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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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June 11, 2026

NYC at 5x Revenue or SpaceX at 100x? What’s A Better Bet?

Wall Street will sell you SpaceX at a $1.75 trillion valuation on roughly $18.7 billion of revenue. That’s almost 100 times revenue for a company that lost nearly $5 billion last year. Meanwhile, rent-stabilized apartment buildings in New York City are trading around 5 times gross rent roll. Comparable metric. One is priced at 5x. The other at 100x. And the one at 5x is the one people are afraid to buy. What SpaceX is actually asking you to believe.   SpaceX wrote in its own S-1 filing that it…
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What Does Owning the Building Do for You?

From the early 90’s until June of 2019, NYC real estate only got better. There were a couple of bumps along the way, but those were relatively short lived. Enter HSTPA and owners need to adjust entirely to the new reality. Those that adapt survive, and those that wallow with indecisiveness risk everything. For the most part early adopters of change have been rewarded. For 25 years, the buildings provided cash flow, upside, AND asset appreciation. The trifecta! NYC rent laws were adjusted in 1993 to allow for individual apartment…
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March 19, 2026

From a Startup to a $486M Refinance with Greg Fournier – Podcast Takeaways

"It's finding the next one." Shaun Riney and Andrew Bronstein sat down with Greg Fournier — managing principal of Greenbrook Partners, one of the most quietly prolific operators in Brooklyn multifamily. Greg doesn’t do much press. That makes this conversation worth paying attention to. Greenbrook has deployed over $1.5 billion in equity, owns roughly 450 buildings across 20 Brooklyn neighborhoods, employs 150 people, and just closed a $486 million refinance with Freddie Mac through Invesco — covering 260 properties, roughly half the portfolio. Here’s what I took away. It Started…

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