Edwin H. Cohen \u201962, owner and principal of Prism Capital Partners LLC and a veteran leader in New Jersey\u2019s commercial real estate industry, has been named the recipient of the Charles Klatskin Lifetime Achievement Award by the New Jersey chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association.<\/p>\n
The honor will be presented on May 14 at the NAIOP New Jersey\u2019s 39th Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards Gala at The Palace at Somerset Park in New Jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cEdwin Cohen\u2019s achievements speak to a visionary and committed career in the real estate industry,\u201d says\u00a0Michelle J. Anderson,\u00a0president of Brooklyn College. \u201cHis devoted engagement with Brooklyn College derives from a similar commitment to excellence. We are proud to celebrate this well\u2011earned recognition of his remarkable contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lifetime Achievement Award, named for Charles Klatskin, a pioneering leader in the state\u2019s commercial real estate industry, annually recognizes an individual who has shown a distinguished record of service to the commercial real estate industry and community.<\/p>\n
\u201cEdwin Cohen\u2019s career exemplifies the leadership, integrity, and long-term commitment that this award represents,\u201d says Dan Kennedy, CEO of NAIOP NJ.<\/p>\n
Cohen has been one of the most prominent figures in the Tri-State Regional real estate brokerage and development community for more than six decades. In 2003, he joined longtime friend and associate Eugene Diaz to form Prism Capital Partners LLC, where he serves as a partner and principal. Under their leadership, Prism has grown into a major owner, developer, and investor in residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use properties throughout New Jersey.<\/p>\n
Over the course of his career, Cohen has completed hundreds of real estate transactions across the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut metropolitan area, including overseeing the leasing of several million square feet of office space. He previously served as an executive director at Cushman & Wakefield Inc., following senior leadership roles at Grubb & Ellis Company, where he held executive positions in both the firm\u2019s New Jersey office and New York operations from 1986 to 1994.<\/p>\n
Cohen\u2019s career in real estate began in 1966, when he established and led the Suburban Division of Wm. A. White & Sons, a role he held until the firm\u2019s acquisition by Grubb & Ellis in 1986.<\/p>\n
In addition to his real estate achievements, Cohen has maintained a deep and long-standing commitment to education, culture, and community service. A graduate of Brooklyn College, he has served on the school\u2019s Foundation Board of Trustees for over 30 years, including four years as chair. Brooklyn College awarded him its Presidential Medal in 2011, followed by the Best of Brooklyn Award from the Brooklyn College Foundation in 2015 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.<\/p>\n
Cohen has also been actively involved in the performing arts, helping produce and support numerous concerts and live entertainment events. These include the \u201cBroadway by the Year\u201d series at Town Hall, the \u201cBroadway by the Season\u201d series at Merkin Hall, performances at Manhattan\u2019s 54 Below, and live entertainment at the Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where he also serves as a founding trustee.<\/p>\n
His community leadership extends to faith-based and cultural organizations as well. Cohen was a founding member of the New Synagogue of Fort Lee, contributing to the early concept for its Holocaust Museum and playing a key role in the eventual merger of Congregation Beth Israel and the New Synagogue, now known as the Center Avenue Synagogue Since the merger, he has served as a vice president on the synagogue\u2019s board of trustees and as a member of the executive committee.<\/p>\n
With a career marked by professional excellence and civic leadership, Cohen\u2019s selection for NAIOP NJ\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award shines a light on his lasting impact on both the commercial real estate industry and the communities he has served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edwin H. Cohen \u201962, owner and principal of Prism Capital Partners LLC and a veteran leader in New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[75917,19625,98,75918,100,99,288,75919,75920,9,24,63,75921],"class_list":{"0":"post-189211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-75917","9":"tag-alumni","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-brooklyn-college-foundation","12":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","13":"tag-brooklyn-news","14":"tag-business","15":"tag-edwin-cohen","16":"tag-naop-new-jersey","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-city","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-prism-capital-c"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}