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Douglas Durst, Chairman, The Durst Organization. Image courtesy of REBNY<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) has nominated Douglas Durst, chairman of The Durst Organization, to lead the top trade association as the next chairman during a challenging time for the city\u2019s property firms. Durst would succeed REBNY\u2019s current chairman, Bill Rudin, who will stay in the position for the remainder of 2020.<\/p>\n

REBNY\u2019s board of governors is slated to vote on the chairmanship at its October meeting. Rudin, CEO & co-chairman of Rudin Management Co., took the reins at the start of 2018. Each chairman serves a 3-year term under the bylaws of the association, which represents a wide array of prominent industry players. James Whelan stepped in as President of the trade association in July 2019. <\/p>\n

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READ ALSO:<\/strong> Sizing Up New York City\u2019s Far-Reaching Climate Bill<\/a><\/p>\n

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Durst, a 51-year member and currently a director of REBNY, serves on the association\u2019s executive committee, board of governors and management division owner\/labor coordinating committee. The executive is part of the third-generation leadership of The Durst Organization, a century-old Manhattan real estate heavyweight that owns, manages and operates 13 million square feet of office space and around 2,000 residential units.<\/p>\n

The company  is best known for its landmark sustainable projects, such as One World Trade Center<\/a>, the LEED Gold office tower that is the tallest building in the U.S. Other signature properties include One Bryant Park<\/a>, the world\u2019s first LEED Platinum skyscraper, and One Five One<\/a> (151 W. 42nd St.), which the firm describes as the first green office tower.<\/p>\n

An active tenure<\/h2>\n
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Bill Rudin, Chairman, REBNY. Image courtesy of REBNY<\/i><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

Rudin has overseen a number of initiatives during his tenure at REBNY, with an emphasis on diversity and inclusion, such as the formation of a Diversity Committee in 2017 to build a new pipeline of talent for the industry. REBNY will also launch the Fellows Program this fall, a six-month leadership program aimed at mentoring and professional development for people from diverse backgrounds.<\/p>\n

REBNY noted in a statement that Rubin drove record hiring and promotion of diverse team members, adding that 50 percent of the association\u2019s senior leadership team self-identify as racially diverse and 40 percent are women, while 47 percent of REBNY\u2019s staff are racially diverse and 70 percent are women.<\/p>\n

Under Rubin\u2019s leadership, REBNY took on other challenges including helping New York City and State officials respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by finding space for surge hospitals as well as hotels and housing for temporary medical personnel.<\/p>\n

The association also introduced the state\u2019s first eviction moratorium during the public health crisis, with REBNY members representing more than 155,000 rental apartments in New York City making a voluntary pledge to suspend evictions for a 90-day period on March 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The chairman of Manhattan real estate heavyweight The Durst Organization would succeed Bill Rubin in the trade association’s top spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":744,"featured_media":1004478505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,1600,21742,21744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004478502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-new-york","category-latest","category-people"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nREBNY Nominates Douglas Durst as Next Chairman - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/rebny-nominates-douglas-durst-as-next-chairman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REBNY Nominates Douglas Durst as Next Chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The chairman of Manhattan real estate heavyweight The Durst Organization would succeed Bill Rubin in the trade association's top spot.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/rebny-nominates-douglas-durst-as-next-chairman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-17T19:21:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-17T19:27:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/09\/Douglas-Durst.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Greg Isaacson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/rebny-nominates-douglas-durst-as-next-chairman\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/rebny-nominates-douglas-durst-as-next-chairman\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Greg Isaacson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1a92010198045e41b0b801129a41b3d8\"},\"headline\":\"REBNY Nominates Douglas Durst as Next Chairman\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-17T19:21:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-17T19:27:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/rebny-nominates-douglas-durst-as-next-chairman\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":485,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/rebny-nominates-douglas-durst-as-next-chairman\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Douglas-Durst.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"New York\",\"News\",\"People\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/rebny-nominates-douglas-durst-as-next-chairman\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/rebny-nominates-douglas-durst-as-next-chairman\\\/\",\"name\":\"REBNY Nominates Douglas Durst as Next Chairman - 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