Leadership Team

Steven B. Greenberg
Founder & President
​Zack Gross
Partner
Keiji Takeda
Head of Research
Jennifer Battline
Senior Market Analyst

Steven B. Greenberg
Founder & President
Steven’s expertise in retail tenant representation was first established during his 10 years as the founder and operator of the successful retail chain, Olympic Village, an early multi-brand athletic footwear concept later sold to Foot Locker.  During his time as a retailer, he saw firsthand the importance of strategically choosing store locations, but found there were no companies taking an analytical, research-based approach to this process.  This experience eventually led Steven to develop his niche and form The Greenberg Group, a company dedicated solely to the representation of leading retailers in real estate transactions.
 
Since 1987, Steven has represented some of the most respected brands in retail including Lacoste, Gucci, Drybar, Eddie Bauer, Waterworks and many many more.  In his career spanning over 3 decades, Steven has completed more than 2,000 transactions and worked in every important retail market in the country
 
Steven is respected as one of the pre-eminent industry experts and is often quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Newsday, The New York Post and Women’s Wear Daily.  He also was profiled recently in The New York Times’ column “The 30-Minute Interview”.  For more than 20 years, he has taught a class at ICSC University and also lectures as part of ICSC’s Executive Learning Series on Understanding the Retailer’s Site Selection Criteria.
 
Steven Greenberg says, “Our company constantly seeks to open successful, profitable stores for our clients and advise them on maximizing their long-term profitability through the most advantageous real estate transactions.  We understand that those we advise depend upon our expertise and information and their financial success is our primary goal.”
 
As Steven says, “Profitability is a result of research and analysis.”

sgreenberg@thegreenberggroup.com
(516) 295-0406 ext. 204

Zack Gross
Partner, Director of
​Real Estate Expansion​

Zack is a Director of Real Estate Expansion, leading clients’ store expansions across the country. Zack joined The Greenberg Group in 2013. Since then he has completed approximately 200 transactions covering every major market in the US for clients including Drybar, Hanna Andersson, Crocs, Rent the Runway, Steve Madden and Roche Bobois.

For the past five years, Zack has helped lead the national real estate expansion for Drybar, taking them from approximately 43 stores to over 100. In that role, he has created national strategy with Drybar, found prime sites in each market and negotiated below-market deals, overseen due diligence reports including sales forecast and cannibalism, and coordinated with design, construction and legal to manage the store opening pipeline.

Zack has led expansions for start-ups including Muse Paintbar, Skeleton Key and Sugared + Bronzed, creating strategy, marketing to real estate industry and sourcing architects, attorneys and construction. Zack has also presented due diligence reports on potential retail acquisitions to The Greenberg Group’s private equity clients including Thomas H Lee and LCatterton. Zack studied political science as an undergrad at UPenn and earned his JD at NYU Law, practicing in complex commercial litigation and real estate before joining The Greenberg Group.

zack@thegreenberggroup.com
(516) 295-0406 ext. 202
Mobile:  (215) 870-2303

Jennifer Battline
Senior Market Analyst

Jennifer Battline is the Senior Market Analyst in the Greenberg Group’s Research Department and has been with the company since 2010. She is truly passionate about real estate on all levels: understanding a client’s needs, researching new concepts, and exploring new markets.
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Ms. Battline focuses on demographic and market research and analysis, marketing to the real estate industry on behalf of our clients, and site selection. She also oversees the creation of all due diligence reports on proposed sites to present to each client.

Before entering the real estate field, Jennifer was a Senior Accountant at Citi Smith Barney, Ernst & Young, and Tequila Avión.

​She earned her Bachelor of Science in Accounting and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Molloy College.
Jennifer was born and raised on Long Island and currently lives in Queens. When she is not working, you can find her at the dog park with her puggles, Missy & Rebel.
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jbattline@thegreenberggroup.com
(516) 295-0406 ext. 201