Daniel Blanco is the founding principal and chief operating officer of Broad Street Development (BSD), a New York City-based real estate development firm. He co-founded the firm with Raymond ChalmZ in 2004. Blanco guest lectures at Harvard University. From 1998 to 2004, Blanco worked at JEMB Realty Corp, where he served as managing director. In the 1990s, he worked at the Edward S. Gordon Company, which was acquired by Insignia Financial Group in 1996. CBRE, in turn, acquired Insignia in 2003. Blanco has two daughters, Josephine and Amanda. He grew up in Middle Village, Queens, and has dyslexia, a disability to which he credits his motivation to succeed in business. MK