Gia Sheikh is a Brooklyn native with a passion for its commercial real estate scene. Gia has handled commercial leases for high profile office and retail properties throughout New York City for over 8 years . This group of tenants includes names such as Chipotle, NSLIJ hospital, Clear Channel, Le Pain Quotidien, HBO, Steve Madden, Rotech Healthcare, Nixon Peabody, Weil Gotshal and Manges, and We Work.

Gia's real estate career began with Excel Realty Trust where she learned deal structuring and built a strong understanding of commercial real ​estate. She subsequently moved to Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, where Gia gained major insight to various national retailer and office users as she managed several high profile client portfolios. Prior to joining the EJ Stevens Group, Gia held a position at Lefrak, handling retail and office leasing assignments, while working side by side with many of the major tenant rep brokerages. One property that especially helped shape her career was 40 West 57th Street, where she worked with office tenants such as VF Corporation, Elliot Management Corporation, Givaudan fragrances, Northern Trust and Tocqueville Asset Management, as well as major retail tenants Nobu, Benihana and Zchemists.   Gia is detail oriented, well informed, and a highly driven member of the team, with an affinity for retail. Her clients commend her on providing high levels of focus, creativity, and top notch service.

Richard Keledjian has over fifteen years of experience of selling and renting properties in Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs. He has many satisfied clients due to his extensive knowledge of pricing, renting and renovating units. Richard's knowledge is a result of a multitude of interactions with landlords, buyers and sellers. Richard’s in depth knowledge of the real estate market has been built over many years while working for Cenury21 TirBoro, Citi Habitats, and Charles Rutenberg. His educational background is in management from New York University –NYU

​He provides his clients a wide network of prospective buyers and offers his clients first-view of new listings. Richard's commitment is to find the best apartment for his buyers while achieving the highest possible price for his sellers.

Richards’s long list of sales and repeat clients makes him the EJ Stevens expert and the broker who can make deals happen!

Roberto Guilbet joined the
EJ Stevens Group in December of 2017. Roberto has over 23 years of Commercial & Residential real estate experience within Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Prior to joining the EJ Stevens Group he founded and managed the Inwood Property Group for 16 years where he successfully leased over 250,000 square feet of retail, office, and medical space for a variety of clients including Bronstein Properties, Stellar Management, Madison Realty Capital and Prana Investments, while also leasing and selling a large volume of multifamily residential properties in his target markets. As a result, Roberto is a diverse professional resource familiar with the complexities of structuring and closing leasing and sales transactions.

Roberto was born and raised in the Inwood section of Manhattan and is fluent in English and Spanish.  Through the years he has taken part as a positive changing agent to the neighborhoods of Inwood, Washington Heights, Harlem, Manhattan’s Upper West side as well as the Bronx. Roberto is an experienced, and highly focused real estate professional, with a positive attitude and passion for the industry. He is creative and will focus until the mission is complete.  Roberto understands that trust and integrity are of utmost importance and builds longstanding relationships with his clients and peers.

Jimmy Bang, South Korean born and raised in Staten Island, joined the EJ Stevens team in April of 2018.  Jimmy has 10 years of experience in leasing and sales of commercial, mixed used and residential properties.  He has vast experience dealing with high profile foreign clientele include Samsung, Han Hwa (Korean-Chemical), LG (Life’s Good) and continues to provide service for international expansion and operations for these companies. With intuitive knowledge of volatile market trends, Jimmy has worked closely with landlords from the outer boroughs assisting in capital access, market analysis, marketing and ultimately leasing and sales of their properties.  Jimmy has calm yet confident demeanor and his ability to listen and execute accordingly is highly acclaimed among clients.

Jimmy studied pre-medicine SUNY Binghamton and was pursuing career in Dentistry at New York University.  Jimmy’s background in medical studies and dealing with various medical professions gives him leverage to genuinely understand the needs of hospital and medical offices.  Jimmy is highly driven, focus and passionate agent who understands the importance of providing excellent service, integrity and long term commitment to building mutual business relationships.

Stephen Lysohir cofounded the EJ Stevens Group and is President of the retail and office division of the company. He brings a depth of experience and contacts to investing, purchasing, selling, and leasing retail, office, and medical office within Metro New York. Stephen has an extensive network and has purchased, leased, and joint ventured with top notch brands such as GE Capital, Lasalle Investment Management, New York Hospital, Dollar Tree (Deals), Angelo Gordon, RD Management as well as many small and mid sized local owners. ​Prior to founding The EJ Stevens Group, Stephen was the Director of Northeast Acquisitions and Asset Management at Kimco Realty Corporation. Within this role he closed, leased, developed, joint ventured and managed over $5 Billion in M&A and individual real estate transactions nationwide.  Some notable portfolio and M&A deals included Mid Atlantic Realty Trust ($700M), Pan Pacific Realty Trust ($4B), and the purchase of a portfolio in Puerto Rico from RD Management ($500M).  Stephen also handled the purchase, strategic positioning, and joint venture of many local transactions including The Birchwood Commercial Portfolio in Queens and Long Island ($100M), and The Little Neck Shopping Center Portfolio ($20M). During the last 5 years at Kimco Stephen also worked side by side with the founder (Milton Cooper) on special projects including an initiative to increase Kimco's exposure to Metro New York urban retail investments. Some of the deals listed above were a result of this initiative.

Prior to working with Kimco Stephen was in the transaction group at Ernst and Young Kenneth Leventhal (Real Estate) where he transactional and M&A services for investment banks and major real estate owners throughout the Unites States. Stephen worked within a mid size family owned construction company located in Long Island City (Queens).