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Mark Zarrella

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

718-475-4376
mark.zarrella@marcusmillichap.com

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

Mark's Q&A

What is Your Favorite Movie?

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

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What is You Favorite Book?

Other People’s Money

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

The unlimited upside and proximity to information, resources and deal flow.

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Professional History

Mark Zarrella is a First Vice President at Marcus & Millichap where he maintains a sharp focus across multifamily and mixed-use advisory and sales services for his clients.

Since joining the firm in 2013, Mark has driven over $500,000,000 worth of transactions earning him a number of accolades including the company’s ‘sales recognition award’. He has been the guest of real estate forums covering both macro and micro and has been featured in The New York Times, The Real Deal and Real Estate Weekly.

A few of his headlining assignments include the sale of a 5-building, 357-unit elevator portfolio throughout South Brooklyn for $112,000,000, the disposition of 70 units shared among two multi-generational, predominantly rent-regulated elevator buildings within a block from the West entrance to Prospect Park in Park Slope, and a package of 5 mixed-use buildings across Boerum Hill, Park Slope and Prospect Heights challenged by high vacancy and a sub-20% collection rate sold largely on projection during Spring 2020.

Following his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, Mark attended NYU’s Stern School of Business where he completed additional course work involving private equity, financial modeling and investment real estate.

Outside of his professional work, Mark stays actively involved in several charities and city-based initiatives through donation and various other means of support made possible by their hosts including: The New York Foundling, HSUS and the American Cancer Society.

Well-known as a people enthusiast, Mark recently started exploring his newfound passion of officiating weddings and carries a license to do so as a minister of the ULC. He has had an office or home in four or the five NYC boroughs, and currently resides in TriBeca, Manhattan.

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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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March 6, 2026

Navigating Chaos & Leveraging Bankruptcy Tools with Leo Jacobs – Podcast Takeaways

"Bankruptcy isn't a dirty word." Shaun Riney and I recently sat down with Leo Jacobs - restructuring attorney, business litigation expert, self-described Winston Churchill of real estate, and one of the most interesting people we've had on this show. Leo represents some of the biggest landlords in New York City and has been at the center of many of the highest-profile distressed situations playing out right now. We recorded on the eve of the Pinnacle portfolio bankruptcy auction 5,500 rent-regulated units, the first of what Leo believes will be many.…

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