Cole Gendels joined Newmark in 2018 and currently serves as an Associate Director in the company’s Manhattan headquarters, where he works as an integral part of Vice Chairman Scott Klau’s team. Gendels represents both tenants and owners throughout Manhattan, serving as a trusted real estate advisor.
With a specialty focus on advising venture capital firms with their portfolio companies’ real estate needs, Gendels and his team serve as the single point of contact for all real estate decisions and questions. This is an advantageous tool for venture capital firms to offer their portfolio companies, as a growing firm’s real estate needs are constantly changing. He has worked with companies such as Primary Ventures, Trail Mix Ventures, ffVC and others.
Partial List of Lease Transactions
As a tenant representative:
- Morning Brew
- Transmit.live
- Easyship
- VantageScore
- Highline Management
As a landlord representative:
- RXR
- ESRT
- Silverstein
- Vanbarton Group
- Columbia Properties
- Yellowstone
- Blackstone
- SL Green
- JEMB
Professional Achievements
- Real Estate Weekly’s 2020 Rising Stars
Professional Affiliations
- Chief of Fundraising, Taasa Health
Education
Gendels graduated from Union College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and was a member of the varsity lacrosse team.