Crescent Heights (company)

Crescent Heights
Private
Founded 1996
Founder Sonny Kahn
Russell W. Galbut
Bruce Menin
Headquarters 2200 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Website crescentheights.com

Crescent Heights Inc, is an American real estate development company based in Miami Beach, Florida.[1]

History

Crescent Heights was co-founded by billionaire Sonny Kahn, and cousins Russell W. Galbut and Bruce Menin in 1996.[2][3] Crescent Heights is proposing to construct a 101-storey primarily residential skyscraper at 701 Fourth Avenue in Seattle.[3]

In Miami Beach, they built "the Alexander, the Decoplage, Carriage Club, and the Casablanca".[2] They also built "35,000 residential units" across the United States.[2]

In 2013, they acquired a building at 165 East 66th Street in Lenox Hill on the Upper East Side for US$230 million to remodel it into condominiums; they were sued over allegations of tenant evictions.[4]

In 2015, they sold the historic Hotel Paris on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for US$150 million.[5]

In January 2016, Crescent Heights agreed to purchase a 55-storey apartment 600-apartment North Harbor Tower in Chicago, for an estimated $200 million.[6]

References

  1. "Crescent Heights". Emporis. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Warech, Jon (May 1, 2015). "The Secrets to the Galbut Family's Success". Ocean Drive Magazine. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Company Overview of Crescent Heights, Inc.". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  4. "Husband of NYC consumer affairs commissioner tried to force out tenants at UES building: AG". The Real Deal. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  5. Weiss, Lois (September 15, 2015). "The Paris apartment building sells for $150 million". The New York Post. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  6. "Miami-based firm accumulating Chicago apartments". The Real Deal. January 31, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.

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