KIRILL AZOVTSEV
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Strategic Real Estate Advisor to CEOs, Founders & Growth Companies

Helping leadership teams make confident real estate decisions that accelerate growth, preserve capital, and create long-term enterprise value.

Based in New York City

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The Mandate

For nearly two decades, I've advised founders, CEOs, CFOs, and boards through more than 500 transactions representing over $5 billion in value, guiding organizations through some of their most significant business decisions.

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Kirill Azovtsev, Vice Chairman at Savills New York
A Different Kind of Advisor

I don't begin with buildings. I begin with your business.

Real estate is often one of a company's largest operating expenses, but the right decision affects far more than occupancy costs. It influences talent, culture, operational flexibility, capital allocation, investor confidence, and long-term growth.

Every recommendation is grounded in your company's strategy, financial objectives, and long-term vision. My responsibility is to simplify complex decisions, negotiate from a position of strength, and deliver outcomes that support your broader business goals, not simply complete a transaction.

Savills Professional of the Year · 2026

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How I Work

A requirement is a strategy problem.

01 Understand the business

Learn your strategy, growth plans, culture, hiring objectives, and financial priorities before a single tour.

Diligence · Weeks 1–2
02 Analyze every option

Compare renewals, relocations, consolidations, and alternative workplace strategies through rigorous financial analysis.

Positioning · Weeks 3–6
03 Negotiate relentlessly

Create leverage so no single landlord ever holds the only card, maximizing economics, flexibility, and long-term value.

Negotiation · Weeks 7–12
04 Execute flawlessly

Stay engaged through lease execution, design, construction, and occupancy.

Delivery · Ongoing
What CEOs Expect From Me

Clients don't hire me simply to negotiate a lease.

They rely on me to help answer the questions that shape the future of their organizations.

01 Should we renew or relocate?
02 How much office space will support our next phase of growth?
03 How can we preserve flexibility in an uncertain market?
04 What workplace strategy will help us attract and retain exceptional talent?
05 How do we minimize long-term occupancy costs without compromising business objectives?
06 Which option creates the greatest enterprise value?
Trusted by
Venture-backed companies, public companies, private equity portfolio companies, nonprofit organizations, and Fortune 500 businesses.
JPMorgan ChaseAmerican ExpressAppleSpotifySnapchatMonday.comT. Rowe PriceMichael J. Fox FoundationStubHubVeevaNorm AiDigital AssetCelonisLexington PartnersInforPUMAHOKRegusSpacesBetchesOutbrainJPMorgan ChaseAmerican ExpressAppleSpotifySnapchatMonday.comT. Rowe PriceMichael J. Fox FoundationStubHubVeevaNorm AiDigital AssetCelonisLexington PartnersInforPUMAHOKRegusSpacesBetchesOutbrain
Burns & WilcoxH.W. Kaufman GroupOnDeckFive Iron GolfEquativWafra Capital PartnersPrimary VenturesCheilVideoAmpGenpactConcertivVeristJones TradingMediaoceanFusionStormSecurityScorecardReunited ClothingEMCAdMarketplaceMohari HospitalityEnovaBurns & WilcoxH.W. Kaufman GroupOnDeckFive Iron GolfEquativWafra Capital PartnersPrimary VenturesCheilVideoAmpGenpactConcertivVeristJones TradingMediaoceanFusionStormSecurityScorecardReunited ClothingEMCAdMarketplaceMohari HospitalityEnova
Industry Experience
Technology & AI Financial Services Private Equity & Venture Capital Hedge Funds Asset Management Life Sciences Media & Advertising Nonprofit Organizations Professional Services Consumer & Retail
Selected Transactions

Deals that moved companies.

5 Penn Plaza tower at night
PUMA
40,000 SF · 5 Penn
Tapering glass tower at night
Celonis
100,000 SF · One World Trade Center
Park Avenue office slab at night
Lexington Partners
50,000 SF · 399 Park Avenue
Corner office tower at night
Infor
100,000 SF · 641 Avenue of the Americas
Bryant Park tower at night
HOK
50,000 SF · 5 Bryant Park
Beyond Brokerage

The other side of the table.

As a real estate investor and co-founder of Resident, a hospitality and private membership company, I've faced the same challenges my clients do: raising capital, negotiating leases, managing construction, building teams, and scaling businesses. I advise as both an advisor and an owner.

Real Estate Holdings
0 Square feet owned & operated across a personally held portfolio.
0 Refinances executed with successful equity exits.
Venture Portfolio
Occupier Proptech
Boxabl Construction
Geoship Materials
The Story

“Discipline transfers.”

01

Top-5 in Russia

Ranked among the top five junior tennis players in the country — years of training that built the temperament for high-stakes negotiation.

02

Arrived at 17

Arrived from Russia with about $500, limited English, and no network. A tennis scholarship opened the door; every opportunity after was earned.

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A $5B career

Built one of the market's most respected tenant-side practices: 500+ transactions, more than $5 billion in value. Featured in The New York Times and in two published books.

Press
Commercial Observer Digital Asset returns to 4 World Trade Center with a 19,000 sf lease 2026 → The Real Deal Veeva signs 62,000 sf at Vornado's newly redeveloped Penn 2 2026 → The Real Deal Michael J. Fox Foundation moving to RXR's 530 Fifth Avenue 2026 → Commercial Observer Norm Ai moves to 64,000 sf at Durst's One World Trade Center 2026 → Commercial Observer Betches coming to 360 Park Avenue South 2026 →
What Clients Say

“Kirill identified options and closed the right deal for us in record time, despite market challenges. I would not hesitate to work with him again.”

Shara Lynn Casby / Workplace Services, FireEye
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Every great company reaches an inflection point.

Whether you're establishing a new headquarters, expanding into New York, optimizing an existing portfolio, or preparing for your next phase of growth, the decisions you make today will shape your business for years to come.

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