Bio
Steven Charno has served as President of Douglaston Development since joining the company in 2003. Mr. Charno has overseen the company’s various market rate residential development projects. During his tenure, Mr. Charno has directly run the development of more than 2,000 units of residential housing in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including luxury condominium development projects, as well as market rate rental and affordable housing projects.
As a co-leader of the Executive Management team, Mr. Charno shares responsibility in the company’s investments strategy, retail leasing, asset management, personnel evaluation and compensation, and company policies.
Before joining Douglaston Development, Mr. Charno worked at the Related Companies and was Vice President and General Counsel for the development of the AOL Time Warner Center Project at Columbus Circle.
Mr. Charno holds his B.A. from Brandeis University with Honors in English Literature and holds his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review.
Areas of Interest
- Deal Type
- Acquisition, Development, Ground Lease, Loan Purchase, Opportunity Zone, Partner Buyout, Pre-Development, Recapitalization, Refinance, Rehabilitation
