From left: J.P. Rosenbaum and Elie Hirschfeld talking shop at 218 East 79th Street (credit: Rob Loud, 5WPR) and the exterior of the building (source: PropertyShark)

Real estate mogul Elie Hirschfeld, president of Hirschfeld Properties, was shocked yesterday afternoon to run into Season 7 winner of “The Bachelorette,” J.P. Rosenbaum, at a new Upper East Side Hirschfeld condominium. Rosenbaum, who featured as the honest, passionate workman who stole bachelorette Ashley Hebert’s heart in the ABC show, is a project manager at the Madison Avenue-based J Companies and is in the running to manage construction at the site. Hirschfeld, who has recently seen Rosenbaum on the cover of People magazine, was very impressed with Rosenbaum’s knowledge of New York real estate. “I haven’t watched the show,” he said, “but I was pleasantly surprised to meet him and to learn about his involvement with the show. The J Companies do a lot of fine work.” [more]

Elie Hirschfeld

Elie Hirschfeld is the president and CEO of Hirschfeld Properties, where he worked with his late father, parking garage titan Abraham Hirschfeld, for more than 20 years. A triathlete and an avid theatergoer (he’s been a voter in the Tony Awards every year since 1996), Elie Hirschfeld and his company were behind such projects as New York’s first open-air garage, the Hotel Pennsylvania and the Manhattan Mall. This week, The Real Deal talked to the developer, who is reportedly worth more than half a billion dollars (he wouldn’t comment on his wealth), about his portfolio, the Hamptons home he’s selling, the shocking scandal that rocked his family, and the Hirschfeld legacy.
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