Background
Goldman is the son of real estate investor Irving Goldman.
Goldman is the son of real estate investor Irving Goldman.
Goldman inherited a portfolio of New York City real estate. In the 1990s, he focused on buying distressed properties at government auctions. He founded BLDG Management which controls over $2 billion in real estate.
In early 2001, he partnered with Larry Silverstein and Joseph Cayre to purchase the lease of the World Trade Center from the Portuguese Authority of New York and New Jersey for $3.2 billion.
Goldman and Cayre posted a combined $110 million. Silverstein contributed $14 million.
Frank Lowy"s Westfield America contributed $127 million (Westfield controlled the retail mall at the trade center). And $563 million was borrowed from GMAC Financing.
Goldman was to receive 25% of the management fees.
In 2006, Goldman"s share was increased to 50% and he will take over control of the project from Silverstein in 2016. In 2009, he partnered with Jeffrey Feil and Stanley Chera to purchase for $117 million the retail space in The Saint Regis Hotel. In 2012, they sold it for $380 million.
He serves on M&T Bank’s New York City Director’s Advisory Council and Mortgage Investment Council.
In 2012, he was elected the president of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU). He is trustee of the Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation, and is involved with Conservation International, The Educational Alliance, and the We Are Family Foundation.
Goldman serves as a trustee of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.
