Toronto-based Avison Young has named David Eyzenberg a principal in its New York City office. According to the company, his responsibilities will include raising capital and providing investment banking services to Avison Young's commercial real estate clients nationwide, with a specific focus on entity and asset recapitalization, financing debt and property acquisitions, as well as advising Canadian and domestic institutions on deploying capital into appropriate U.S. investment opportunities, with special regard to structured ground lease transactions.
Before joining Avison Young, Eyzenberg served as managing director and head of commercial real estate for NewOak Capital, a New York-based financial advisory firm. Eyzenberg also previously worked at Ramius Capital Group, an investment management firm, and he is an adjust professor at New York University's Schack Institute of Real Estate.