Arthur G. Cohen
Arthur G. Cohen | |
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Arlen Realty & Development Corporation | |
Spouse | Karen Bassine |
Children | 5 |
Arthur George Cohen (April 23, 1930 – August 9, 2014) was an American businessman and real estate developer in New York City.[1]
Early life and education
Cohen was born to a Jewish family in
Career
Arlen Realty & Development Corporation
Cohen became involved in real estate through founding
Serving as Arlen's chairman, Cohen began by developing suburban shopping centers throughout the country, and in 1971 he purchased the national discount retail chain
Other prominent Arlen buildings included their corporate headquarters
Additional Investments
In addition to Arlen, Cohen continued to invest in real estate, lodging, restaurants, aviation, and manufacturing industries.
Alongside real estate investor Jeff Gural, Cohen was also a partner with David Walentas in the 1979 acquisition of two million square feet of industrial buildings in Dumbo, Brooklyn.[18]
Partnership with Ian Schrager
Cohen partnered with hotelier
Partnership with Paul Manafort and Brad Zackson
In June 2008 through CMZ Ventures LLC also spelled ZMC, Cohen and his wife through their control of Vulcan Properties entered into partnership with both
Corporate involvement
Cohen was a director of
Philanthropy
Cohen was a former trustee of Brandeis University, New York Law School, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He received the Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award, was named the man of the year by the Anti-Defamation League, and was a member of the Special Mission to Israel under Golda Meir and special envoy to aid underprivileged nations under Lyndon B. Johnson. Cohen received an honorary degree from Long Island University.[34]
Personal life and death
Cohen was married to Karen Bassine from Great Neck, New York. They had five daughters: Lauren Reddington, Susan Siegel, Debra Duran, Rochelle Rosenberg and Kathy Horowitz.[37] Cohen died on August 9, 2014, in Kings Point, New York. He was 84.[37]
Notes
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- ^ "State-By-State List of Forbes 400 Richest Americans With PM – Forbes Richest, BJT". Associated Press.
- ^ "Deaths – Cohen, Frances Kostick". The New York Times. August 27, 2002.
- ^ "Jewish Seminary Honors 2". The New York Times. June 14, 1972.
Two New York business and Jewish community leaders were honored yesterday.........Meshulum Riklis, chairman and president of the Rapid American Corporation, and Arthur G Cohen, president of the Arlen Realty and Development Corporation, received the Eternal Light Medal of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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- ^ Slesin, Suzanne (September 29, 1988). "At 90, a Dowager of a Hotel Turns Into a Witty Sylph". The New York Times.
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- ^ "Barbizon Hotel Sold To Developers". The New York Times. August 31, 1988.
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- ^ a b Winter, Tom (July 26, 2017). "U.S. DOJ: Ex-Manafort Associate Firtash Is Top-Tier Comrade of Russian Mobsters: In a new filing federal prosecutors call Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash an "upper-echelon" associate of Russian organized crime". NBC News. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
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- ^ a b Martin, Douglas (August 15, 2014). "Arthur G. Cohen, Real Estate Developer, Is Dead at 84". The New York Times. p. B8. Retrieved October 31, 2018.