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Anthony LoPinto

Last week, the Wall Street Journal featured an article in its Wednesday “Property Report” about the emergence of four new Big Apple skyscrapers that are out to challenge the Empire State Building’s stature as the go-to Manhattan observatory.

The biggest among them is One World Trade Center, followed by 30 Rockefeller Center and then two structures that are yet to be delivered to the skyline—One Vanderbilt, next to Grand Central Terminal, and 30 Hudson Yards on the city’s West Side. I am confident that all of these new entrants will provide some of the best views in Manhattan.

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Anthony J. LoPinto

Anthony J. LoPinto

Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn Ferry’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. For the past 18 years LoPinto has been serving his clients with deep knowledge and perspective on talent needs and organizational challenges to public and private companies – knowledge gained from a 25-year career in real estate. Prior to his current position, he founded and served as chief executive officer of a boutique real estate executive search firm, where he oversaw offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has successfully led several high profile search engagements for chief executive officers, directors and a wide-range of executive level positions across all industries and sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history from Loyola University in Chicago.

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