The Closing: Yair Levy gets defiant

The developer says being banned from selling condos won’t stop his real estate comeback

Yair Levy (Credit: STUDIO SCRIVO)
Yair Levy (Credit: STUDIO SCRIVO)

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From the July issue: Yair Levy is an investor and developer who rose to real estate prominence through several high-profile residential condo conversions during the boom, including the Sheffield, 225 Rector Place and the Park Columbus on the Upper West Side. But Levy’s roughly $400 million Manhattan real estate empire unraveled during the recession, with financial troubles and allegations of impropriety. [more]