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Shaun Riney

Partner

718-475-4369
sriney@mmreis.com

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

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Shaun's Q&A

What is Your Favorite Movie?

Good Will Hunting

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What is You Favorite Book?

The Road Less Stupid – Keith Cunningham

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

I love living life without an income ceiling and enjoy the novelty of learning something new every day with clients and colleagues. NYC real estate is a sport; it’s a game and I love to play it.

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Professional History

Shaun Riney leads a highly qualified team with a primary focus on large multi-family, mixed-use and development site assignments in Brooklyn and Queens. He has been the top producing broker in Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office since 2011, and in 2016, was honored as one of the Top 40 brokers in the Nationwide Firm.

Some of his professional achievements include:

  • #1 Ranking Broker Brooklyn Office (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • #36 Ranking Broker – Marcus & Millichap Firm (2015)
  • #51 Ranking Broker – Marcus & Millichap Firm (2014)#5 Ranking Broker in New York City by Total Commercial Transactions Sold (2014)
  • Chairman’s Club Award – 2015
  • National Achievement Award – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Rookie of the Year Award – 2010
  • 7 Figure Club Recipient by Age 27 – Marcus & Millichap
  • Named Top 20 to Watch in NYC Commercial Real Estate (2012)
  • Power Broker: The Multifamily Guy (2011)
  • Brooklyn is Fertile Ground for Rainmaker Riney (2016)

Riney is an active member of the Greenpeace, UNESCO, the American Heart Association and the Polaris Project. His passions outside of real estate include politics, investment into alternative energies, and exploring the natural world with family and friends. He is a dedicated mountain hiker and has spent considerable time climbing the Pyrenées Mountain Range of Southwest Europe, the Tramuntana Mountains of Mallorca, the Na Pali Coast of Hawaii and the Presidential Mountains of the Northeast United States. He is a sports enthusiast, an avid soccer player and Captain of the Brooklyn Football Club (BKFC).

Riney is a graduate of Boston University and currently resides in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Optimizing Outcomes in the Rent-Regulated Sector: A New Approach for Banks

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Results Of Overregulating The New York City Multifamily Housing Industry

Dear Governor Hochul, We share the same mutual interest in the success of the New York City housing industry. I’m one of many salespeople representing property owners of rent regulated apartment buildings. I’m writing this letter to you on behalf of an entire industry inclusive of landlords and lenders who are too afraid to publicly tell the truth in fear of reparations, vilification, or rent strikes. We love New York City. We work, play, live, and pay taxes to the greatest city in the world, and we are here to…

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