David L. Sims is Senior Vice President of Choyce Peterson, Inc.  David brings over 30 years of commercial real estate experience including leasing, acquisition, landlord representation and financing, and has been involved in excess of 18 million square feet of transactions.

Prior to joining Choyce Peterson, David was Managing Director/Senior Vice President of the Westchester/ Connecticut Division of Reckson Associates Realty Corporation.  He was responsible for the formulation and execution of the division’s business plan comprising 6.7 million square feet. 

David was instrumental in the repositioning and introduction of 1.4million square feet of office buildings along Westchester Avenue which were renamed The Platinum Mile.

Before Reckson, David was Senior Vice President at CB Richard Ellis working on both landlord agency business and tenant representation.  His landlord agency business has included assignments in major commercial buildings owned by Taconic Investment Partners, Sentinel Real Estate, RREEF, INVESCO, UNITE HERE, and Amalgamated Bank.  In his leasing assignments, he has represented
American Capital, Gide Loyrette Nouell, Zephyr Management LP, KENMAR, Greenwich Capital and John Wiley, among others.

Previous to CBRE, David was with Vornado Realty Trust and Mendik Realty Corporation, as a Senior Vice President (and partner at Mendik) involved with and responsible for 6 million square feet of commercial office buildings.  His focus was on a myriad of leasing transactions and participating in the strategic repositioning of major assets and overseeing the execution thereof.

David’s background of representing both the landlord’s and tenant’s side of a transaction brings an unusual perspective to the leasing, management and sales process.

Sims is a graduate of Syracuse University with a BA in English and New York University’s Real Estate Institute.  David resides in Old Greenwich with his wife Jane and their two children.