Mirante Sees Hope for NJ CRE, Calls Congress 'Embarrassing'

NEWARK–“It was a privilege to help drive its success, but after 40 years, enough already.” So joked Arthur Mirante II on his four decades with Cushman & Wakefield. I had the opportunity to interview Arthur during our Inside the Real Estate Mind presentation at Tuesday morning’s RealShare New Jersey Opportunities Breakfast here, an event that drew nearly 200 local-area professionals. This was also Mirante’s first public appearance since leaving his alma mater to become principal and tri-state president of Avison Young.

“C&W is an institution with 13,000 people,” he told me. On the other hand, “Avison Young is highly entrepreneurial, building its business step-by-step and client-by-client.”