Accordia Leaders Named to the 2026 NJBIZ Power Commercial Real Estate List

Jason Bogart

Founding principal
Accordia Real Estate

What is your proudest professional achievement?

Making it to our 20-year anniversary surrounded by some of the smartest, most competent and motivated individuals I've ever met, with our reputation in great shape and a war chest of capital to continue growing our pipeline up and down the east coast.

What do you foresee as the most disruptive change in commercial real estate in the coming year?

The capital markets - although full of liquidity right now, 2027 will be a feast or famine type year. Full of competition and deal making or distress and valuation macros facing a significant reset. Either way will yield opportunity and an interesting landscape to navigate!

What was the best career advice you've ever received (or what's your best advice for the next generation)?

Be the person who takes the meeting in person, picks up the phone, turns the camera on for the Teams call, goes out for the lunch or the dinner or the drink. You do your job from 9 to 5 and build your career from 5 to 9. If you can be the one who can do those things you will be head and shoulders above the norm, personal connection will trump almost any other skill.

Frank Recine

Principal
Accordia Real Estate

What is your proudest professional achievement?

My proudest professional achievement is transitioning from a 24-year brokerage career with CBRE, Newmark and JLL to becoming a principal at Accordia, pursuing my long-term goal of ownership and development. I'm especially proud to have leveraged the thousands of relationships built throughout my career to help grow Accordia, while continuing to provide the white-glove, relationship-driven service that has defined my career.

What do you foresee as the most disruptive change in commercial real estate in the coming year?

Beyond AI, which will clearly have a tremendous impact on commercial real estate and day-to-day life, I believe the erosion of personal connection is equally disruptive. Deals are built on trust, communication, relationships and the ability to bring people together. That is an art, and as the industry becomes more reliant on technology and less focused on personal interaction, we risk losing one of the most important skills in our business and life.

Christopher Hayes

Chief operating officer
Accordia Real Estate

What is your proudest professional achievement?

Launching Accordia 2.0 alongside Jason and Frank has been incredibly rewarding. We've had the opportunity to reimagine our vision and bring it to life with a team whose experience, perspectives and energy have helped shape our direction. Seeing that shared vision turn into action has been especially meaningful, and I'm excited about what we can accomplish together.

What do you foresee as the most disruptive change in commercial real estate in the coming year?

I see access to capital as the most disruptive force in the coming year. Rising rates coupled with LP partners reluctance to commit new equity could slow down transaction volume.

What was the best career advice you've ever received (or what's your best advice for the next generation)?

The best advice I've ever received is simple: Look someone in the eye and do what you say you're going to do. Your word is your reputation, and trust is earned by keeping your commitments, especially when it becomes difficult. That principle has shaped how I build relationships, lead teams, and approach business. People need to know they can count on you.