Joseph Grotto
Executive Director • United States
Local Office:
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10104
United States
Office: +1 (212) 318-9727
Joseph Grotto
Executive Director • United States
Profile
Joseph Grotto, Jr. has been active in the New York City metropolitan area as a commercial leasing broker and consultant for the past 30 years. A co-founder of J. Grotto & Associates, Mr.
Grotto merged his company into Cushman & Wakefield. Mr. Grotto’s accomplishments encompass in excess of 4.8 million square feet of leasing and sales transactions, in addition to numerous consulting assignments.
Grotto merged his company into Cushman & Wakefield. Mr. Grotto’s accomplishments encompass in excess of 4.8 million square feet of leasing and sales transactions, in addition to numerous consulting assignments.
Education
Bachelor’s degree, Denison UniversityProfessional Affiliations
- Licensed Real Estate Broker, New York and Connecticut
- Board of Governors, Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)
- Robert T. Lawrence Memorial Award awarded by The Sales Brokers Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York for most ingenious sales deal in New York City, 1994
- Assistant Treasurer, Realty Foundation of New York, 2005–present
- Young Real Estate Man of the Year Award, 2009
- Board of Governors, Vice Chairman, Chairman 2001 (400-plus members), Young Men’s/Women’s R.E. Association
Assignments
Notable Transactions
- American Royal Reinsurance Co. – 42,000 SF lease
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY – assemblage of entire block front on the Upper East Side, in addition to various leases
- Sunkyong America Inc., 110 East 55th Street, New York, NY – 70,000 SF building purchase
- Estates of Irwin and Adolph Schnurmacher, 425 East 61st Street, New York, NY – 175,000 SF building sale
- HIP of Greater New York – 213,000 SF corporate headquarters lease
- The Spence School – 30,000 SF acquisition of the former Smither’s Institute Building
- IBM, East Fishkill, NY – 600,000 SF building sale
- Fidelis Care of NY, Queens, NY – 94,000 SF headquarters lease; Buffalo, NY - 171,000 SF lease
- Crozier Fine Arts, Inc., Newark, NJ – 230,000 SF building sale
- GiftCertificates.com, Carlstadt, NJ – 100,000 SF lease
- Pfizer – Numerous transactions worldwide
- Marymount Manhattan College – 120,000 SF residential condo
- Princeton Club of New York – sale of air rights
My Listings
Multiple Spaces
For Lease • Office
Apple Building
30-30 Northern Boulevard
Long Island City, NY 11101
United States
Total Available Space: 112,388 SF
Rental Price: Negotiable
Available
For Lease • Office
The Lion Match Building
22-15 43rd Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
United States
Available Space: 15,004 SF
Rental Price: Negotiable
Available
For Lease • Retail
69-97 Main Street
69-97 Main Street
Westport, CT 06880
United States
Available Space: 2,879 SF
Rental Price: Negotiable