Ben Goldstein serves as a Managing Director and specializes in tenant representation. Partnering closely with market leader James Ritman, he has extensive expertise in navigating both local and global transactions.
As an expert on the New York & Connecticut marketplace, he also advises landlords on a portfolio of office buildings comprising of 2M square feet located in Greenwich, Stamford and Darien, CT. On a national level, he has recent experience within major markets including Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Philadelphia, Seattle, Palo Alto, Phoenix/Scottsdale, Jacksonville, San Diego, Tampa and Richmond. Internationally he has advised clients in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and within Europe and Asia.
Since 2020, Goldstein completed nearly 200 commercial real estate transactions spanning 3M square feet, accounting for $750M in aggregate value. In 2021 and 2023, he was named as one of Newmark’s National Rising Stars.
Select Tenant Rep Lease Transactions
- NordicTrack (iFit) | 1.25M SF | Seattle & Richmond
- W.R. Berkley Corporation | 330,000 SF | NYC, Greenwich & Hartford, CT, various New Jersey locations, Philadelphia, Seattle, Jacksonville, High Point, NC, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sydney, Australia & Singapore
- Bridgewater Associates | 140,000 SF | Stamford, CT
- L Catterton | 90,000 SF | NYC & Greenwich, CT
- Eldridge Industries | 61,000 SF | Greenwich, CT
- Lone Pine Capital | 53,000 SF | NYC, Greenwich, CT & Palo Alto, CA
- Tronox | 46,000 SF | NYC, Stamford, CT & Hyderabad, India
- Viking Global Investors | 43,000 SF | Stamford, CT
- Strategic Value Partners | 43,000 SF | Greenwich, CT
- Verition Fund Management | 35,000 SF | Greenwich & Norwalk, CT
- Axiom International Investors | 35,000 SF | Greenwich, CT
- Blue Owl Capital | 31,000 SF | Greenwich, CT
Partial Client List
As a tenant representative:
- Axiom International Investors
- Bridgewater Associates
- Blue Owl Capital
- Cantor Fitzgerald
- Cholula Hot Sauce
- Corebridge Financial (formerly AIG Insurance)
- Eldridge Industries
- Herman Miller/Design Within Reach
- Holwell Shuster & Goldberg
- J.B. Hunt Transport
- Lakewood Capital Management
- L Catterton
- Lone Pine Capital
- Marblegate Asset Management
- Monomoy Capital Partners
- NordicTrack/iFit
- Strategic Lease Partners (KKR Real Estate Fund)
- Strategic Value Partners
- Tronox
- Willoughby Capital
- W.R. Berkley Corporation
- Verition Fund Management
- Viking Global Investors
- Vineyard Vines
As a landlord representative:
- Acadia Realty Trust
- Black Diamond Capital Management
- Empire State Realty Trust
- Fareri Associates
- HB Nitkin Group
- Shelbourne
- Simone Development
- Wafra Incorporated
- Wheelhouse Group
Notable Achievements
- National Rising Star Award, Newmark, 2023
- Sale of the Year: L Catterton sale/leaseback to KKR, NAIOP Connecticut, 2022
- Transformational Deal of the Year: The Village at 4 Star Point, NAIOP Connecticut, 2022
- National Rising Star Award, Newmark, 2021
- Real Estate Student of the Year, University of Connecticut, 2020
- National Scholar, ICSC, 2019
- John Hart Award, ICSC, 2018
- Finalist, Cornell University International Real Estate Competition, 2018
Education
Goldstein earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut and completed an international business and economics program in Siena, Italy. At UConn, he was named the Real Estate Student of the Year, as the most promising real
estate student within his graduating class. While at UConn, he was also recognized by the ISCS, once of world’s largest commercial real estate trade organizations as a “National Scholar” and won the prestigious John Hart Award. As a
student, he also was a finalist in Cornell University’s International Real Estate Competition.