Nick Lukacs currently serves as an Executive Vice President for Newmark Valuation & Advisory, and Specialty Practice Leader for the Build-for-Rent (BFR) practice. As an appraiser based in Atlanta, Lukacs has approximately 15+ years of real estate appraisal and consulting experience, with particular expertise in the valuation of all types of commercial land and residential development property, including land for residential A&D, remaining inventory in subdivisions and planned unit developments (PUDs), mixed-use projects, retirement/second-home communities, built-for-rent developments, golf-course communities, condominiums and master-planned communities throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Additionally, Lukacs has provided appraisal and consulting services on a variety of commercial and investment properties, including office, retail, industrial, golf courses, poultry operations and marinas.
Prior to Newmark, Lukacs worked for nearly eight and a half years as an appraiser in the Valuation & Advisory group at Cushman & Wakefield. He previously served as a research specialist with Cushman & Wakefield, responsible for compiling and analyzing commercial real estate data for all property types in the metro Atlanta area. Lukacs previously held a similar position at CoStar’s Atlanta office, where he began his career in 2009.
Licenses and Designations
- Certified General Real Property Appraiser, State of Georgia
- Associate Member, Appraisal Institute
Education
Lukacs earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Real Estate from the University of Georgia, after attending Appalachian State University. More recently, he has completed the continuing education requirements for Associate Members of the Appraisal Institute, and all qualifying education requirements for the MAI designation.