Peter Hauspurg knows New York City like the back of his hand. So when he co-founded Eastern Consolidated 34 years ago, the chairman and CEO of the full-service real estate investment company adopted early on a business model that addresses the nuances of the market. Fast-paced, culturally diverse and an expert off-market broker, Eastern Consolidated enables clients to partake in the global city's booming commercial property market in locations such as Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

"New York City has always been a little different than the rest of the United States and perhaps the rest of the world in that more than half of the sales done here are off-market, meaning buyers and sellers do not use exclusive agents," Hauspurg says. "Many investors, such as the Chinese, do not hire brokers, but they trade lots of properties. As such, we are designed to act quickly to facilitate such situations when they occur."

The leader in New York City's mid-market space effectively supports the continuing rush of investors from the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea with a suite of special services.