Carmel Kashani is a hands-on real estate investor and operator with over twenty years of experience in the industry. During his career, Carmel has acquired and operated millions of square feet of prime real estate, overseeing the day-to-day management, leasing, marketing, design, and construction of a portfolio of office, retail, and industrial assets in the New York market.

Throughout his career Carmel had direct responsibility and oversight of more than 2 million square feet of real estate and overseen more than $30 million in development costs. His portfolio of projects includes corporate interior builds, pre-builds, amenity spaces, lobby and elevator modernizations, MEPS infrastructure upgrades, storefront replacements, and façade renovations. 

Among his most notable projects were the repositioning and redevelopment of a high-rise office building located at 295 Madison Avenue in New York City, successfully executing an extensive $20 million modernization project while working around an in-place tenant’s continued occupancy. The project was followed by a successful campaign, implemented a “pre-built” leasing platform - which resulted in over 140,000 square feet of completed lease transactions to credit tenants.

Carmel is best known as a mentor, bringing out the highest potential in all team members, and a problem solver, drawing on his extensive experience with detailed property operations, to effectively collaborate with investment teams to facilitate efficient, thoughtful asset management decisions and keeping business plans on track.

He received his BA from The College of Arts of Sciences at New York University and was awarded Phi Sigma Alpha / National Political Science Honor Society. He was also published in The New York Times, Editorial Section “U.S. Does Not Gain by Blocking Iran Oil Deal” and quoted in The Wall Street Journal.