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Will Silverman
Will Silverman is a New York-based managing director and co-head of Eastdil Secured’s equity business. His work spans office, multifamily, retail, land and industrial property, including joint ventures, equity raises, recapitalizations and property sales. Before joining Eastdil in 2019, he built a commercial practice at Hodges Ward Elliott and spent 13 years at Savills, where the firm says he completed $6 billion in sales. CREFC speaker biography · Eastdil appointment announcement
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Known For
- Building Hodges Ward Elliott’s commercial division beyond its hotel brokerage roots into office, multifamily, retail, land and industrial assignments.
- Investment-sales work involving New York properties, including repeated sales of 100–104 Fifth Avenue and 465 Broadway, as identified in his CREFC biography.
- Eastdil’s New York office investment-sales team; the firm reported that it ranked first by volume in the market in its 2023 results. The ranking is a firm-reported measure, not an individual production figure. Eastdil New York office-sales results
Career
Silverman began his career in investment banking at JPMorgan Chase, according to CREFC. He then joined Savills, where he worked across property types and closed $6 billion in sales over 13 years. The same biography says he became the youngest managing director in that firm’s history, though it does not specify the year. He later founded and led the commercial division of Hodges Ward Elliott, expanding its remit from hotels to a broader range of commercial property. Eastdil hired him and Matt McCoy as managing directors in 2019; the firm described their practices as strengthening its New York capital-markets coverage. His present role is co-head of Eastdil’s equity business in New York. CREFC speaker biography · Eastdil hiring announcement
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