Charles Gans

Mr. Gans joined the Company in October 2017. Prior to joining the Company, he worked at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (“NYCEDC”) in the Real Estate Transactions department. NYCEDC’s Real Estate Transactions department executes transformative public-private redevelopment projects on behalf of the City of New York. Mr. Gans held a progression of roles over his seven years at NYCEDC. He began his tenure at NYCEDC managing projects such as Essex Crossing and Cornell Tech, and rapidly rose to the title of Executive Vice President and co-head of the Real Estate Transactions department. As Executive Vice President, Mr. Gans led redevelopment projects such as the Spofford Live Work Campus in Hunts Point, the mixed-use waterfront project on 44th Drive in Long Island City, and Caton Flats in Flatbush. In total, Mr. Gans closed over $3 billion of transactions at NYCEDC. Prior to joining NYCEDC, Mr. Gans spent six years at Lend Lease where he served as construction manager for over 1.25 million square feet of ground-up, high-rise residential development projects and performed preconstruction work across a variety of commercial office, hospitality, senior living, and multifamily projects. Mr. Gans received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University.