Navigator Consulting Group Ltd.

If you are considering locating or relocating your office to Long Island, or possibly renegotiating your existing lease here or elsewhere, The Navigator offers useful insights that are not available anywhere else.

Whether you are a first-time office space decision-maker or a real estate director of a Fortune 500 company, having knowledge about the office market you are about to enter, along with the local "tricks of the trade," will be invaluable. Truly,"knowledge is power," especially when negotiating an office lease where objective and unfiltered information about the local market place is critical to success.

The Navigator provides extensive intellectual capital, at our expense because we believe it is good for business — whether you become a client or not. For many, The Navigator's expert advice and long-term service is attractive, and they become clients. Others rely upon our information and tell friends or management who may prefer to have us on board. By allowing The Navigator to provide you the benefit of our original research and objective opinions, we will set you on the path to creatively solving your corporate real estate problems.

We are so confident that you will find our information useful that we provide it free and without obligation. If you would like to receive our most recent newsletter or special reports, all you have to do is call or fill out our online form.

Thank you for visiting The Navigator Website. We hope you found your visit to be informative.

Michael DiDonato, President and CEO
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What The Navigator Can Do For You!

A business relocation can be a very disruptive experience but when professionally managed by The Navigator, your corporate relocation will empowers you to:

Improve your working environment
- Increase productivity
  - Reduce overhead expenses

The Navigator provides accurate information and objective analyses so clients can make informed decisions – whether it results in remaining where they are or moving to another site. And it doesn't stop there.

The Navigator’s timely market knowledge and technical expertise assures our clients of getting the most for their rental dollar. Our service and support continues from your move-in and throughout the term of occupancy.

If the decision is to relocate, The Navigator makes the transition painless. For clients deciding to remain in their current location, The Navigator helps negotiate with the landlord to receive more favorable terms and conditions than if they had negotiated the lease renewal on their own.

What Makes The Navigator Different
Firmly focused on tenant representation, The Navigator takes its fiduciary responsibility very seriously. We never prejudice our client's interests by the common dilemma of dual tenant/landlord representation that plagues our industry. This makes The Navigator different from everybody else in this business.

About Michael DiDonato, President and CEO

The Navigator Consulting Group, Ltd. was launched by Mr. Michael DiDonato in 1990 after realizing the market's need for strategic guidance and planning in the highly competitive commercial real estate arena. Under his direction, The Navigator fulfills that mission by servicing clients throughout the metro-New York and Long Island areas, primarily as a tenant representation advocate.

The consultancy provides a host of services, including economic feasibility studies, site needs and utilization analysis, market and positioning studies of commercial properties, and market analyses and forecasting. Much of the data collected through The Navigator's work are used in comparative buy/lease decisions.

Mr. DiDonato is a 25-year veteran in commercial real estate. He has handled assignments for a wide variety of clients, including Xerox, The Equitable, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Upjohn, Michelin, The Bank of New York, Open Link Financial, AmeriCorp, Intermark Communications, National Registered Agents, and many other organizations. He has served with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey where he managed leasing and budgeting for facilities including The World Trade Center and Port Newark/Port Elizabeth. He was a senior broker with Cushman & Wakefield and worked in the same capacity for Grubb & Ellis.

Mr. DiDonato served on the Real Estate Committee for Long Island Catholic Charities, and is a former director/instructor for The Real Estate Institute of Long Island University. He has also served as a trustee on the Massapequa School District Board of Education.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. DiDonato subsequently earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Syracuse University (The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs) and completed all course work for a Master of Business Administration at New York University.