30 W Mount Pleasant Ave

Samuel Bernhaut has more than 16 years of commercial real estate experience with a focus on Retail Advisory and Transaction Services in Northern and Central New Jersey, including New York’s Rockland and Orange Counties. Throughout his career as a trusted and respected advisor, Sam has leased more than two million square feet of retail and medical office space, consummating transactions with Riverside Medical Group, Doctor’s Office Urgent Care, Henry the Dentist, Excel Physical Therapy, TD Bank, Capital One, Goodyear, Wawa, Eden Gourmet, Bach to Rock, Capezio, Planet Fitness and Price Chopper. In addition to his medical office and retail leasing expertise, Sam has brokered the sale of numerous investment properties and redevelopment sites for commercial, residential, warehousing, self-storage, hotels, and car dealerships, totaling in excess of $150 million. Most recently, Sam brokered the $34,250,000 off-market sale of One Harmon Plaza, a 192,089 SF Class A office in Secaucus, NJ.

Marta Person Villa re-joined CBRE’s Florham Park office in 2022 as Senior Vice President within the firm’s Tri-State Retail Services Group. Ms. Villa possesses over 25 years in the commercial real estate industry and has accumulated extensive knowledge and experience in landlord representation, occupier site selection and investment property acquisition and disposition. Villa enjoys leasing all property types and enhancing their value by properly merchandising the tenant mix. As a tenant rep, Villa has a track record of selecting sites for restaurants, soft and hard goods, medical, daycare, gas/convenience, coffee, auto, wireless and financial tenants. She has represented tenants including Trek Bikes, Container Store, Carvana, Wawa, Wingstop, Burgerim and many more.

Villa leads a strong agency business with clients such as Transformco, SJP Properties, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Asset Restructuring as well as many other non-institutional owners.

Prior to real estate Villa had a 17-year career in downtown revitalization and municipal administration. She was a two term President of Downtown New Jersey during which she was credited by NJ Monthly with earning Red Bank the name “Hiptown.” She was also Director of the International Downtown Association, as well as a 25+ year member of International Council of Shopping Centers. Villa has a diverse knowledge of land use and development in New Jersey that benefits her clients. She succeeded in launching the Newark Downtown District and setting up the Clean and Safe program and the Farmer’s Market at Military Park in 1999 that remains a Newark staple. As a real estate professional, she has leased over 50 stores in downtown Newark.