Lawrence Dickstein is Relationship Manager, Solutions and Decision Advisor, Executive Vice President of Real Estate Strategies Corporation (“RealStrat”), a New Jersey based corporate real estate advisory and transaction services firm. RealStrat’s clients include the US operations of public, private, domestic and global companies, and not-for-profit organizations in a multitude of industries from numerous countries.

As Solutions and Decision Advisor at RealStrat, Mr. Dickstein draws on his diverse background to promote intelligent decision making, thereby fostering practical business decisions on his clients’ behalf. Larry brings to his clients an unusual depth of knowledge about the specific operational and strategic challenges experienced by corporate executives when engaged in real estate transactions. Larry employs a keen understanding of the corporation’s view of real estate and its resulting sensitivities.

Mr. Dickstein draws on his previous experiences, having held positions with an impressive list of prestigious internationally known companies, including: Vice President Real Estate at Lehman Brothers, Director of Real Estate Planning and Acquisitions for Merrill Lynch & Co., Real Estate Negotiator for Prudential Securities, and Lease Analyst at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Building on his success, Larry later joined commercial brokerage company, Joseph Hilton & Associates, where for five years, he advised corporate occupants in the acquisition and disposition of leased and owned real estate. He founded Dickstein Real Estate Services, an international commercial real estate firm based in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Seeking to bring to his clients an even greater sophistication and broader service model than that for which he had already become known under his own firm, Larry later joined RealStrat. Mr. Dickstein also spent three years as a member of the Franklin Township (Somerset County) Zoning Board of Adjustment.

During his more than thirty year distinguished career as a provider of corporate real estate advisory and transaction services, Mr. Dickstein has relied on one unmistakable guiding principal as the foundation of his business and service philosophy. This highly important mindset, which overarches all of his professional relationships, is to treat each of his clients with the respect, diplomacy, and high levels of service he demands of those who serve him. Larry best advises his clients by distilling complex real estate issues into practical financial and operational solutions. By carefully guiding his clients through the various alternatives that he develops on their behalf, and by aggressively negotiating with transactional opponents, Larry's goal is always to exceed his clients' business and real estate objectives.

Mr. Dickstein is the author of The Complete Survival Guide to Negotiating An Office Lease (Secrets Your Landlord Doesn’t Want You To Know). Larry holds a real estate brokerage license in the State of New Jersey. Larry has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Fordham University, with a major in Real Estate Finance and Business Management.