DJ Johnston
Partner, Senior Managing Director
Professional Experience
DJ Johnston is a Partner, Senior Managing Director at B6 Real Estate Advisors, where he oversees investment sales in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhoods. To date, he has evaluated and underwritten over 900 properties and personally executed the sale of over 200 transactions with an aggregate value of approximately $1 billion. Previously, he was a Director at Cushman & Wakefield (formerly Massey Knakal Realty Services).
DJ prides himself on being a fair and transparent salesperson while always putting his client’s needs first. He is an effective marketer and salesperson with a reputation for securing buyers that allocate the highest value to each unique characteristic of his listing, justifying the highest market value.
Born and raised in Larchmont, New York, DJ graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the University of Scranton. His previous work experience includes Equity Sales and Trading at Ota, LLC, Advertising Sales at ESPN, Litigation Services at Merrill Communications and Investor Relations at the hedge fund Kingstown Capital.
Outside of his professional realm, DJ participates in triathlons throughout the year and ran the NYC marathon. He is an avid skier and paddle tennis player but, above all, he enjoys spending time with his family of now five – wife, Sarah, sons, James, Tommy, and their daughter, Olivia.
AFFILIATIONS
- Real Estate Board of New York
- Bed-Stuy BID – Board Member
- Reconnect Brooklyn – Board Member
- Conscious Step – Board Member
- Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS
- Central Brooklyn Walk-Up Portfolio: 17 Buildings, $76,000,000
- 960 Franklin Avenue: Development Site, $75,000,000
- 525 Broadway: Conversion / Development Site, $32,800,000
- 1525 Bedford Avenue: Development Site, $32,500,000
- 1215 Fulton Street: Development Site, $32,000,000
- Bed-Stuy 9 Porfolio: 9 Buildings, $24,625,000
- Duke Brooklyn Multifamily Portfolio: 5 Buildings, $16,700,000
- 102 Sanford Street: Industrial, Conversion, $11,900,000
- 333-335 Irving Avenue: Development Site, Conversion, $11,500,000
- 1000 Dean Street: Creative Office Conversion, $11,000,000
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- B6 Real Estate Pound the Rock Award: 2019
- CoStar Power Broker by CoStar Group: 2012-2013, 2015-2018
- Massey Knakal Top Associate Award: 2014
- C&W Top 100 Brokerage Team