Ron Novita

Principal & Broker

New York Office

Ronald Novita (Ron) brings over 40 years of real estate experience in both the private and public sectors. This experience includes leasing, management, revitalization techniques and urban issues as it relates to real estate development.

After 5 years at Lansco Corporation, where Ron was a tenant leasing broker, he moved to the landlord’s side when he joined Rose Associates. As a VP of Montrose Realty Corp., a subsidiary of Rose, Ron was part of a team that repositioned financially troubled buildings on behalf of mortgage holders/financial institutions, referees, and bankruptcy courts. Ron was the point man on these buildings and effectively coordinated successful workouts of commercial properties that totaled over 4 million square feet in Manhattan and Philadelphia. His primary role was handling the leasing and marketing, while assisting in the management.

When Ron moved to the public sector it was as Director of Commercial Development at Harlem CDC, a subsidiary of Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) the NYS agency charged with economic development. Ron worked on various facets ranging from job creation issues to real estate development where ESD had an investment or ownership role. Ron then moved to ESDC headquarters where as Senior Project Manager, he was part of a team that worked with other state and city agencies, as well as not-for-profits, on real estate, job creation, loan programs, and other statewide issues.

In addition to the many air rights transactions over the past 6 ½ years at City Center, he has bought or net leased properties in Upper Manhattan for investment and nonprofit clients.

Ron earned his Bachelor’s degree from Baruch College, CUNY and is a member of Baruch’s Alumni Association.

For the past five years, Ron has been a member of REBNY, serving on the Economic Development Committee as well as the Commercial Sales Brokers Committee.

Brian Strout

Strategic Advisor

New York & Florida Offices

Brian Strout previously worked with Robert I. Shapiro at City Center Real Estate for 4 years. Bob Shapiro was the preeminent broker for NYC air rights transactions for decades, and he was nicknamed the Sky King of air rights by Lois Weiss of the New York Post. Upon the unfortunate passing of Mr. Shapiro, Brian decided to continue to focus on air rights, land assemblages, and development sites.

Brian's initial land use and entitlement background started in 2004. In representing buyers and sellers for either air rights or development assemblages, he works along side land use attorneys and architects on development scenarios. In addition, he has spoken at various CRE and CLE events.

Brian graduated with honors from the University of Florida with a degree in Finance, and he earned his Master’s in Real Estate with honors at NYU Schack. Brian is a member of REBNY, the REBNY Zoning and Design Committee, the New York metropolitan region’s Regional Plan Association (RPA), and Urban Land Institute (ULI).