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Ronald H. Cohen

Chief Sales Officer

Investment Sales

Ron oversees the investment sales team, and is responsible for revenue, business development, and talent management. He joined Besen Partners in 2003 as an Investment Sales Associate and has brokered sale transactions in Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx. In 2008, Ron added the role of Chief Marketing Officer and was also charged with working with the sales team to grow the number of exclusive assignments. In 2016 he was appointed Chief Sales Officer to fully focus on growing revenue and leading the sales team. Ron holds a broker license in the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Under his leadership, Besen Partners was again named a Power Broker by CoStar in 2016, 2017 and 2023 based on transaction volume and landed in The Real Deal’s top ten ranking of all New York City investment sales brokerages in for 2017. In addition, the firm was a finalist for REBNY’s Ingenious Deal of The Year in 2016, for the $81 million sale of 220 West 57th Street.

As a broker, Ron has sold multifamily, mixed use and development properties throughout various neighborhoods of Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx. In 2017, Ron was the recipient of Besen’s Deal of The Year award for the 99-year ground lease on the Lower East Side valued at $175 million. He was also named a Power Broker in 2017 by PropertyIDX. Prior to entering commercial real estate, Ron spent a decade as an account management professional in the advertising business. As Vice President/Group Account Director at D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B), he partnered closely with Fortune 100 clients such as Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, and Philips Electronics to develop marketing strategies and implement multimillion dollar ad campaigns for well-known consumer brands such as Crest and Norelco.

Ron is an active member of the New York real estate community in a number of leadership roles. He is a member of the Real Estate Executives division of UJA (REX), Israel Bonds Real Estate Builders & Allied Industries division, and a former Chairman of the Young Mortgage Bankers Association (YMBA). In addition to participation on the St. Jude Spirit of Hope Committee, Ron is a supporter of charitable causes including Food Bank of New York, Feed The Children, UNICEF and Covenant House. He graduated from the State University of New York at Oneonta, and also holds an MBA in Marketing/International Business from Fordham University Graduate School of Business.

Properties

Past Transactions Sold

Flatbush

78 Hawthorne Street

Multifamily

Past Transactions Sold

Upper East Side

427 East 90th Street

$18,650,000

Development Site/Land

Past Transactions Sold

Inwood

222 Seaman Avenue

Multifamily

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Ronald H. Cohen – Featured In NYREJ Ones To Watch: Industry Leaders Spotlight

We now have a formidable group with expertise in selling investment property in NYC and multiple states, as well as the hotel sector. The results are there: our increased sales volume led to being recognized as a recipient of the esteemed CoStar Power Broker Top NYC Firm award for 2023.

City’s Hotel Business Boosted by Migrant Crisis, Airbnb Ban

The hotel industry’s post-Covid revenue rebound has been a marker of success in the city’s pandemic recovery.

It also may be misleading.

The notable improvement in the hotel sector’s fortunes over the past year seems to have more to do with government interventions than any major market turnaround, say some.

Besen Partners has been recognized as CoStar Power Broker Top Firm

Besen Partners is pleased to announce that we have once again been recognized as a Top Firm in New York City with CoStar’s prestigious Power Broker/Top Firm industry award for 2023

Marketing, Managing, and Making Business

This episode explores key philosophies and lessons learned from brokerage and CRE marketing with Ron Cohen, Chief Sales Officer at Besen Partners.

Local Law 97: Financially Sustainable?

Local Law 97 is one of the most ambitious plans for reducing emissions in the nation. Local Law 97 was included in the Climate Mobilization Act, passed by the City Council in April 2019 as part of then mayor De Blasio’s NYC Green New Deal.

DiscoveringCRE podcast conversation with Ronald H. Cohen, Chief Sales Officer & Partner at Besen Partners

Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting out in commercial real estate, you won’t want to miss this valuable insight and advice.

Bernstein and Cohen of Besen Partners complete $9.65 million sale of 112 4th Avenue

Besen Partners negotiated the sale of 112 4th Ave., a five-story basement 13,969 s/f above grade D2 elevatored loft building located on the west side of 4th Ave. between E 11th and E 12th Ave. in the Union Sq./Greenwich Village neighborhood.

Real Estate Weekly: 147 Duane Street Sold – $7.1 Million

Besen Partners completed the sale of 147 Duane Street in TriBeCa for $7,100,000. Ron Cohen and Jay Bernstein represented the seller, and Anna Ji of Kian Realty procured the purchaser. The property is a 5-story mixed use elevator […]

Investment Sales: Virtually normal

In addition to an awkward elbow bump greeting, for most of us teleconferenced meetings have recently become the norm. At Besen, the partners have two to three Zoom calls weekly, […]

Cohen and Bernstein of Besen Partners facilitate $1.035 million sale

Besen Partners has completed the sale of 3137 Fulton St., a two-story, 3,368 s/f mixed-use building with two apartments and a store. The subject is located in the Cypress Hills […]

State of Land Use in New York City – Four Key Findings

Land use is arguably one of the most critical issues for the effective planning and development of our fair city. There are various rezoning initiatives that have recently passed to […]

New York Times: Recent Sale $4.5 Million – 70 Middagh Street

Built in 1900, this five-story, 9,102-square-foot building in Brooklyn Heights contains 10 two-bedroom apartments and a basement studio. Nine of the apartments are vacant. The building had been in the previous owner’s hands for decades.

NEREJ: Besen Partners leases 30,000 s/f building to Bankwell Financial Group – located at 258 Elm St. in New Canaan

New Canaan, CT An affiliate of Besen Partners, LLC, a New York-based full-service real estate advisory firm, has leased 258 Elm St. to Bankwell Financial Group. Bankwell signed a 10-year lease for the entirety of the 30,000 s/f office building, which will serve as the group’s headquarters. Its award-winning subsidiary, Bankwell Bank, is considered one of the state’s leading banking institutions, with 12 branches throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties.

Cohen on climbing the ladder to success

After being appointed the chief sales officer of Besen Associates in 2016, Ron Cohen was already beginning work on one of the biggest transactions he’d ever work on. Cohen, alongside […]

Bisnow: Is Retail Really ‘F*cked’? 28 Global CRE Leaders Speak Out

The refrain of doomsday headlines is endless: “Retail Is Dead,” “Inside The Retail Apocalypse,” “Is Retail Coming Back From The Dead?” “The Retail Bloodbath Continues” and our favorite, “Retail Is […]

Bisnow: State of the Market Interview with Ron Cohen

How would you define or describe NYC’s commercial real estate market in 2016? Has it done better than your expectations? Overall, the investment sales market is healthy and continues to […]

Executive of the Month: As chief sales officer at The Besen Group, Ron Cohen plans to raise the bar on all fronts

Ron Cohen, newly appointed chief sales officer at The Besen Group, recently sat down with the New York Real Estate Journal for a question and answer session. Q: You’ve been […]

No man’s land to NoMad: The invention of a neighborhood

By Ron Cohen NYREJ, Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Having worked at The Besen Group in the area for nearly a decade and watching it quietly emerge as a destination, I […]