Sam Charney cooks up an Italian meal – and thousands of units of new housing | The Industry Dish

In real estate, developer Sam Charney is a boroughs guy. He's built thousands of units in Long Island City and Gowanus, where his firm, Charney Companies, took advantage of a rezoning to supercharge building in the formerly industrial area. Charney, who grew up in Manhattan and has now purchased his first major project there, has been strategic about reading the tea leaves of New York City's housing patterns to select his areas of focus.