Bio
Co-Founded Toro Real Estate Partners in 2015. Prior to Toro, Don was Executive Vice President at Cushman & Wakefield since 1984 (30+ years.) Initially a member of The Financial Services Group, Don was responsible for investment valuation and alternative occupancy analyses, He transitioned into the Investment Brokerage Division, participating in over $500 million of Conventional Sale, Equity Joint Venture, Participating Lease, and Acquisition, Construction, and Permanent Financing Transactions. For the past 20+ Years, Don thrived in the Office Leasing Division providing Brokerage Services for leasing with over 1 Billion square feet in transactions, resulting in recognition and ranking in the Firm’s Top 100 Brokerage Professionals nationally since 1995.
In 2013, Don formed DC Property LLC, and has acquired and sold Real Estate investments including, strip and single user shopping centers, condominium conversions, speculative residential development and multi-family properties. Don’s extensive experience across the real estate food chain, from an underwriting perspective, to boots on the ground experience, positions Toro in identifying attractive risk adjusted opportunities. Don graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Boston University’s School of Management and Finance, is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York with professional interests in the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and Parents Against Childhood Epilepsy (PACE).
Areas of Interest
- Deal Type
- Acquisition, Development, Ground Lease, Loan Purchase, Opportunity Zone, Partner Buyout, Pre-Development, Recapitalization, Refinance, Rehabilitation