Jay Furman

Jay Furman is a developer and owner of real estate located in thirty-nine US states and Puerto Rico. He has significant interests in more than 150 shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and industrial/storage facilities. In addition, Mr. Furman is the president of RD Management LLC and oversees the operations of all its affiliates. Following his graduation from New York University School of Law, he obtained a Master’s of Philosophy in economics from the Columbia University. He has developed or acquired over 125 properties during the period from 1993 through mid-2006, and currently has over 20 properties under development.

Furman is on the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences and a Trustee of New York University (Chairman of the Real Estate Committee), New York University School of Law (Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee), UJA (Chairman of the Real Estate Committee), Educational Alliance, Jewish Home & Hospital of Manhattan, Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Child Study Center at the New York University Medical Center. Furman oversaw the development and construction of Furman Hall, a $100 million facility, which doubled the academic capacity of the law school [ [ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE1D91030F93BA25752C0A9629C8B63] ] . Furman Hall was completed ahead of schedule with considerable construction budget savings realized.

Furman also is on the Board of Directors of the Great Neck Arts Center and was instrumental in creating and programming their "Cinematheque Independent Filmmakers" series, which he has endowed since 1997; is the founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, and founder of the Furman Academic Scholarship at the New York University School of Law and is on the National Advisory Board of Futures for Children.

References

*New York Times Thursday, March 27, 2008 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE1D91030F93BA25752C0A9629C8B63]