Jonathan F.P. Rose
| Jonathan F.P. Rose | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1952 (age 63–64) New Rochelle, New York |
| Residence | Garrison, New York |
| Nationality | United States |
| Ethnicity | Jewish |
| Education |
B.A. Yale University M.R.P.University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | real estate developer/ planner |
| Known for |
green, equitable urban re-development founder of Gramavision Records |
| Religion | Jewish and Buddhist |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Calthorpe |
| Children | two daughters |
| Parent(s) |
Sandra Priest Rose Frederick P. Rose |
| Family |
David Rose (great-uncle) Gideon Rose (cousin) Daniel Rose (uncle) Elihu Rose (uncle) Deborah Rose (sister) Adam R. Rose (brother) |
Jonathan F.P. Rose (born 1952)[1] is an American real estate developer and planner. He is one of the largest developers of affordable and green housing in New York City.[2][3]
Early life and education
Rose was born to a Jewish family living in Harrison, New York and raised in Scarsdale, New York, the son of Sandra (née Priest) and Frederick P. Rose.[4] His grandfather, Samuel B. Rose, and great-uncle, David Rose, founded the real estate development company Rose Associates in 1923 and built small apartment buildings in the Bronx and then in Manhattan in the 1930s.[4] His father, Frederick P. Rose, who later served as the chairman of Rose Associates, expanded the company with his two brothers, Daniel and Elihu.[4] Rose attended the Horace Mann School and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy in 1974; and then earned a Masters in Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on environmental studies and regional planning.[1]
Career
After graduate school he joined his family's company, Rose Associates. Shortly there after, he joined the board of the not for profit Educational Alliance which provided affordable and homeless housing, drug treatment centers, and social services to low income residents in New York City's Lower East Side.[1] At Rose Associates, he served as the retail leasing manager of the 1,000 apartment Mitchell-Lama Manhattan Plaza developed by Richard Ravitch which required 70% of its residents to be employed in the performing arts.[1] He served as an assistant construction superintendent on Rose Associates development of the 895 apartment Sheffield at 57th and 8th Avenue,[1] and then took a leave of absence in 1979 to develop the American Thread Building in the emerging neighborhood of Tribeca. Conceived of as a state of the art live/work environment, it was the first building in the world to bring internet access to every apartment via Apple 2 Computers and the ISP "The Source". (This was before PC' had been invented. ) In 1984, he lead the firm into Brooklyn where he developed the master plan for the Atlantic Terminal, a mixed use, mixed income, transit orient project with a green focus; although due to the recession of the late 1980s, the firm chose to sell their interest to Forest City/ Rattner, headed by Bruce Ratner.[1]
In 1989, he left the family business, and founded his own company Jonathan Rose Companies. His first major project was the redevelopment of the historic Denver Dry Goods Company Building , which the City of Denver had from The May Department Stores Company, to prevent it from being raised. Four other developers had failed to figure out how to redevelop the building. Rose solved the problem by dividing it into separate components including several retail phases, multi-income residential, and office, and financing each as a separate condominium. The project required 23 different sources of financing, but its success helped revitalize downtown Denver, and put Rose's nascent firm on the map for its ability to achieve important community goals through innovative planning, complex financing, and effective execution.[1] He went on to develop additional affordable housing in Yonkers, New York with the Greyston Foundation[1] and became the board member in charge of the design and construction of the Jazz at Lincoln Center.[1] Jonathan Rose Companies, based in New York City, develops green, affordable, mixed use and mixed income projects, manages investment funds which primarily preserve and make greener existing affordable and mixed income housing, and provide consulting and project management services for cultural, health and educational projects.[2] On the policy side, they help to develop government programs that support healthier cities and the development of communities of opportunity for families. By 2016, his firm had 70 employees and has managing close to $2 billion of work.[2] The firm's current development projects include The Cesura, a mixed income housing and cultural project in the Brooklyn Cultural District, Metro Green 3, a mixed income multifamily project in Stamford Connecticut, developed in partnership with the Malkin Family, The Prelude, the redevelopment of a portion of the White Plains Housing Authority's Winbrook Campus, the Third & Valley project in South Orange, New Jersey.,[5] Portner Flatts, an affordable housing project in partnership with Somerset Development, and more.
Rose was the founder of Gramavision Records, now a subsidiary of Rycodisk, owned by Warner Music, producing over 75 jazz and new music recordings of artists including Taj Mahal, the Kronos Quartet, and John Scofield.[6][7]
Philanthropy
He is a Trustee of Enterprise Community Partners, The Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Garrison Institute. He has served on the board of The Urban Land Institute, Urban Land Institute and co-chair of its Climate and Energy Committee; the Natural Resources Defense Council; Jazz at Lincoln Center and the American Museum of Natural History. He chaired the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Blue Ribbon Sustainability Commission; and serves on the leadership council of Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies .[8]
Personal life
Rose is the author of The Well Tempered City to be published by Harper Wave Sept. 13 2016 . He is married is Diana Calthorpe, sister of architect Peter Calthorpe.[9] In 2002, they co-founded the Garrison Institute in an old monastery to "to connect the wisdom of the contemplative traditions with social and environmental action."[10] His father was the head of UJA-Federation of New York.[1] Rose describes himself as both Jewish and Buddhist stating "I think Buddhism has really advanced the science of the mind, and Judaism has advanced the process of generosity."[10] The Roses live in North Salem, New York.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BuildingNY: "The Life of Jonathan F. P. Rose" October 10, 2012
- 1 2 3 30 Minute Interview: "Jonathan F. P. Rose" By VIVIAN MARINO January 15, 2010
- ↑ Commercial Observer: "La Vie En Rose: Jonathan Rose on Making Real Estate Greener and More Affordable" By Danielle Schlanger January 7, 2015
- 1 2 3 New York Times: "Frederick P. Rose, 2d-Generation Builder And a Major Philanthropist, Is Dead at 75" By CHARLES V. BAGLI September 16, 1999
- ↑ New Jersey Business: "Green developer Jonathan F. P. Rose preaches sustainability with South Orange site" By Joshua Burd March 31, 2014
- ↑ Theater for a New Audience: "Jonathan F.P. Rose" retrieved April 10, 2015
- ↑ Metropolis Magazine: "Game Changer: Jonathan F.P. Rose - A developer who combines a keen feel for the housing market with a genuine commitment to social justice, good urbanism, and green building" by Ian Volner January 2014
- ↑ Huffington Post: "Jonathan F.P. Rose" retrieved April 10, 2015
- ↑ Urban Land Institute: "C. Nichols Prize Winner—Peter Calthorpe" by Leigh Franke August 3, 2006
- 1 2 3 IN PERSON; Developer With Eye To Profits For Society" By TINA KELLEY April 11, 2004