Kyle Gerace | Associate | NAI DiLeo-Bram & Co.
Years with company/firm: 3
Years in real estate industry: 4
CRE memberships/licenses: NAIOP-NJ; NJ Real Estate Salesperson
For many post-bachelor’s degree grads, launching a CRE brokerage career in 2020 at the height of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic may have been considered extremely risky. For NAIDB’s Kyle Gerace, who is responsible for assisting owners and tenants involved in CRE sales and leasing transactions across Central New Jersey, it was a risk worth taking.
“I attribute my early – and what I plan to be enduring – success in commercial real estate to my competitive nature and being a highly motivated self-starter – character traits that have always given me an edge as a student-athlete and now in my budding brokerage career,” said Gerace, a graduate of Rutgers University with a B.S. in sports management and a varsity pitcher with a distinguished record on the baseball team. “In this business, it is very important to find a way to provide value, whether it is internally within your team or with clients, and I strive to do just that each day.”
Within less than a year of joining the profession, Gerace was absorbing every facet of CRE by being paired with leading NAIDB mentors. Rather quickly, he earned a seat at the closing table of several noteworthy transactions.
As a result of his intuitive ability to apply industry knowledge, refine his analytical skills and build client relationships, Gerace was a key contributor toward NAIDB’s best overall year in 2021 with regard to all-time-high sales and leasing volume. And, because of his demonstrated ability to hit the ground running and cumulative contributions, NAIDB honored him with its in-house Rising Star Award that same year. In 2022 and for the first half of 2023, Gerace is keeping the momentum going with even greater traction that is fueling several important transactions.