John Ackerman, Founder and President of Ackerman Properties Ltd, brings to his company over eighteen years of experience in the business and real estate community. He was educated in New York at PACE University and New York University.

He formed Ackerman Properties to help clients develop the full potential of their properties and, as an owner of several brownstones on Upper West Side, John has excellent insight and understanding of real estate issues. In fact, other brokers and owners often seek his advice on real estate matters.

In addition, John has been a consultant with Vandenberg Inc., a real estate brokerage firm on the Upper West Side. He is also a member of Small Property Owners of New York, Rent Stabilization Association and the Real Estate Board of New York. This enables him to interact with hundreds of real estate professionals monthly, to understand a changing market ahead of others in the field. He is also Vice President of the Police Liason Group of the Upper West Side.

Before forming his own company John acted as a financial and operational manager for Paramount Group Inc., a large multi- national development group, overseeing $200 million in annual revenue, increasing collections by 35 percent and reducing bad debt by over 70 percent. He was able to increase equity on several large scale shopping centers (3.4 million square feet) by 40 percent in one year.

Prior to this he worked in the investment firm of Constantino, Melemede and Greenberg, under two former acquisition and managing tax partners from Deloitte Touche. He also gained real estate experience with Rentar Development, a development firm established 40 years ago, managing $500 million of property.

John began his career with Helmsley-Spear’s development corporation, park West Villiage, in an $800 million development/conversion of their 2,500 residential apartment complex on the Upper West Side.