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A LEGACY OF INTEGRITY

There’s the privilege of stepping into a business that your father built from nothing. And there’s the responsibility you have to pass the business on to the next generation even stronger than you found it. Honor and obligation sit side by side. The key principles are persistence, humility and integrity.

That’s why it’s so personal for me. The deals we make aren’t just numbers on a balance sheet; they’re real relationships with people I know and respect. I want to see them do well. I want to see strong, vital cities and local communities thriving.

We don’t answer to shareholders but to one another. All of us know that the best way to honor our family legacy is to keep our promises. Work with integrity and provide a level of service other companies can not match. We continue to operate from the premise that you can do well and do good at the same time.

We remember where we all came from and remember the past and those that inspired us getting here. It’s the highly personal, mutually beneficial way we’ve done business for the past 70 years and plan to do for the next 70 and beyond.

Jeffrey J. Feil 

Values that stand
the test of time

While other companies are driven by quarterly earnings, we’re driven by values that were put in place when we started. There’s our unwavering commitment to doing things the right way. Our strong belief that every deal can be a win-win proposition. Our understanding that the only way for us to do well is for our brokers and tenants to do well.

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  • “It’s a privilege, and a responsibility to leave the business stronger than you found it. And that makes you do business differently.”

  • “We want to make sure the business grows and evolves while making sure that our family’s vision and purpose still guide the decisions we make.”

  • “Since our family business is going to be handed down to future generations, everything we do is with an eye towards our future legacy. It drives us to want to do the right thing, always.”

Our strength

You don’t stay in business for over 7 decades by being shortsighted. You do it by conducting yourself with integrity. Keeping your commitments. Always going the extra mile. Everything we do—every property we develop, every relationship we build, every community we work in—is done with a long term vision of what the future can be.
 
Our relationships aren’t built on what’s in it for me, but what’s in it for all of us. Not just for today, but for years to come.  We never lose sight of our ultimate goal: To leave our business, our clients, and the cities where we work even stronger than we found them.

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence”.

  • “We’re not just making deals for today. We’re looking at what our clients want to achieve, where they want their businesses to be years from now.”

  • “It’s not about selling square footage today; it’s about seeing businesses and the communities that surround them do well over time.”

Our Story

Since buying our first building in Brooklyn back in 1950, our approach has never changed. We take good care of our clients. Offer up great properties. And provide a level of service others can’t even touch. It’s how we’ve worked from day one and why we’re so successful today. Here’s a quick look at some of our most notable acquisitions.

  • 1950's

    Our journey began with our first acquisition of office space on Fulton Street, the purchase that led to a legacy of growth in New York.

  • 1960's

    We gathered momentum by acquiring four additional properties which included The Clermont York, Clermont Towers, 4 Park Ave & 7 Penn Plaza. These properties furthered our footprint in office and residential acquisition in New York.

  • 1970's

    In this decade, we expanded to New Orleans and into retail space with our first shopping center. We grew our footprint and reputation in the office and residential real estate market of New York.

  • 1980's

    Our commitment to retail grew as we acquired five retail properties in New York and New Orleans allowing us to expand to 1,016,760 sq ft of retail property.

  • 1990's

    We acquired our 15th overall property and our seventh retail space on 161st street; the Concourse Plaza located in the Bronx, New York. We continued our steady growth and acquisitions.

  • 2000's

    In this decade we made seven new acquisitions in New York, New Orleans and Chicago. We purchased our second largest mall, North Riverside Park Mall, which, at over 1,100,000 sq ft, widened our property footprint in the Chicagoland area.

  • 2010's

    Our growth accelerated, acquiring 33 properties throughout New York, New Orleans, Chicago, and entering a new market, Florida. Significant purchases included the Whitestone Plaza and Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital.

  • 2020's

    In our 72 years, we have acquired 24 million square feet of retail, commercial, industrial properties and 5,000 residential units. We take pride in our 72 years of growth, acquisition and expansion and look forward to 72 more.

WE BELIEVE

In holding ourselves to the highest professional and ethical standards.

That you can do well and do good at the same time.

That if you do the right thing, good things will happen in return.  

That we are responsible to one another, our colleagues, our clients, and the communities we live and work in.

That our business can be successful for generations if we uphold the legacy of integrity we’ve inherited.

That working hard at something you love to do, with people you respect, is the absolute best.

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