Ross Kaplan
Executive Managing Director, Newmark
New York, NY 10017
Executive Managing Director at Newmark's Manhattan headquarters
Phone (212) 850-5418
Executive Managing Director at Newmark's Manhattan headquarters
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Landlord Rep (Retail), Tenant Rep
Property Types
Office, Retail, Multi-Family
Markets
Long Island (New York), New York City
Bio
Ross Kaplan joined Newmark’s retail division in 2004 and currently serves as an Executive Managing Director at the firm’s Manhattan headquarters. Kaplan focuses on tenant representation, both on a national and local level, as well as landlord representation, which includes ground-up developments, existing office and residential properties. One of Newmark’s top five grossing retail brokers for the last five years, Kaplan has received the firm’s Associate Broker of the Year award twice, in 2005 and 2006.
Most notably on the landlord side, Kaplan currently represents Fosun International Limited at 28 Liberty (formerly One Chase Manhattan Plaza), where ownership is in the process of converting 200,000 square feet of its 2 million-square-foot office property into four levels of retail. He recently signed a deal with Legends Hospitality to operate a 35,000-square-foot food hall on the premises. Kaplan also represented Fosun in a 45,000-square-foot lease with Alamo Drafthouse. The transaction, which brought the upmarket multiplex chain to Manhattan in 2019, was REBNY’s Most Significant Retail Deal of the Year in 2018.
Kaplan has undertaken several significant assignments on behalf of tenants. He represents Venchi, a gourmet Italian chocolate manufacturer with more than 95 locations internationally, in opening its first New York City location at 861 Broadway in Union Square as well as locations at 233 Bleecker Street, 1796 Broadway, 198 Columbus Avenue, 1115 Lexington Avenue, 1178 Broadway, The Mall at Short Hills and Tysons Corner Center. He continues to assist Venchi as it conducts a major nationwide expansion. He also represents CVS Pharmacy and has secured more than 30 locations for the company. He recently completed a transaction for Dolce Vita at 489 Broadway in Soho. In addition, he recently relocated Davide Cenci to 1015 Madison Avenue and exclusively represents Little Collins Café.
Kaplan recently represented Brooklyn Prospect Charter School at 80 Willoughby Street in Brooklyn in securing a 70,000-square-foot campus and a 50,000-square-foot location at 341 39th Street, also in Brooklyn.
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