Long Island Commercial Real Estate-Navigator Consulting Group Ltd.-Profile

Long Island Commercial Real Estate-Navigator Consulting

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

Whether this is your first-time looking for office space or your are a real estate director of a Fortune 500 company, you must gather objective local intelligence. You need unfiltered information to be sure you are getting the best office space on the best terms and conditions. "Knowledge is power," but "local knowledge" is mission critical when negotiating an office lease.

The Navigator provides extensive intellectual capital, at our expense, because we believe it is good for business — even if you do not immediately become a client. For many, The Navigator's expert advice and long-term service is invaluable, and they become clients. Others rely upon our information and tell their friends or managers 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 course to effectively solving your corporate real estate problems.

We are confident you will find our information useful and 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 find your visit useful and informative.

Michael DiDonato, President and CEO

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What The Navigator Can Do For You!

A business relocation can be disruptive to your operations, but when professionally managed by The Navigator, your corporate relocation will empower you to:

Improve your working environment
- Increase productivity
  - Reduce overhead expenses

Prior to your current office lease expiring, The Navigator will provide you timely information and objective analyses so you will be confident you are making the correct decision – whether it results in remaining where you are or moving to another site.

The Navigator’s experience, office market knowledge and technical expertise assures our clients of getting the most for their rental dollar. And it doesn't stop there because our service and support continues from the day you move-in and throughout your term of occupancy.

If the decision is to relocate, The Navigator will make the transition painless. For clients deciding to remain in their office suite, The Navigator will help you negotiate with your landlord. With our guidance, you will receive more favorable terms and conditions than if you had negotiated your lease renewal on your own. We guarantee it.

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 all too common dilemma of dual tenant/landlord representation plaguing our industry. This loyalty and personal service 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 broker.

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.