Arker Companies is a long-time family-owned New York City developer that focuses primarily on erecting affordable housing. The Queens-based firm, founded in 1949 by Aron Arker, is headed by brothers Sol and Allan Arker, who also hold properties in Queens and Staten Island. In 2014 Arker purchased a major portfolio in the South Bronx, Two Trees 18-property housing package near the retail corridor of 161st Street and was involved in the renovation of Terrace Gardens, an affordable housing community in Staten Island. The following year Arker broke ground on a housing project in Far Rockaway, Queens, the first project under New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's program to create affordable housing for low-income seniors. Arker also has developed commercial properties, such as Hewlett Plaza and Kings Plaza Medical Center in Brooklyn, as well as two country club golf courses about an hour outside of New York City.