Brokerage firm Kassin Sabbagh Realty has named three industry veterans, including a former Newmark vice chairman, to expand its retail leasing. The brokerage firm said it’s also expanded its Manhattan office footprint as it leased over 1 billion square feet last year.
Barry Fishbach, formerly a vice chairman at Newmark, joined KSR also as vice chairman, the brokerage firm said in a statement this week. With over 25 years of industry experience, Fishbach specializes in retail leasing throughout New York, New Jersey and Long Island where he represents institutional landlords, developers and national retailers, as well as investment sales in the greater New York City area, KSR said. He’s completed over 100 transactions with financial institution tenants such as Capital One, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank, KSR said.
Zach Nathan joined as managing director from Colliers. His over-a-decade experience includes working with Ripco Real Estate. He’s represented owners and developers and has leased space to financial institutions, fitness operators, fashion brands, telecommunications giants, cultural institutions, international restaurant conglomerates and healthcare providers, KSR said, without specifying.
Brandon Berger, with more than 13 years of industry experience, joined as a managing director from an in-house position overseeing retail leasing for a New York landlord, KSR said. Before that, among his duties was overseeing the Northeast expansion of the Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant chain Cava, which evolved to include the management of East Coast real estate for Cava and Zoe’s Kitchen following Cava’s 2018 acquisition of its rival, KSR said.
The three hires will help KSR expand its “tenant representation offerings,” Morris Sabbagh, president of KSR, said in the statement.
KSR also has enlarged its office footprint by 8,000 square feet on the 20th floor of 1385 Broadway to accommodate an expansion it said bucks the current industry trend of shedding space.
In 2022 alone, KSR said it leased over 1 billion square feet, which adds to an aggregate rent of $7 billion. The firm said it also had aggregate sales value of over $6 billion last year.