Aric Trakhtenberg serves as an Associate Director at Newmark’s headquarters in New York City, where he specializes in tenant and landlord representation providing consulting and brokerage services for their local real estate acquisition and disposition strategies. Rooted in local neighborhoods of the NYC Boroughs, Aric helped numerous corporate and mom and pop tenants with lease renewals, expansion and dispositions. Aric brokered deals that help transform neighborhoods such as representation for The Workshop Project, Inc. a not-for- profit Middle School at 495 Flatbush Avenue for 10,000 SF, Japan Village, Sunrise Mart for a 30,000-SF Market and Food Hall at Industry City, a deal that cracked the ice for retail leasing in the six million square foot campus; subsequently Japan Village expanded to another 20,000 SF on the Second Floor for a center for exploring Japanese art, lifestyle, and culture. In Coney Island Aric placed White Castle corporate at 1232 Surf Ave and up the block at 1217 Surf Ave he leased 12,500 SF to Hook & Reel/ K-Pot Restaurants. Downtown Manhattan: NoLIta, Aric secured Axel Springer’s corporate NY headquarters, owners of politico and Insider’s media channels at 277 Mott Street, a 9,349-SF building designed by acclaimed architect Toshiko Mori, In SoHo, Aric procured BibliotheQue LLC to 54 Mercer St, a 3,600-SF wine bar bookstore by Andrew Jacono and his son AJ, a renowned doctor whose celebrity clientele includes Marc Jacobs and Barbara Corcoran, at 481 Broadway, just around the block he secured Dormitory Authority State of New York for 4,800-SF, and represented PALACE skateboards for their NYC Flagship store at 49 Howard Street. In Fidi, NY, Aric represented Sweat 440 Gym at 80 John Street– 4,750 SF and in the LES: Aric represented Seven Wonders Collective for her third apparel boutique, a 2,500-SF space at 319 Grand Street aka “Pink Cast-iron building”, right across the Street Aric represented The Vintage Twin for her boutique at 69 Orchard Street, and In midtown: represented Midtown East Physical Therapy and Pure OBGYN for 7,055 SF. Aric works on behalf of several financial institutions and has completed deals for IDB Bank and the Federal Savings Bank. Aric joined Newmark in 2019, when parent company Newmark Group, Inc. acquired RKF Holdings LLC, a New York Based retail real estate brokerage and investment firm. Prior to joining RKF, Aric worked at Eastern Consolidated Properties LLC, where he began his real estate career joining the Investment Sales training program; working alongside principals of the company