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TO CREATE OFF MARKET OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SELLERS DISCRETION Khodadadian reinvigorates Skyline to seize on the uptick in comm'l. sales NEW YOR K. NY Investment sales broker Robert Khodadadian has left Eastern Consolidated to de- vote all his time to off-market deals with Sky- line Properties, a company he founded before the recession. Robert "Our mission Khodadadian at Skyline is to create off market opportunities designed to provide sellers with complete discretion while aiding buyers in acquiring a valuable as- set,"saidKhodadadian, anine-year veteran of the brokerage business. "When a experienced buyer sees orhearsthewords 'exclusive listing' 212.537.9239 | their likely to hit delete because they know off the bat they will have to compete. The majority of the trades done in the city as oflate are transactions that were not sold exclusively andthe salesprice went above market,"he said. "Iwork withmanybuyerstha t are more than happy to pay a premium to tie up a deal before it hits the market and Skyline's objective isto create personal relationships with buyers so that we can show them onlydealstheyhave benchmarked." Khodadadian, Great Neck, Long Island, native began with Massey Knakal in 2004. During the boom, hestuck out onhis own. Skylinehad two offices at its height -one in GreatNeck andone onParkAvenue. Khodadadianlet the companywind down when the financial crisis hit but believes the market is prime for his strategy. "Active buyers have constant deal flow. Skyline's approach is to tailor-maketheprocess sothat they only see deals that match their ac- quisition criteria, rather than deals theyhave seenadozentimes before. In this business time is money and we want our clients to know that talking to us will never be a waste of their time,"he said. "Most importantly, Skyline will never send outdealstoclientsunless we are in direct contact with the seller and have complete control of the deal." 600 THIRD AVE, 15TH FL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016 | SKYLINEPRP.COM