OUR PHILOSOPHY

Property management is our primary focus, ensuring our interests and those of our clients are fully aligned. Our ancillary services and in-house specialist expert offerings have been developed and refined over decades to augment this focused approach.

We believe that community can never be undervalued. Providing exceptional service to our client boards, community members, and each other is at the center of everything we do. When you partner with us, your community receives the highest level of attention and responsiveness, proactive communication, a common-sense approach to problem-solving, and the benefit of our decades of experience.

We always strive to do things better to improve the quality of life for all residents and enhance the value of their homes. Our family environment and culture are fundamental to our success. As a family, we stand firmly behind the concept of a united team where everyone is included, valued, respected, and empowered to be their best for the good of each other and the client communities we serve.

Our Leadership:

Max Freedman, PC/BR, Licensed Real Estate Broker – CEO
Max Freedman is CEO of Maxwell-Kates, Inc., An Associa Company. He joined the company in 2003, rising through the ranks to become CEO in 2019. He has vast experience in all aspects of real estate property management, having grown up in the business, learning from his father, Robert Freedman, co-founder of MKI (now retired). Mr. Freedman’s hands-on experience ranges from managing capital projects including façade rehabs, roof replacements, elevator modernizations, and sidewalk rehab to window replacements, heating system upgrades, and more. Aside from his leadership duties as CEO, he also still plays a role in ensuring the firm’s compliance with regulatory matters and clean building energy initiatives. He takes pride in having created the mentorship program at MKI to ensure the growth and development of young talent in the management industry, and still mentors several of MKI’s account executives. Mr. Freedman holds a PC/BR Insurance license from POHS Institute, maintains a CPM designation from NYU, and is a New York State Licensed Real Estate Broker.

David DeGidio, – President
David DeGidio has been with Maxwell-Kates for nearly twenty years. Over that time, he has been responsible for directing and overseeing a portfolio of mixed-use properties, including cooperatives, condominiums, multi-family rental properties and commercial real estate. During his tenure, he has overseen the expansion of Maxwell-Kates’ business, leading the company’s foray into Harlem and Williamsburg in particular, where the company now enjoys a strong presence. He is also involved in leading various initiatives that benefit MKI clients and reinforce its leadership position, including helping clients implement green building programs and energy conservation measures, guiding new client boards during new development transitions, implementing new technologies, and advising on major construction projects. He continues to work to expand new business efforts, as well as explore strategic acquisitions.

Mr. DeGidio served as the Board Chair of the 163rd Street Improvement Council which is a community based non-profit organization founded in the South Bronx in 1965 by a group of activists who were concerned about the lack of resources and erosion of Bronx County, particularly the South Bronx. Long considered pioneers in the Bronx for housing and human services programs, the Council offers special-needs, homeless and low-income populations an array of support services. Today, he serves on the Board of Zoning and Adjustments in the New Jersey town where he lives with his wife and two daughters.

Mr. DeGidio completed his undergraduate studies at Pace University and received a Master of Business Administration from American Intercontinental University and holds a Real Estate Brokers license in New York and New Jersey.

Angela Karabaic – Chief Administrative Officer
As a seasoned professional with over 30 years of real estate experience, Ms. Karabaic serves as a member of Maxwell-Kates, Inc.’s executive team. She has played a key role in the firm’s business development and operations as well as providing high level interpersonal client relations and a valuable understanding of administrative services for its managed properties throughout the New York metropolitan area. With her analytical mindset, knowledge of advanced operating procedures, and strategic acumen, combined with her positive demeanor, integrity and work ethic, Ms. Karabaic has developed a reputation in the residential property management industry for getting things done. This has resulted in consistently surpassing performance goals for MKI-managed properties throughout her career. Overseeing Maxwell-Kates’ day to day operations, working closely with the firm’s Principals as well as serving as liaison to each of the MKI’s departments, her long-term commitment to providing the best services for clients in managing their precious investments, has helped position the firm as one of the leaders in NYC residential Cooperative and Condominium property management.

OUR HISTORY

Before founding Maxwell-Kates, Inc., An Associa® Company, in 1986, Robert Freedman and Eugene DeGidio served as the managing director and financial vice president of Sulzberger-Rolfe Inc, one of the largest corporate real estate management companies in the New York Metropolitan area at that time. They oversaw a portfolio of approximately 200 buildings consisting of close to 30,000 apartments and were instrumental in transitioning many NYC buildings from rental to cooperative and condominium.

Due to the company’s long-standing success spanning more than three decades, Maxwell-Kates, Inc. was acquired by Associa, the largest community management service company in North America, in 2019.

As part of the Associa network, Maxwell-Katies, Inc. receives national resources and support, but continues to preserve the local market identity, people, experience, expertise, and relationships that clients expect.