Yoav Oelsner is one of a trio of commercial sales brokers who met at Eastern Consolidated, then moved in 2003 to Cushman & Wakefield and then jumped this month to Grubb & Ellis.
At Cushman, Oelsner, Jon Epstein and Charles Kingsley worked on investment sales of up to $50 million and together closed four transactions this year, with four more properties in contract. Since moving to Grubb & Ellis, a firm with a smaller presence in New York City and about half the size of Cushman worldwide, the three executive vice presidents have started working on three other deals. Oelsner talked with The Real Deal about why the group moved from Cushman and what will be different at Grubb & Ellis. [more]

Three middle-market sales pros from the capital markets group of
full-service commercial firm Cushman & Wakefield have moved to the
New York office of brokerage Grubb & Ellis. The brokers, Charles Kingsley, Jon Epstein and sales agent Yoav Oelsner,
began Monday, a source familiar with the move said. They were three of
eight “power brokers” named by the New York Observer in October 2008. The team, which focused on buildings under $100 million for Cushman
& Wakefield, was making deals despite the down market and had been
courted by more firms in addition to Grubb & Ellis, the source
said. The team brokered the sale of the Booth House, at 318 East 15th Street, for $56 million, the Post reported in 2008. The group was at Eastern Consolidated before joining Cushman & Wakefield several years ago. The Cushman & Wakefield capital markets group is now composed of 13 brokers, down from 16. “By coming to Grubb & Ellis, we are joining an expanding platform
that will allow us to better serve our clients. We can focus on
institutional properties as well as private capital transactions going
forward,” said Epstein, now an executive vice president. Neither Kingsley nor Oelsner responded to requests for comment. Frank Liantonio, executive vice president and head of Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets group in the U.S., said of the trio’s
departure: “These are terrific professionals who will be missed and we
wish them well.” [more]