marketplace.  COVID ushered in new regulations and record low interest rates. This was quickly replaced with rapid rates hikes causing valuations to drop precipitously. Minimal rental increases for rent stabilized properties combined with upwards pressure on costs have created a distressed situation for both borrowers and lenders. Cash flow constraints, depressed valuations, and rates doubling when loans roll…
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September 24, 2024

Bridging the Gap Between Buyers & Sellers: The Shifts in NYC Underwriting

Despite being in the commercial real estate business and not the residential market there is a surprising amount of emotion involved in my day to day. Many of the clients our team has represented in 2024 have been selling long-held family heirlooms disguised as rent stabilized apartment buildings. My goal is to clarify the underwriting norms for rent-regulated buildings in 2024, easing emotions and setting realistic expectations from the onset. How We Got Here New York is different than the rest of the country. Vacant buildings can often be more…
ArticleMarket Insights
July 9, 2024

2024 Sellers: How To’s & What’s Coming

My team and I often get asked: who are the buyers and sellers, and are deals actually getting done? Transactions are happening but there are more obstacles than ever before. Our team has taken on a record amount of new inventory and the pace seems to be increasing each month. The motivation behind new inventory is driven by maturing or rollover debt, sellers not seeing a path to profitability, inability to complete or pay for compliance mandates, and general management fatigue. Rent stabilized buildings aren’t selling themselves. The broker, as…

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