The Real Deal New York

Brian Waterman is a vice chairman and a principal at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. He joined the firm in 1985, and works out of its 125 Park Avenue headquarters. He became a principal in 2000, and specializes in leasing for tenants and landlords.

Waterman has negotiated leasing deals worth more than $1 billon. His landlord tenants include Malkin Holdings, SL Green Realty, Emmes & Co., Apollo Partners, Equity Office, Sterling Equities, Stellar Management, the Moinian Group, the Chetrit Group and Vornado Realty Trust. He has led leasing campaigns at such New York properties a 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, 100 Church Street, One Grand Central Place, 59 Maiden Lane and 229 West 43rd Street.

Watermans tenant clients have included Morgan Stanley, which he represented in a 1.2 million-square-foot lease at One New York Plaza; MetLife; Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan Chase; North Shore LIJ Health Systems; the FBI; and the state Office of Management and Budget.

He graduated from C.W. Post College with a degree in management and marketing. -TA