The Durst Organization

The Durst Organization is a family-run business that, according to its website, has been operating for over 110 years and is dedicated to the principles of integrity, innovation, community, and sustainability. It builds, owns, and operates buildings and develops sustainable residential and commercial properties. Its portfolio includes commercial properties such as One World Trade Center, One Bryant Park, One Five One, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, 114 West 47, 825 Third Avenue, 11 Grand Central East, 5 Grand Central East, 210 East 51st Street, and Historic Front Street, as well as residential properties including VIΛ 57 WEST, HELENΛ 57 WEST, FRΛNK 57 WEST, EŌS, Sven, and Halletts Point. It also lists project development work at Piers at Penn's Landing and Vine Street in Philadelphia. Jody Durst serves as President.

According to The Durst Organization's timeline, Joseph Durst, a tailor from Gorlice, Austria (present-day Poland), arrived in the United States in 1902 with three dollars. In 1907 he married Rose Friedwald in New York. In 1912 he became a partner in the Durst & Rubin dress manufacturing business, and in 1915 he bought his first building, the Century Building, at One West 34th Street. In 1926 he acquired Temple Emanu-El, located at Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street, and in 1928 he joined the Committee of One Hundred of the Jewish Education Association and purchased his first residential property. The company's about page states that for over 110 years it has been a family-run business dedicated to the principles of integrity, innovation, community, and sustainability, building, owning, and operating buildings and developing sustainable residential and commercial properties.

A family-run developer, owner, and operator of sustainable residential and commercial properties.

• One World Trade Center

  Home to New York City's largest TAMI tenant community, One World Trade Center inspires innovation, productivity, and success.

• FRΛNK 57 WEST

  FRANK 57 WEST is a 10-story 150,000 square foot mixed use building.

• One Bryant Park

  Setting a new standard in sustainable commercial construction, this LEED Platinum tower ranks among the most environmentally advanced skyscrapers in the world.

• 855 Avenue of the Americas

  The project at 855 Avenue of the Americas, between 30th and 31st Streets, is a residential tower on a commercial base comprising approximately 560,000 GSF of mixed-use development.

• One Five One

  Mere steps from Bryant Park, One Five One offers unrivaled future-focused workspace in an incomparable location.

• 1133 Avenue of the Americas

  This striking granite-clad icon is newly refined to be your place for big ideas and blue sky thinking.

• 1155 Avenue of the Americas

  With its limestone façade and sleek modernist lines, this skyscraper led Avenue of the America's transformation into a world-class business district.

• Halletts Point

  The first major foray outside of Manhattan for The Durst Organization, Halletts Point is a 2.4 million-square-foot project that has transformed the waterfront of Astoria, Queens.

1. 1The Durst Organizationdurst.org
2. 2The Durst Organization - Aboutdurst.org
3. 3The Durst Organization - Newsdurst.org
4. 4The Durst Organization - Timelinedurst.org
5. 5Durst accuses MTA of stalling East Harlem developmenttherealdeal.com