Bradford Allen, a full-service, national commercial real estate services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is expanding to New York City, naming industry veteran Glenn Isaacson as president of the New York office.
Bradford Allen was co-founded in 2003 to fill the void between large commercial real estate providers and small boutique firms. Services include tenant representation, landlord representation, consulting and advisory services, property and asset management and construction and project management. With three offices in Chicago, the company is comprised of over 100 professionals providing strategy, marketing and transaction execution for occupiers and owners of commercial real estate.
Bradford Allen New York represents a return to Manhattan for the firm’s founders and Jeffrey Bernstein and Laurence Elbaum, who began their real estate careers as a team at Walter & Samuels in 1992 and then at the Edward S. Gordon Company and Insignia/ESG. Bernstein and Elbaum completed more than seven million square feet of transactions while teamed in New York.
“Our return to the New York City market gives us the opportunity to introduce the differentiated Bradford Allen platform to the world’s most dynamic, vital business hub,” Bernstein said. “In this era of consolidation and mega-firms, we fill a void for principal-driven service and attention, and a commitment to excellence in all we do.”
Isaacson brings 40 years of leadership and experience to his new role after serving in senior posts at New York’s top real estate services firms, culminating as vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield prior. Isaacson has completed more than 20 million square feet of leasing transactions. His customers include prominent owners and agencies and tenants such as Boston Consulting Group, Northwell Health, Avenues Schools, China Merchants Bank and Seyfarth Shaw.
