When you work with Metro Manhattan to find Manhattan office space, one broker manages your search from the first conversation to the signed lease. Specifically, that broker qualifies your requirements in depth, researches the market personally, identifies the best available spaces, schedules tours, drafts proposals, and negotiates on your behalf through every round. Nothing gets handed off. Nobody passes your file to a junior associate or a research team you have never met. In other words, the broker who understands your business is the broker who closes your deal.
That is not how most commercial real estate firms operate. Nevertheless, it is how we have worked since 2004. Here is what makes Metro Manhattan different.
Your Broker Makes All the Difference
In commercial real estate, the broker handling your transaction determines everything. For example, the same search for 5,000 square feet in Midtown Manhattan can produce a mediocre result or an excellent one. It depends entirely on who is doing the work.
Metro Manhattan connects office tenants with experienced brokers who know this market and can manage a transaction from first inquiry through signed lease. In fact, the leads we generate are only as valuable as the brokers who service them. That is why we are deliberate about who joins our team.
One Expert. Your Entire Transaction.
Metro Manhattan is a boutique firm. We operate with a small, carefully selected team of brokers. That is a deliberate choice.
At larger commercial real estate firms, the work gets divided. One person qualifies the lead. Another researches available space. A third handles tours. Someone else drafts the proposal. In addition, a different team often negotiates the lease. Each handoff is an opportunity for something to get lost — context, nuance, your specific requirements, the detail that matters most to you.
At Metro Manhattan, however, one broker handles all of it. Qualification. Research. Tours. Proposals. Negotiations. Lease execution. Your broker knows your situation from the first conversation and carries that knowledge through to the day you sign your lease. Nothing gets lost in translation because there is no translation. As a result, you work with one expert from start to finish.
We believe that model produces substantially better outcomes for tenants. Furthermore, we have 400 completed Manhattan office transactions since 2004 to support that belief.
What We Require of Every Broker on Our Team
Every broker who works with Metro Manhattan meets a specific professional standard. In particular, we look for brokers who bring deep Manhattan market experience, strong research skills, accurate qualification judgment, and proven negotiating ability.
First, we require a minimum of three years of tenant representation experience in Manhattan — not commercial real estate generally, but tenant rep specifically. Manhattan office leasing is a specialized discipline. Consequently, it demands a knowledge base that only comes from doing this work, in this market, for real clients.
Second, we require brokers who know how to qualify tenants accurately. That means asking the right questions early — not just how much space you need today, but how your business is likely to grow, whether a direct lease or a sublease better fits your timeline, and whether your budget is realistic against what the market actually offers. Getting qualification right at the start saves time, avoids dead ends, and produces better results throughout the search.
Third, we require brokers who know how to research. That means proficiency in CoStar and other commercial real estate databases. Specifically, brokers must be able to identify available inventory, assess pricing, evaluate buildings, and build property surveys that reflect what is actually on the market. Not guesswork. Real knowledge based on current data and direct market experience.
Market Knowledge That Goes Beyond the Database
Additionally, we require brokers who know the market at street level. Our brokers know the buildings, the landlords, and the neighborhoods — which blocks work for a law firm, which submarkets suit a tech startup, where medical tenants find the right configurations. Beyond that, they bring established relationships with leasing agents, managing agents, and major landlords across Manhattan. Those relationships matter. They open doors, accelerate conversations, and give our clients an advantage that no amount of database research can fully replicate.
Finally, we require brokers who can negotiate. That means drafting lease proposals, evaluating landlord counteroffers, and advising you on how to respond at each stage. It also means understanding which concessions to push for and which battles are worth fighting. Ultimately, every broker on our team guides transactions through multiple rounds of negotiation to a signed lease that protects your interests.
Small Team. High Standards. Direct Supervision.
Metro Manhattan is lean by design. We are not a large firm with dozens of brokers operating independently across separate divisions. Instead, every broker on our team works under the direct supervision of Alan Rosinsky, Principal Broker, who has been active in the New York City commercial real estate market since 2004.
Alan knows this market deeply. He has completed over 400 Manhattan office transactions and has seen every type of tenant, every type of landlord, and every type of deal. When you work with a Metro Manhattan broker, therefore, you are not working with someone operating in isolation. Moreover, you are working with a broker backed by that experience, that oversight, and that standard of professional accountability.
Small. Lean. Knowledgeable. Expert. That is the team we have built and the team we continue to build.
What Your Experience With Us Looks Like
Your broker does not cold call. Every assignment comes from our inbound platform, which generates a consistent daily flow of qualified tenant inquiries across Manhattan. This means your broker focuses entirely on your search — not splitting attention between prospecting and serving existing clients.
Before recommending anything, your broker qualifies your requirements carefully. As a result, the research is thorough, the property survey reflects real options, and the tours make sense for your situation. From there, your broker drafts proposals that protect your interests, negotiates on your behalf through every round, and guides the transaction all the way through to lease execution.
In short, at every stage you deal with one person who understands the full picture — not a specialist who handles one piece and hands you off to the next. One broker. Complete knowledge. Consistent service.
The Clients We Work With
We work with a wide range of tenants across Midtown Manhattan, Midtown South, and Downtown Manhattan. Technology companies. Law firms. Financial services firms. Medical practices. Consulting firms. Startups. Companies opening their first New York office. International businesses entering the U.S. market. Established Manhattan firms relocating within the city. Companies weighing direct leasing against coworking.
Above all, what every client shares is a need for a broker who can assess their situation quickly, research the market accurately, and manage the transaction professionally from start to finish. Holding ourselves to that standard on every assignment is what defines Metro Manhattan.
A Note for Experienced Brokers
Metro Manhattan periodically welcomes experienced Manhattan tenant rep brokers to our team. Brokers who meet the standards described above and want a platform built around consistent inbound leads and serious transaction support are welcome to reach out directly.
Contact Alan Rosinsky at [email protected].
