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February 3, 2023
Town Revives Plan to Rezone LI’s Corporate Center for Live/Work Redevelopment
A long-dormant effort to transform Melville into an employment-oriented town center has gained new momentum.First floated nearly a decade ago, the Town of Huntington has held listening sessions in the last few weeks on the Melville Employment Center plan, which is aimed at adding multifamily housing and supporting retail to the area now dominated by office buildings.
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David Winzelberg, LIBN
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March 31, 2022
Business Growth Equals Flying Growth
Moving from a piston single, then a turboprop, into a twin-engine HondaJet today, Fabrizio Poli asks Don Catalano how business growth and Covid have transformed the company aircraft from a 'nice-to-have' tool into a 'must-have' tool...
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Fabrizio Poli, AvBuyer
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March 14, 2022
The Multi-million Dollar Commercial Real Estate Challenge Confronting C-suites
March 2022 is expected to mark a massive office comeback, boosting the recovery of a sector that lagged behind other commercial real estate properties during the pandemic. However, there is a huge elephant in the room: pre-pandemic leases may not adequately reflect the needs of many businesses across the country...
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Uliana Malashenko, SeniorExecutive.com
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July 19, 2019
Long Island Broker Pilots New Jet for Charity Flight
Thirteen-year-old Owen Sherman needed a lift.The Maine teenager had to get to Shriners Children’s Hospital in Springfield, Mass. to receive his two new prosthetic legs.That’s when Don Catalano stepped in...
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The Long Island Times
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May 22, 2018
CMM Spotlight: iOptimize Realty® and REoptimizer®
We’re all familiar with the adage “If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.” Don Catalano, President and CEO of iOptimize Realty®, has really taken this message to heart...
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Lauren Kanter-Lawrence, Esq, CMM
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June 23, 2017
Dealertrack Cuts Ribbon on New North Hills Headquarters
Elected officials joined executives of Dealertrack and other Long Island business leaders to cut the ribbon Wednesday on the company’s new 232,000-square-foot office building in North Hills...
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Long Island Business News, Castagna Realty
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April 11, 2014
Selling Real Estate from the Ground Up
Don Catalano has a unique perspective of Long Island’s commercial real estate landscape...
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David Winzelberg, Long Island Business News
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July 14, 2012
Farmingdale Nonprofit Marks 1,000th Airlift
Don Catalano taxied his Piper Meridian six-seater onto the runway at Boston's Logan Airport Saturday and radioed air traffic controllers that Hero Flight One-Delta-Mike was ready for takeoff...
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NATHANIEL HERZ, Newsday