The Real Deal New York

Barry Fishbach, an executive vice president at RKF, a retail leasing and investment sales brokerage, specializes in bringing national retailers to the outer boroughs, especially Brooklyn. He does brisk business in New Jersey too, managing four brokers in an RKF office, while also managing a team in New York. A classic Fishbach deal was the 2,500-SF lease to Shake Shack on Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn, in which he was the landlords agent. Fishbach, who grew up in Long Island, had been doing deals for 20 years on what the New York Observer called the ungentrifiable Fulton Mall. He understood that enough of Brooklyns 2.6 million people had become wealthier and were tired of going to shop in Manhattan. He represents retailers and banks including Capital One Bank, which signed a 10-year lease in Crown Heights in March 2014, as well as PetSmart, Sleepys, Bank of America, and Citibank. Among Fishbachs landlord clients are Apollo Real Estate Services and Vornado Realty Trust. Past transactions he has completed include leases with Bed Bath & Beyond, Duane Reade, and Staples. Past tenants he represented include The Childrens Place, Design within Reach, and Ballys Total Fitness.

-MK