Dan Gronich  |  Vice Chairman
Professional Profile
Recent Transactions
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Office Description
Career Summary:

Throughout a storied 38-year career in commercial real estate, Dan has established himself as one of the preeminent professionals in the industry. A CPA and former tax supervisor at Touche Ross, now Deloitte LLP, he leverages his business sense and real estate expertise to counsel clients ranging from the United States Customs Service and the Russian Trade & Cultural Center to the National Basketball Association and FAO Schwarz. He represented the United States Customs Service after Sept. 11, for example, in long-term leases at 1 Penn Plaza and 601 West 26th St. to replace the facilities lost at 6 World Trade Center. These transactions had a combined value exceeding $200 million. Dan has won the prestigious Real Estate Board of New York Most Ingenious Deal of the Year Award twice and has consistently won national and local awards and honors with Grubb & Ellis and the Real Estate Board of New York. He has completed retail and office transactions locally in New York and nationwide.


Specialties:
  • Office
  • Retail

Experience:
  • 1996 to Present: Vice Chairman, Grubb & Ellis Company
  • 1994 to 1996: President/CEO, Grubb & Ellis Company
  • 1976 to 1993: Chairman, Gronich & Company, Inc.
  • 1973 to 1976: Director of Leasing, Rudnick Brett Wyckoff
  • 1967 to 1972: Tax Supervisor, Touche Ross (now Deloitte)

Education:
  • New York University - M.B.A.
  • Columbia College - B.S.

Professional Recognitions / Affiliations:
  • Real Estate Board of New York - Board of Governors (1985-Present); Executive Committee (1988-2003); Vice President of Commercial Brokerage Division (1995-2003); Treasurer (1988-1994); member of Ethics, Sales, Leasing and Retail Committees
  • Real Estate Board of New York - Broker Recognition Award (Brokerage Division's Highest Honor)
  • Grubb & Ellis Company - Retail Council; No. 17 in overall production (1996); No. 15 in overall production (2003); Circle of Excellence (multiple years)
  • Real Estate Weekly - One of the “50 Titans of New York Real Estate in the last 50 Years” ( Fiftieth Aniversary Issue 2005)
  • New York City Police Foundation - Board of Trustees
  • Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District - Board of Directors
  • Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
  • American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants
  • International Council of Shopping Centers

Contact Information
Dan J Gronich

Vice Chairman
212.326.4900

125 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
USA

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