What Lee & Associates NYC does

Lee & Associates NYC is a commercial real estate brokerage firm operating as the New York affiliate of the national Lee & Associates network (parent: Lee & Associates Licensing & Administration Co., LP, founded 1998). Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan with additional Long Island offices, the firm provides retail leasing, office advisory, investment sales, and capital advisory services to clients across New York City's five boroughs and adjacent metropolitan markets. Its customer base spans enterprise, mid-market, and SMB clients across real estate development, cooperatives, architecture, retail/franchise, fitness, hospitality, food & beverage, import/trading, and nonprofit segments, with no single dominant customer evident in the disclosed deal book.

The firm's commercial offering is organized around four integrated service lines: Retail Leasing (tenant and landlord representation for retail spaces), Office Advisory (office leasing services), Investment Sales (acquisition and disposition representation), and Capital Advisory (debt placement and capital markets advisory). Revenue is generated entirely through transaction-based commissions on leasing and investment sales, plus professional services fees for capital advisory engagements; pricing is structured as a percentage of transaction value and is not publicly disclosed. The firm operates within a franchise/network model that provides local execution with the backing of 85+ offices and 1,750+ professionals nationwide.

Lee & Associates NYC distributes through direct brokerage (field/enterprise sales), inside sales for mid-market clients, and a self-serve listings portal on its website, supplemented by content marketing and active presence on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, and Facebook. There is no proprietary technology platform, AI/ML capability, or software product underlying the business; competitive positioning rests on broker relationships, network reach, and local market expertise rather than technology differentiation. Recent strategic emphasis has been on exclusive landlord mandates, multi-year tenant representation deals, geographic expansion into the Hudson Valley, and formalization of the capital advisory service line.

Name

Lee & Associates NYC

Legal name

Lee & Associates Licensing & Administration Co., LP

Website

https://leeassociatesnyc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Lee & Associates NYC is a commercial real estate brokerage serving tenants, landlords, and investors across New York City via retail leasing, office advisory, investment sales, and capital advisory, operating as the New York affiliate of the national Lee & Associates network of 85+ offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Tenant Representation & Corporate Services Brokerage (BPAJABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate Advisory & Consulting (Strategy, Portfolio & Location) (FSAEAJAH), Real Estate M&A / Joint Venture Advisory (Platform Deals, Partnerships) (BPAJANAF), Buy-Side M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAB)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate brokerage
• Office leasing services
• Retail leasing agency
• Investment sales advisory
• Capital advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Commercial Leasing Commission: Brokerage commissions from commercial real estate leasing transactions, representing both landlords and tenants in office, retail, and mixed-use properties.
2. Investment Sales Commission: Commissions from investment sales transactions including property acquisitions and dispositions.
3. Capital Advisory Fees: Debt advisory services generating fees for arranging financing and capital markets transactions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lee & Associates NYC is a commercial real estate brokerage firm that provides retail leasing, office advisory, leasing agency, investment sales, and capital advisory services. The firm represents both landlords and tenants in commercial real estate transactions across all five boroughs of New York City, serving as a one-stop shop for property leasing, acquisition, disposition, and financing needs.

Product overview

Lee & Associates NYC is a commercial real estate brokerage firm offering a unified suite of services. The core offering comprises four integrated service lines: Retail Leasing (tenant and landlord representation for retail spaces), Office Advisory (office leasing services), Investment Sales (property acquisition and disposition), and Capital Advisory (debt advisory and financing solutions). Together, these services position the firm as a 'one-stop shop' for clients' real estate needs, from transaction execution to capital advisory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Retail Leasing

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Seward Park CooperativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLee & Associates NYC was selected as the exclusive leasing agent for Seward Park Cooperative's retail portfolio comprising approximately 25 retail spaces spanning over 50,000 square feet in Manhattan's Lower East Side. This represents a strategic relationship for managing the cooperative's retail portfolio during a neighborhood repositioning initiative near Essex Crossing.
• Biddle Real Estate Ventures (BREV) and PCD DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBREV and PCD Development engaged Lee & Associates as the leasing agent for commercial spaces at The Daymark, a newly completed luxury condominium building within the Edge-on-Hudson mixed-use community in Sleepy Hollow, NY.
• Meyer EquitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLee & Associates NYC represented Hydrogen Fitness in a 15-year, 17,000-square-foot lease at 145 East 32nd St. with Meyer Equities as the landlord.
• Cushman & WakefieldminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIn the Daniel Romualdez Architect P.C. lease at 10 East 40th St., Lee & Associates NYC represented the tenant while Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord (controlled by Joseph P. Day).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Colliers: Global commercial real estate services firm with strong NYC presence in office, retail, and capital markets. Directly comparable because of similar service line coverage and shared enterprise/mid-market tenant and landlord customer segments in New York.
• Savills: International real estate advisory firm with a NYC office brokerage and capital markets practice. Comparable due to overlapping tenant representation, landlord leasing, and investment sales offerings aimed at similar NYC commercial real estate clients.
• Avison Young: Privately held commercial real estate services firm with a strong NYC office and a relationship-driven brokerage model. Comparable because of similar ownership structure (private, partner-led), service mix across office, retail, and investment sales, and enterprise/mid-market client focus.
• Meridian Capital Group: NYC-based commercial real estate mortgage brokerage and investment sales firm. Highly comparable because it overlaps directly with Lee & Associates NYC's Capital Advisory service line and competes for the same debt placement and capital advisory mandates in the NYC metro.
• Marcus & Millichap: U.S. commercial real estate investment sales brokerage with significant NYC multifamily, retail, and net-lease investment activity. Comparable for the investment sales portion of Lee & Associates NYC's business, particularly for mid-market investor clients.
• Newmark Group: U.S.-focused commercial real estate advisory firm with a sizable NYC office leasing and capital markets practice. Highly comparable in service mix (leasing, investment sales, capital advisory) and customer profile, and competes head-to-head for NYC tenant representation and landlord mandates.

Broad incumbents

• CBRE: Largest global commercial real estate services firm with a major NYC office leasing, investment sales, and capital markets practice. Directly comparable because it competes for the same enterprise tenant and landlord mandates across retail, office, and investment segments in the NYC metro.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global full-service commercial real estate services firm with deep NYC presence. Comparable because it operates across the same retail, office, investment sales, and capital advisory service lines that Lee & Associates NYC offers, and was directly involved in transactions alongside the subject firm (e.g., co-brokered the 10 East 40th Street deal with Cushman representing the landlord).
• JLL: Global real estate services and investment management firm with significant NYC brokerage, capital markets, and advisory operations. Comparable because it offers the same integrated service stack (leasing, investment sales, capital advisory) and competes for the same institutional client base in Manhattan.

Regional players

• Eastdil Secured: U.S.-focused real estate investment banking firm specializing in large institutional commercial real estate capital markets transactions. Comparable as a competitor for high-end NYC investment sales and debt advisory mandates, though it operates primarily at the institutional tier above Lee & Associates NYC's typical deal size.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LeeNYCRE
• Facebookfacebook.com/LeeNYCRE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/leeassociatesnyc
• Instagraminstagram.com/leeassociatesnyc

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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