Long-time commercial real estate broker Morton Glick dies 

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Veteran commercial real estate broker Morton “Mort” Glick has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 89. 

Glick began his real estate career with Greiner-Maltz in 1962. Over his 63-year career, he completed more than 25 million square feet of commercial/industrial sale and lease transactions, representing major clients including BJ’s Wholesale Club, Entenmann’s Baking Co., H&R Block, CitiFinancial, National Construction Rental, Hardware Specialties and HiTech Pharmacal. 

A graduate of the City College of New York, Glick’s first job was with a small advertising agency run by Melvin Hoffman which published Playbill-type publications for venues like Westbury Music Fair. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1958 and later went back to Hoffman’s firm, where he worked for the next three years.  

After spending a year or so at Greiner-Maltz, Glick partnered with colleagues Joel Gersten and Ken Smith to establish Penguin Realty in 1965. Soon after Penguin closed in 1979, Glick joined Rick Kreindler and became a broker at Kreindler Associates, where he met future Metro Realty Service partners Anthony Garistina and Andrew Blumenthal, and where he completed the first two Long Island deals with BJ’s Wholesale and five deals with HiTech Pharmacal. 

In 1992, Rick Kreindler Associates merged with Island Realty, which was owned by Jack O’Connor and Ralph Perna. Grubb & Ellis purchased the company in 1998 and closed its Long Island office in 2007, when Glick joined Metro Realty, which was founded by several former Island Realty brokers. 

Glick continued to work at Metro Realty up until early this year. 

Colleagues from his Metro Realty family said Mort will be greatly missed by them and the many friends he crossed paths with, as he was a staple in Long Island’s commercial real estate community who definitely left his mark. 

“When I first entered the business in 1987, Mort was an instrumental part of my career, showing me the ropes, helping me network, and guiding me along the way,” said Garistina. “His guidance will keep moving throughout our community for years to come” 

Glick was predeceased by his wife Iris and is survived by his sons Jeffrey and Ronald.