Town Revives Plan to Rezone LI’s Corporate Center for Live/Work Redevelopment

A long-dormant effort to transform Melville into an employment-oriented town center has gained new momentum.First floated nearly a decade ago, the Town of Huntington has held listening sessions in the last few weeks on the Melville Employment Center plan, which is aimed at adding multifamily housing and supporting retail to the area now dominated by office buildings.

Business Growth Equals Flying Growth

Moving from a piston single, then a turboprop, into a twin-engine HondaJet today, Fabrizio Poli asks Don Catalano how business growth and Covid have transformed the company aircraft from a 'nice-to-have' tool into a 'must-have' tool...

The Multi-million Dollar Commercial Real Estate Challenge Confronting C-suites

March 2022 is expected to mark a massive office comeback, boosting the recovery of a sector that lagged behind other commercial real estate properties during the pandemic. However, there is a huge elephant in the room: pre-pandemic leases may not adequately reflect the needs of many businesses across the country...

Long Island Broker Pilots New Jet for Charity Flight

Thirteen-year-old Owen Sherman needed a lift.The Maine teenager had to get to Shriners Children’s Hospital in Springfield, Mass. to receive his two new prosthetic legs.That’s when Don Catalano stepped in...

CMM Spotlight: iOptimize Realty® and REoptimizer®

We’re all familiar with the adage “If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.” Don Catalano, President and CEO of iOptimize Realty®, has really taken this message to heart...

Dealertrack Cuts Ribbon on New North Hills Headquarters

Elected officials joined executives of Dealertrack and other Long Island business leaders to cut the ribbon Wednesday on the company’s new 232,000-square-foot office building in North Hills...

Selling Real Estate from the Ground Up

Don Catalano has a unique perspective of Long Island’s commercial real estate landscape...

Farmingdale Nonprofit Marks 1,000th Airlift

Don Catalano taxied his Piper Meridian six-seater onto the runway at Boston's Logan Airport Saturday and radioed air traffic controllers that Hero Flight One-Delta-Mike was ready for takeoff...