Developers
The developers who built the towers.
Behind every Manhattan luxury building is a developer — the firm that assembled the site, hired the architect, and set the standard. These profiles cover who they are, what they built, and an honest read on track record and reputation.
Modern
Contemporary developers
Zeckendorf Development
Arthur and William Lie Zeckendorf's luxury Manhattan condominium developer
16 buildings
Extell Development
Gary Barnett's firm behind One57, Central Park Tower, and One Manhattan Square
10 buildings
Naftali Group
Miki Naftali's luxury Manhattan condominium developer
10 buildings
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Stephen Ross's firm behind Hudson Yards, the Deutsche Bank Center, and a deep bench of Manhattan luxury condos (15 Hudson Yards, Lantern House, 70 Vestry, The Cortland)
8 buildings
Alchemy Properties
Kenneth Horn's boutique Manhattan condominium developer
7 buildings
HFZ Capital Group
Ziel Feldman's once-prolific luxury developer behind The XI / One High Line, The Bryant, and 505 West 19th
7 buildings
Macklowe Properties
Harry Macklowe's Manhattan development firm behind Metropolitan Tower, 200 East 59th Street, and the co-development of 432 Park Avenue
7 buildings
RFR Holding
Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs's New York firm
7 buildings
The Brodsky Organization
Daniel Brodsky's family firm
6 buildings
Toll Brothers City Living
The urban condominium arm of the publicly traded homebuilder Toll Brothers
6 buildings
Milstein Properties
The long-established Milstein family firm behind much of Battery Park City
5 buildings
The Chetrit Group
The secretive Chetrit family's opportunistic New York investor-developer
5 buildings
Alfa Development
Michael Namer's boutique downtown developer behind Manhattan's LEED Gold 'Green Collection'
4 buildings
Anbau
Stephen Glascock and Barbara van Beuren's design-forward boutique developer behind Flatiron House, 207W79, Citizen, and Linea
4 buildings
Millennium Partners
Christopher Jeffries' firm behind the Lincoln Square towers, the Ritz-Carlton branded residences, and Millennium Tower Residences at 30 Little West Street
4 buildings
Sherwood Equities
Jeffrey Katz's long-time Times Square and Midtown developer behind 1600 Broadway, The Coronado, and 500 West 21st Street
4 buildings
Bizzi & Partners
Davide Bizzi's Milan-and-New York firm behind 400 Fifth Avenue, The Leonard, 565 Broome Soho, and 125 Greenwich Street
3 buildings
Broad Street Development
The privately held NYC firm of Raymond Chalmé and Daniel Blanco, known for repositioning office buildings and converting them to condominiums
3 buildings
Madison Equities
Robert Gladstone's Manhattan developer behind 10 Sullivan Street, the 212 Fifth Avenue conversion, and Chelsea Modern
3 buildings
Magnum Real Estate Group
Ben Shaoul's firm behind One Hundred Barclay, 196 Orchard, 100 Avenue A, and 133 West 22nd Street
3 buildings
The Glick Organization
The Glick family's long-established New York owner-builder behind Manhattan Place, The Horizon, and The Promenade
3 buildings
Vornado Realty Trust
Steven Roth's publicly traded REIT behind 220 Central Park South, One Beacon Court, and The Park Laurel
3 buildings
Adam America Real Estate
Omri Sachs and Dvir Cohen Hoshen's Israeli-rooted multifamily and condominium developer
2 buildings
Albanese Organization
The family firm behind Battery Park City's green pioneers
2 buildings
Alexico Group
Izak Senbahar's luxury developer behind The Laurel and co-developer of 56 Leonard
2 buildings
American Development Group
Perry Finkelman's boutique NYC condominium developer, known for automated parking
2 buildings
Ascend Group
The New York developer behind The Georgica (305 East 85th Street) and co-developer of 133 West 22nd Street with Magnum
2 buildings
CB Developers
Charles Blaichman's Manhattan development firm and its Upper West Side and Turtle Bay condominiums built as a joint venture with SK Development
2 buildings
Centaur Properties
Harlan Berger's boutique Chelsea and West Chelsea condominium developer
2 buildings
Clipper Equity
David Bistricer's Brooklyn-based development firm
2 buildings
Continuum Company
Ian Bruce Eichner's design-forward, cycle-spanning developer behind 45 East 22nd Street (Madison Square Park Tower) and The Morgan at 34 East 35th
2 buildings
Davis & Partners
The development and construction partner to RFR Holding on two 2001 Lenox Hill condominiums
2 buildings
DHA Capital
Daniel Hollander's design-driven boutique developer behind 50 Clinton and 75 Kenmare
2 buildings
Donald Zucker
The longtime New York developer and landlord behind the Donald Zucker Company and Manhattan Skyline
2 buildings
Ekstein Development
Erik Ekstein's boutique, vertically integrated New York development firm behind 30E31 in NoMad and +Art at 540 West 28th in West Chelsea
2 buildings
Elad Properties
Yitzhak Tshuva's U.S
2 buildings
Fortis Property Group
The Kestenbaum family's development firm behind 540West and the stalled, leaning Seaport Residences at 161 Maiden Lane
2 buildings
Hines
Gerald D
2 buildings
Ian Bruce Eichner
The founder of The Continuum Company and his earlier 1980s Yorkville and Lenox Hill towers
2 buildings
J.D. Carlisle Development Corporation
The Demchick–Feldman family's Manhattan condominium and rental developer behind The Centria, The Cielo, The Beatrice, and Madison House
2 buildings
Legion Investment Group
Victor Sigoura's boutique luxury-condo developer behind 109 East 79th Street and 1122 Madison Avenue
2 buildings
Rabsky Group
Simon Dushinsky and Isaac Rabinowitz's Brooklyn-based developer, and its Upper East Side condominiums co-developed with The Chetrit Group
2 buildings
Rockefeller Group
The Rockefeller Center–lineage, Mitsubishi Estate–owned national developer
2 buildings
Rose Associates
The multi-generational New York family firm
2 buildings
Rybak Development
Sergey Rybak's boutique NYC condominium developer, expanding from South Brooklyn into full-floor Manhattan luxury
2 buildings
SDS Procida
The Procida family's Bronx-rooted builder-developer
2 buildings
SK Development
The Shnay family's Manhattan development firm and its Upper West Side and Turtle Bay condominiums built as a joint venture with CB Developers
2 buildings
Skyline Developers
The Wilf family's Manhattan development arm
2 buildings
The Claremont Group
Alex Lari's family-owned New York developer and converter behind 8 Union Square South and the 99 Wall Street office-to-residential conversion
2 buildings
The Clarett Group
Veronica Hackett's ground-up residential developer behind Chelsea House, Sky House, and The Brooklyner
2 buildings
Victor Homes
Moshe Shuster's design-forward Manhattan condominium developer (part of Victor Group) behind Gramercy Starck at 340 East 23rd and The Lumiere at 350 West 53rd
2 buildings
World-Wide Holdings Corporation
The Elmaleh family's long-established New York developer
2 buildings
The Moinian Group
Joseph Moinian's large, diversified New York developer behind Sky, the W Downtown, and the Downtown Club at 20 West Street
1 building
Historic
Historic development firms
Bing & Bing
Leo S
14 buildings
Webb & Knapp
William Zeckendorf Sr.'s mid-century development firm behind Lincoln Towers and Kips Bay Towers
9 buildings
Fred F. French Company
Fred F
7 buildings
Bernard Spitzer
The prolific 20th-century Manhattan developer behind The Corinthian (330 East 38th), 200 and 210 Central Park South, and 1050 Fifth Avenue
4 buildings
Anthony Campagna
The early-20th-century builder behind Rosario Candela's Fifth Avenue cooperatives 1040 Fifth (the Jacqueline Onassis building) and 955 Fifth
2 buildings
Bricken Construction Company
The 1920s builder (John J
2 buildings
Ernest S. Alson
A 1980s development partner on two full-service Manhattan condominiums
2 buildings
Joseph Paterno
The prolific Paterno-family builder behind pre-war Park Avenue and West End Avenue apartment houses
2 buildings
Spencer Fullerton Weaver
The engineer-developer behind luxury Park Avenue apartment houses
2 buildings
Vincent Astor
The Astor heir who built pre-war apartment houses on the East End Avenue / Carl Schurz Park enclave
2 buildings