NEW YORK, NY – August 26, 2025 – For the 10th straight year, Ariel Property Advisors presented a four-day immersive internship to high school students from Legal Outreach, a nonprofit that helps young people from underserved communities gain admission to the country’s most competitive colleges and universities. Six students participated in Ariel’s program this year.

Tamika Edwards, Executive Director of Legal Outreach, spoke at Ariel’s recent Coffee & Cap Rates event stating that professional exposure like Ariel’s internship program complements academic knowledge and that both are necessary to help young people achieve success.

“Students can have all the education in the world but without real life experience, without exposure it’s almost as if knowledge is like a key without a door, full of potential but unable to unlock opportunity,” Ms. Edwards said. “So now we pair education with exposure through our Professional Exposure Program because we see that exposure is what really transforms knowledge into confidence, vision and action and it shows students what is possible beyond the classroom and their communities.”

Shimon Shkury, President and Founder of Ariel Property Advisors, invited guests at Coffee & Cap Rates to reach out of Ms. Edwards to see how their firms can get involved. “I love what Tamika said about the exposure. I think that’s the number one support we can provide young students when it comes to advancing them in life,” he said.

Rachel Courtney, Operations Manager for Ariel Property Advisors, who coordinated this year’s internship program said, "We were delighted to welcome these talented students from Legal Outreach to Ariel Property Advisors for our four-day summer internship program. The students came in with remarkable energy and enthusiasm, and it was a privilege to witness their progress throughout the week. We're excited to see all they will achieve in the future!"

Ariel’s professionals presented sessions on a variety of commercial real estate topics including methods for evaluating properties and how the governmental regulatory system influences the New York City market. Participating Ariel team members included: Waliya Ahmed, Investment Sales Analyst; James Nestor, Associate Director, Investment Sales, and Investment Sales Associates Paul Monaco and Jack Mastrocola, who served as mentors for the interns.

Ariel donates all proceeds from its bi-annual Coffee & Cap Rates events to Legal Outreach and offers the internship program annually. The firm is deeply dedicated to education, offering additional internship programs to high school students from the Chapin School, an all-girls independent day school located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and college students from a variety of colleges and universities. Ariel also contributes to UJA-Federation New York, the Inner-City Scholarship Fund and Futures in Education, which provide families in need with the financial means to obtain a Catholic education within the Archdiocese of New York and Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, respectively, and other organizations.