Andrew L. Gutman

Andrew (Andy) L. Gutman, President of Farbman Group and related companies, oversees the myriad   of Farbman companies, its > 25,000,000 rsf of commercial real estate and its 200 + employees. Andy worked for much of his career in the arenas of Accounting, Finance and Asset Management and previously held the title of Chief Financial Officer. He has spent over 27 years of commercial real estate working for international and family owned, multi- generational commercial real estate companies.

Andy has financed and overseen assets in excess of billions of dollars and has been  an  active part of the structuring of the ownership and financing of these assets. With a focus on client service, customer satisfaction and maximizing asset value, he derives pleasure from problem solving and finding opportunities that provide appreciated value, additional revenue and cost savings for the organization and its client. Andy Gutman cares about people, processes, community and is committed to the corporate vision of operating with ethics and integrity.

A strong proponent of, and participant in, community activities, Mr. Gutman served for over a  decade as  an advisor for BBYO, Inc. working with hundreds of youth group teenagers and now serves on the Board of Directors of BBYO International. He previously served as Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission and was Chairman of the Master Plan and Zoning Committee for the City of Novi. Andy served on the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Tax Committee, the Detroit Workforce Development Board, and served as Chairman of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Owners Advisory Council. He currently serves on the Midtown Detroit, Inc.’s Board of Directors, Detroit Chinese Business Association’s Board of Directors, Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee, the Chaldean Community Foundation’s Executive Committee and a member of EO Detroit. He has received the Crain’s  Detroit  Business  CFO of the Year Award, Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA Detroit) President’s Award, the American Business Award’s Financial Executive  of the Year Award  and  Maverick  of  the  Year Award, an inductee in the  Midwest Real Estate  News Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame, he has been named multiple times to the Detroit 500, a list of the 500 Most Powerful Business people in Detroit, and has received BBYO‘s Distinguished Alumni of  the Year Award. Under his leadership, Farbman Group and its companies and properties have received awards and accolades including Crain’s Cool Places to Work in Michigan, National Best  and  Brightest Companies to Work For (for the past decade +), National Best  and Brightest in Wellness, When Work Works (Sloan) Award for over a decade in row, a litany of American Business Awards in numerous categories, Corp.! magazine’s Economic Bright Spot and numerous TOBY Awards presented by BOMA for The Office Building of the Year.

Michigan State University, B.A. Accounting

Andy is a song writer and an author. He has licensed numerous songs to companies for  commercial  use and is the proud author of five (5) Children’s Books that include: Charlie the Caterpillar, Pop Lullaby, Even, Charlie the Caterpillar: What can I be Today, and Be Kind.