Jacob Frydman
Jacob Frydman is a real estate developer and investor, investing in commercial real estate projects in New York City, and the East Coast of the United States.
Some of his real estate developments and investments in New York include: development of Two Dag Hammerskjöld Plaza, an office condominium for foreign missions to the United Nations; the successful bid for Starrett Corporation, the company that built the Empire State Building, the re-development of the Aetna Building; acquisition of the New York headquarters of the telecom company Global Crossing from Goldman Sachs, and acquisition of 500 Tenth Avenue, which he re-developed into the DHL Center in Manhattan.
United Realty Partners
Frydman established United Realty Partners with Eli Verschleiser and is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company, a privately held real estate investment and advisory firm. The firm invests in and develops real properties for its own account, joint ventures with others, provides strategic advice to clients on complex real estate transactions, and through its affiliates, sponsors and advises a Real Estate Investment Trust called "United Realty Trust Incorporated, The Dual Strategy REIT."
Jacob has appeared on network television programs such as CNBC's "Tomorrow In :30 - Earnings & The Economy", Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop" with Betty Liu and Fox News' Countdown To The Closing Bell with Liz Claman to discuss commercial real estate investment strategy and the state of the industry.
Other activities
He is a former Managing Partner of Hudson-York Capital LLC, a real estate investment and development firm he formed in May 1995. He is also a founding Managing Partner of Lambdastar Infrastructure Partners LLC, a firm providing strategic advice on and investing in U.S. infrastructure projects. In a bid that would rescue the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania out of its bankruptcy, Mr. Frydman has offered to lease the city owned parking and other infranstructure assets from them.
Education
Frydman received a B.S. in Finance from Boston University and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Frydman has given guest lectures on real estate finance at Columbia University’s Masters of Real Estate Development program in the School of Architecture and in the Master’s Lecturer series sponsored by New York Law School. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bardavon 1869 Opera House.