From the December issue: It’s an age-old story of the American dream. After leaving Poland as Holocaust survivors in the 1950s, Orin Wilf’s grandfather and great uncle got their first jobs as car salesmen in Queens. They eventually began building single-family homes in New Jersey and established a company called Garden Homes. Fast-forward 60 years: Wilf, 42, is today the founder and president of Skyline Developers, a New York affiliate of Garden Homes that specializes in residential development and which owns and manages more than 50,000 apartments across the country and more than 25 million square feet of retail, offices and hotels.
In New York, Skyline is the developer of several Manhattan condo projects, Including 200 East 79th Street. It is currently building a 24-story luxury rental project at 1050 Sixth Avenue. [more]