Tech-powered brokerage Raise Commercial Real Estate (Raise) has opened a New York office, led by industry veteran Jamie Katcher, along with partners Douglas Regal and Sebastian Infante, and team members Emilie Goldman and Henry Korzec. Additionally, the company announced two strategic hires — Paul Thormahlen, vice president of engineering and Megan LeMense, senior director of marketing.
“We have been assembling some of the brightest minds and innovators in real estate to serve the world’s leading technology companies. Raise New York formalizes our commitment to connecting both coasts and providing a full service, white glove offering to our clients,” said Justin Bedecarre, co-founder and CEO, Raise. “Jamie and team have been trailblazers in establishing New York as one of the most important markets for high growth startups, as well as brokering some of the biggest, most complex technology office leases in the city’s history.”
“Having known Justin for over a decade, we are impressed by the way Raise is breaking the mold and innovating within the commercial real estate space,” stated Jamie Katcher, head of Raise New York. “We are ecstatic to be the founding team of Raise New York and look forward to not only growing our team and continuing to serve our clients – but to building the company together. Raise’s technology offering is completely unique in this industry; we are in a position to empower our clients to make smarter real estate decisions and navigate the future of work in a more impactful way. In addition, the caliber and quality of people we now get to call colleagues at Raise is truly humbling and inspiring.”
To continue to support growth in new markets and the technology platform, Raise is expanding their team across engineering and marketing. Thormahlen, based in Raise’s San Francisco headquarters, plans to double the engineering team over the next 12 With a background in building startups, Thormahlen was previously director of engineering for Zillow;s mobile platform.
LeMense, who most recently led the U.S. and Canada territory and broker marketing team at WeWork, is based in Nashville, Tennessee. She will be responsible for driving key market expansion efforts, leading go-to-market strategies for the company as well as building and growing the marketing team globally. As evidenced by the country-wide growth, Raise seeks to create a collaborative culture and leverages its own technology platform to enhance and lead team collaboration.
Since 2020, the firm has more than doubled the team throughout Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Denver and, now, New York. Integrating brokerage, workplace, project management and market analytics, Raise leads companies to find and occupy better workplaces. By empowering their experts with innovative technology, Raise enhances speed, transparency, and collaboration for their clients at every stage of the real estate lifecycle, the company said. Raise has high growth targets for 2022 as it expands across the country, serving clients from publicly traded companies like Palantir and Twitch to high growth startups like Notion and Envoy.
From left: Henry Korzec, Emilie Goldman, Jamie Katcher, Sebastian Infante, Douglas Regal (Photo courtesy of PRNewswire)
