Gary Barnett (real estate developer)

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Gary Barnett
Born
Gershon Swiatycki

1956 (age 67–68)
Manhattan, New York
Alma materB.A., Queens College
M.S., Hunter College
Occupation(s)President and founder of Extell Development Company
FatherChaim Swiatycki

Gary Barnett (born c. 1956) is an American businessman. He is the president and founder of Extell Development Company, a real estate development firm involved in residential, commercial and hospitality properties, including several high-profile buildings in Manhattan, New York.

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Personal life

Barnett was born Gershon Swiatycki on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His father, Chaim Swiatycki, was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in math from Queens College and received a Master of Economics degree from Hunter College. [1] [2]

He currently lives in Monsey, New York with his wife and ten children.

Career

Barnett began his career as a diamond trader in Antwerp, Belgium, during the 1980s. He returned to the United States in the 1990s to diversify into real estate, purchasing shopping malls and office buildings in the Midwest. [1]

In 1994, he joined Kevin P. Maloney's Property Markets Group as a principal [3] and made his first New York City purchase, the Belnord apartment building. [4] In 1998, he contracted workers to build what would become the W Times Square. In 2003, Barnett partnered with the Carlyle Group to build The Orion, a 60-story luxury tower on 42nd Street. [1]

Barnett is a 2011 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Heritage Ball honoree. He also received the AIA New York Chapter Award in 2011. [5] He was ranked #6 on The Commercial Observer's Power 100 list in 2011, [6] #2 in 2012, [7] [8] and #1 in 2013. [9]

Projects

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