Helmsley Spear Appoints Andrew G. Simon EVP

11/5/18

Andrew G. Simon

Helmsley Spear, LLC, America’s oldest continuously operating real estate firm founded in 1866, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew G. Simon as Executive Vice President of the company. Mr. Simon will focus on investment sales as well as commercial office leasing transactions. The announcement was made by Kent M. Swig, President of Helmsley Spear.

“I am thrilled to welcome Andy to Helmsley Spear. His extensive background and expertise in the real estate industry will be a valuable asset to our growing New York City team,” said Kent M. Swig.

Mr. Simon brings more than over 35 years of varied real estate experience, initially as a leasing professional, and then transitioning to investment sales and capital markets. With deep relationships on the landlord side of the business, Mr. Simon has introduced off-shore institutional quality investors to local operators and developers to provide investment capital for repositioning of existing assets and provide equity partners for new acquisitions and developments.

Prior to joining Helmsley Spear, Mr. Simon represented over 25 international banks as a tenant representation broker in assisting with space searches, many of them multiple times, and was part of the team that renewed Bristol Myers in a headquarters lease restructuring for 840,000 square feet at 345 Park Avenue. As a landlord’s agent, he was the initial leasing agent for Tower 56 and 600 Lexington Avenue in the 1980’s, and represented New York Life in their NYC REO portfolio in the 1990’s. More recently Mr. Simon represented Korean institutional capital in a partial interest acquisition of 101 Avenue of the Americas, the first such direct investment by a Korean institution in NYC.

Mr. Simon has closed leasing transactions in excess of 2.5 million square feet as well as closing investment sales of buildings in excess of 1,000,000 square feet.

“I am honored to join the Helmsley Spear team and work alongside a group of top industry executives. Helmsley Spear is building a 21st Century company with an esteemed reputation dating back over a century, and I am so pleased to be a part of the company’s future,” said Andrew G. Simon.

About HelmsleySpear

Since 1866, Helmsley Spear has been a leader in commercial real estate creating legendary deals that are the cornerstones of the real estate industry, and is the oldest, continually operating real estate firm in America. Evolving from a real estate appraisal company to a full-service firm providing highly-skilled, professional performance and bottom-line profitability for its clients, Helmsley Spear provides property owners and users of real estate with a full array of services including: office and retail leasing; property and asset management; capital advisory services; investment sales and financing; project development and construction management; preventative maintenance and engineering; insurance services and appraisal. HelmsleySpear is independently owned and operated with offices in New York and San Francisco.

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