Work on Sendero Verde in Harlem is Underway The Real Deal published a story in its January edition about the complexity urban, suburban and rural communities face when delivering affordable housing, including the some of the downsides of community preferences. In New York City in particular, there are a myriad of challenges, one [...]
I was honored to receive the ULI NY's 2020 Visionary Leader in Land Use Award earlier this month, which is a lifetime achievement award recognizing leaders within New York’s real estate community. I am so proud of the work our company does, and I would like to thank my business partner Sandy Loewentheil, who founded L+M with [...]
L+M grantee NYC Urban Debate League’s students working together last year With everything going on at the moment, I think it’s more important than ever to shine a light on some of the positive things going on in our community. Therefore, I wanted to take a moment and acknowledge the amazing efforts of [...]
(L – R) Some of The Carolina team, including Eric Calabrese, Mark Trashaj, Jeannine Britt and Josh Elkin We shared a story on our website last week about Jeannine Britt – one of our local hires from Essex Crossing. Through our partnership with the Lower East Side Employment Network (LESEN), Jeannine is now a full-time [...]
For the past six years, I have proudly sponsored the MBA Impact Investing Network & Training (MIINT) program at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. MIINT attracts bright young minds from around the world to participate in a year-long program where they learn about social and environmental impact investing, an inspiring concept to me [...]
One of the things in this business that really inspires me is the entrepreneurial ideas that people develop to support their communities. Take Harlem Capital Partners for example - a young venture capital firm based out of Harlem. I met with them recently for VICE TV’s program Hustle, and they pitched me to come on [...]
Via New York Magazine Earlier this week Tap into Newark ranked The New Jersey Bell building (recently renamed Walker House) and 155 Washington Street as two of the top five projects to watch in Newark in 2019. The article highlights the flurry of development in the area, with a focus on Downtown Newark. [...]
Recently The Today Show featured a story about Steven Pacheco, one of the inaugural Moelis Social Entrepreneurship Fellows. Steven is a member of the team that won the 2018 Echoing Green’s The Future of Work Social Innovation Challenge for their app, CONNECTr. The team designed the app, which I’ve mentioned on this blog before, to [...]
Joseph Mahmud and Steven Pacheco present CONNECTr, an app to assist formerly incarcerated with employers, at John Jay College in New York City. Last year on this blog I mentioned that I’ve partnered with John Jay College to create the Ron Moelis Social Innovation Fellowship. The Fellowship is meant to support students who [...]
Via New York Magazine I found this article, "The Urban Housing Crisis Is a Test for Progressive Politics" by Jonathan Chait, to be well worth the read. It's an interesting piece about NIMBYism (not-in-my-backyard) and fears of gentrification. Living and working in New York City, we are witness to a lot of change and [...]