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August DiRenzo
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August DiRenzo

Cushman & Wakefield

Vice Chair

Job Functions: Executive, Corporate Finance & Net Lease, Investment Sales & Acquisitions

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