Brokerage Services
Tom York
Principal, Transactional & Advisory Service
Well-known as one of the Greater Hartford region’s top brokers, Tom is a trusted commercial real estate advisor with specific expertise on customized financial-modeling analytics. Tom provides expert guidance on a variety of real estate issues and ensures that his clients, ranging from small entrepreneurial property owners and tenants to Fortune 100 companies, receive superior service focused on strategic planning, acquisition, disposition and agency leasing. Prior to jointly forming Goman+York in 2011, Tom spent 15 years at CB Richard Ellis.
Rob Montesi
Senior Vice President, Transactional Services
Rob entered the real estate industry in 2002, beginning with multi-family ownership and management. Prior to joining Goman+York in 2016, Rob spent five years as VP with another Connecticut commercial brokerage. He is responsible for leading and directing our tenant representation as well as working on behalf of a wide variety of clients in all aspects of sales, leasing and acquisition of commercial property throughout Connecticut.
Rob’s extensive sales/advisory background provides him with a unique skill set wherein he blends consultative client service, business marketing and sales with core real estate knowledge. Rob is results driven with a proven expertise in helping to focus transactional activities and advisory services on behalf of Goman+York clients.
Selected Highlights
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- Complex and multi-faceted sales including a 14-acre, town-owned former school site for a $50+ Million redevelopment project; Seller and Buyer representation for Industrial/Flex buildings of 100,000 and 200,000sf; a 40,000sf neighborhood retail shopping center; and an $8 million Class A downtown city tower with 130,000sf of mixed-use office/retail space.
- Tenant-representation in Class A&B; office, medical, industrial and R&D;
- Agency lease representation from single-tenant properties to a several-hundred thousand square foot office/retail/industrial portfolio. Represented a Fortune 500 company, a large REIT, and one of the region’s largest private equity firms in Class A office, Class A medical, and industrial leasing, respectively.
Affiliations
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- Associate, Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®
- National Association of REALTORS®
Personal
Rob is married and resides in Simsbury, Connecticut with his wife, three children, and several huggable and unhuggable pets. He enjoys playing guitar, running, cycling, alpine skiing, golf, fishing and backpacking; and has been an active volunteer for many years in youth soccer, baseball and scouting.
David Dumeer
Senior Vice President, Transactional Services
David Dumeer is a seasoned veteran of the real estate industry with over 30 year of experience specializing in the retail industry. Dave provides insight into all facets of site and market evaluation, store design and store development strategies to premier tenants nationwide. Having years of industry experience and a national network of representatives, Dumeer specializes in tenant representation and has the ability to provide national real estate vision and local market knowledge to clients throughout the country. Currently his focus is on delivering results for a variety of high fashion retailers, theaters, outdoor sports/appeal retailers and restaurants. Some of his retail clients have included The Orvis Company, Barbour, J. McLaughlin, Ben & Jerry’s, Maggie McFly’s, CMX/Cinebistro and Central Rock Gym.
Previously, Dave served as VP, Director of Development, Acquisitions and Leasing for Developers Realty Corp. His responsibilities included leasing a large portfolio of shopping centers, divestiture of properties, managing relationships with REIT partnerships and the development of over 5 million SF of retail property in 11 states including a lifestyle center, a Big Box development and freestanding restaurants and pharmacies.
With over 30 years of experience in retail development and tenant representation, Dave has gained the experience and understanding of how to make deals work for both landlord and tenant.
Frank Parisi
Senior Advisor
Frank joins Goman+York after working 30 years in the Supply Chain industry. Before entering the commercial real estate industry, Frank spent his career in the logistics realm of supply chain, working in both Operations and Enterprise Sales at UPS and FedEx. He has intimate knowledge of industrial space feasibility, design, and optimization in helping large multinational corporations find the optimal location and setup for their distribution and manufacturing sites.
Frank will share his knowledge with both tenant representation and working on behalf of clients in all aspects of sales, leasing, and acquisition of commercial property throughout Connecticut. Frank is a licensed CT Salesperson.
Selected Achievement
Working with the Brokerage Services division at Goman+York, Frank will be utilizing his Sales and Sales Leadership skill set that has delivered multitudes of sales accomplishment accolades and recognition throughout his storied career. His client-first approach focuses on understanding clients’ needs and desired state, working diligently to provide satisfactory, equitable results for all parties involved. His focus at Goman+York will be to support clients in both transactional activities and advisory services.
Accomplishments include:
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- Consulted with major customers across diverse business lines, including Etail/Retail, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, and Finance, with national accounts such as Wayfair, Hasbro, LEGO, Fuji Film, Smith & Wesson, Citi, and Fidelity.
- FedEx Top-Performing Sales Team Award 2018 as recognition for 7/8 Account Managers 100%+ to plan – $17M in revenue growth on $165M base.
- FedEx Ambassador’s Club Award, 2017 for ranking #6 of 36 Managers for delivering $15.2M in revenue growth (100% to plan on ~$152M base).
- FedEx President’s Club Award, 2016, for achieving #2 ranking out of 36 Managers for attaining $37M in revenue growth (120% to plan on ~$185M base).
Education
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- Bryant University (Smithfield, RI) – B.S. in Business Administration, Marketing/Management
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) – M.S. Management Sciences
Personal
Frank is married and resides in South Windsor, Connecticut with his wife, Christina. They have two married sons and one new grandchild to dote upon. Other than relishing time spent with family, he enjoys time spent on the water boating, and working in his yard. He has always had a penchant for buying and selling cars of interest to him with way too many to list. He is excited to embark on this second phase of his career with Goman+York, as it represents his desire to help a different group of clients, as well as support his mindset of Growth & Learning always.