NY Real Estate Center

Michael J. Romer, Esq. is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Romer Debbas, LLP. Michael represents a broad range of clients in connection with the acquisition, sale, lease, development and/or financing of commercial land residential properties. Such clients include both domestic and foreign individuals buying for residential or investment purposes as well as institutional and private equity clients. Michael is also counsel to a wide majority of lending instutions in the country that are focused on real estate finance. He is a frequent contributor to local and national media including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Real Deal and Nasdaq TV. In addition, Michael frequently lectures in NYC's major real estate brokerage firms.

Michael Santora is a Principal at SB+C Architecture in NYC. In 2008 he founded CDC V, an MBE certified consulting firm with expert knowledge in municipal, building and zoning codes. In 2014 he co-founded Crown Architecture where he remains committed to the creativity, design, and style of each project. Michael leads Crown Holdings which specializes in the acquisition and assemblage of underdeveloped sites for a variety of new, mixed income affordable housing developments. All of Crown Holding’s developments meet Enterprise Green Community and Passive House Standards. His development in the South Bronx recently received the NYSERDA Building of Excellence Award.