Bio
Profile
August A. DiRenzo is Vice Chairman and member of the Americas Board of Advisors of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. His is long career with C&W has encompassed virtually every phase of commercial real estate, navigating clients through a wide range of complex property acquisitions and dispositions as well as major lease transactions.
Mr. DiRenzo credits his accomplishments to the support of C&W professionals with broad-based real estate backgrounds, providing a unique dimension to C&W's full service capabilities.
Awards & Associations
Cushman & Wakefield's "Deal of the Year" award for the sale of the World Trade Center in 2001.
REBNY, "Deal of the Year" award for "SUNY" Optometric Center, New York, Lease Transaction (200,000 s.f. multi-use facility – School, Medical Facility and Administration) – Others.
CITIZENSHIP
National Board - After-School All-Stars (ASAS) - after school support middle school children (95,000 students); Board of St. Francis Hospital in Port Washington, NY and the Columbus Foundation in New York City – other charities
Assignments
World Trade Center, New York, 10.3 mill s.f. – Headed the CW consulting team for the sale 2001; a Net Lease structure; property acquired by Silverstein Properties valued at approx. $3.2 bill
Con Edison – a $700 mil "land disposition" 2007 ; a five block, nine acre property, near UN Hq ; ongoing consulting and transaction services.
Starr Companies – CV Starr New York - ongoing consulting and transactional support US and Europe - preferred vendor team (HQ relocation) – headquarters relocation assignment 2015
TJX/TJK – ongoing – 2015 - consulting and transactional support US and Europe - retail – office.
CA Technologies – (Computer Associates) – acquisition of Hq. , Islandia NY,; 1.5 mil s.f of transactions - 2015 Global Preferred Vendor
Cablevision – Over 800,000 SF of transactions several HQ (LI) and other located in Metro NY area - including 2015 Call Center Newark as well as lease 2014 renewal Madison Square Garden Hq. , NYC,
Verizon – Over 2 mill. s.f. of transactions New York Metro area sales and leasing
Other – Metropolitan Life - 4 mill s.f. leasing agents One Madison Avenue, NYC ; European American Bank Hq. (Citibank acquired) – 1.2 mil s.f. - JV/ Net Lease (RXR Plaza) - Long Island, other.
Areas of Interest
- Deal Type
- Acquisition, Development, Ground Lease, Loan Purchase, Opportunity Zone, Partner Buyout, Pre-Development, Recapitalization, Refinance, Rehabilitation
