At a glance
Firm: Adam America Real Estate Co-founders & managing partners: Omri Sachs and Dvir Cohen Hoshen (David Brickman joined as CEO in 2026) Founded: 2009 (New York City) Headquarters: New York, NY Focus: Ground-up multifamily rental and condominium development — the "living sector" — concentrated in Brooklyn and on Manhattan's Upper West Side, with a growing national platform (student housing and build-to-rent) Frequent design partner: ODA Architecture (Eran Chen), used on multiple projects Frequent capital/development partners: Slate Property Group, the Naveh Shuster Group (the "Adam Shuster" joint venture), and Northlink Capital Portfolio scale: The firm reports roughly 5,750 residential units developed over 17 years and a portfolio valued near $4.2 billion (figures self-reported) Signature reputation: A prolific, well-capitalized multifamily and condominium developer with strong Upper West Side sell-through and a mostly clean defect record — with one Brooklyn construction-defect case, since settled and remediated Source: The Roebling Team at Compass — verified against public records, court filings, and published reporting. July 2026.
Who Adam America is
Adam America Real Estate is the New York firm of Omri Sachs and Dvir Cohen Hoshen, two co-founders and managing partners with Israeli and Eastern-European development pedigrees who founded the company in 2009. Cohen Hoshen previously founded Adama Holding, which built more than a thousand units in Romania; Sachs ran institutional-investor partnerships and private-equity transactions at that predecessor firm. In 2026 the company brought on David Brickman as CEO and managing partner, a hire that signaled a maturing management structure while both founders remain as partners.
The firm sits inside the broader ecosystem of Israeli-capital-backed U.S. developers, and that connection is real — but it is best documented through partnership rather than folklore. Adam America's most durable capital relationship is its long joint venture with the Naveh Shuster Group, a decades-old Israeli homebuilder, under the "Adam Shuster" banner. (We note one common claim we could not verify: we found no confirmed Tel Aviv Stock Exchange bond issuance under Adam America's own name, so we do not assert one here.)
For a buyer, the relevant trait is volume and repeatability. Adam America is not a single-trophy developer; it is a productive multifamily and condominium operator that builds a recognizable, design-conscious product across many sites, most heavily in Brooklyn, with a small but architecturally serious Upper West Side condominium program.
What they build
Adam America builds in the "living sector" — rental apartments and condominiums — and has expanded that base into student housing and build-to-rent in recent years. Geographically, the heart of the portfolio is Brooklyn (Boerum Hill, Park Slope, DUMBO, East Williamsburg, Downtown Brooklyn, and Crown Heights), with a concentrated, high-quality Upper West Side condominium program in Manhattan and newer activity in Connecticut, Florida, and Texas.
The firm's signature design partner is ODA Architecture and its founder Eran Chen, whose contextual, masonry-forward, geometrically expressive buildings define Adam America's most visible work. Rather than glass towers, the ODA collaborations lean into brick and limestone facades meant to belong to their blocks — a posture that has become the firm's architectural calling card on the Upper West Side.
Buildings by Adam America
Adam America projects already profiled on this site:
- The Westly (2461 Broadway) — the 2021 ODA / Eran Chen condominium on the corner of Broadway and West 91st Street, a roughly 52-residence building wrapped in a beveled Indiana-limestone facade with three stacked cantilevers; developed with Northlink Capital
- 2505 Broadway — the 2022 ODA / Eran Chen condominium at West 93rd Street, a 41-residence building clad in custom hand-molded brick, whose penthouse set a corridor record for a new-development sale above West 91st Street
Other notable Adam America work (pages may follow): a deep Brooklyn portfolio, including 51 Jay Street (a DUMBO warehouse-to-condominium conversion, with Slate Property Group), The Nevins (319 Schermerhorn Street) in Boerum Hill / Downtown Brooklyn, 561 Pacific Street (an ODA condominium in Boerum Hill), a Boerum Hill / Gowanus block of condominium and rental buildings (610 Warren, 595 and 577 Baltic), and rental projects at 120 Union Avenue (East Williamsburg) and 470 Fourth Avenue (Park Slope), several built with Slate and the Naveh Shuster Group.
Track record
Adam America's Upper West Side condominiums are its clearest market signal, and the signal is strong. 2505 Broadway was, by public accounts, the best-selling new condominium on that stretch of the Upper West Side and the first in the area to fully sell out in more than two decades — and its penthouse closed at roughly $13 million, described as the highest price ever paid for a new-development condominium above West 91st Street in Manhattan. Across the broader portfolio, the firm's buildings have leased and sold through and been dispositioned at healthy valuations, and the company has continued to acquire, refinance, and recapitalize into 2026 — the behavior of a well-capitalized operator rather than a distressed one. For a condominium buyer, the Upper West Side sell-through history is a real signal of durable demand and an established resale pool.
Reputation and what a buyer should know
On the two Upper West Side condominiums covered here — The Westly and 2505 Broadway — no construction-defect litigation, condominium-board suit, or serious construction-safety incident surfaced in the public sources reviewed. As far as those two buildings go, the defect record reads clean, and standard new-development diligence is the right posture.
Across the wider portfolio, there is one real construction-defect matter, and it is in Brooklyn. At 51 Jay Street, the DUMBO warehouse-to-condominium conversion, the condominium's board of managers sued Adam America and its partner Slate Property Group, alleging that the conversion fell short of what was promised and citing specific building-quality problems — uninsulated ductwork and condensation, window leaks, plumbing and odor issues, mold, and unfinished common space. This is a genuine defect case and is stated here plainly. The important second half of the story: the matter was settled, and a full remedial renovation was completed in late 2023, with the reported defects in residences and common areas rectified. A related fight in which Adam America and Slate sued their own contractors over delays and defective work is a developer-versus-contractor commercial dispute — categorized separately from a defect claim against the developer, and not evidence of a pattern.
Beyond that single case, the firm's disputes that surfaced are commercial and routine — refinancings, profitable dispositions, and recapitalizations — not building-quality failures. No construction fatalities and no substantive DOB enforcement pattern were found tied to Adam America projects; we did not pull the live DOB record address by address, so that observation reflects available reporting rather than an exhaustive primary-record audit.
For a buyer, the practical takeaway: standard new-development diligence on the Manhattan condominiums, and — if you are ever evaluating one of the firm's Brooklyn conversions specifically — a closer read of that building's history, warranty, and any remediation record before you sign.
The Roebling Team on Adam America buildings
We publish developer profiles because a buyer choosing a new-construction or recently-converted condominium is, in part, betting on the developer — its quality, its staying power, and its record when things go wrong. The Roebling Team at Compass tracks the sponsors behind Manhattan's luxury inventory building by building, and we bring that context to every new-development transaction: what the developer has built, how those buildings have held value, and what to verify before you sign.
If you're evaluating an Adam America building — or weighing it against another sponsor's product — a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
Corey Cohen, Principal · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
This developer profile reflects publicly available information — including NYC public records, court filings, and published reporting — and The Roebling Team's transaction experience. It is provided for research purposes and is not legal advice; nothing here alleges wrongdoing or building defects beyond what the cited public record supports. The Roebling Team at Compass does not represent Adam America Real Estate. © 2026 The Roebling Team at Compass.