Charles Hirsch President Milbrook Properties, Ltd.
Name: Charles Hirsch
Title: President
Company: Milbrook Properties, Ltd.
Location: 42 Bayview Ave., Manhasset, NY 11030
Birthplace and Year: New York City, N.Y., 1969
Family: Andrea, wife; Alex, son; and Margot, daughter
College: University of Maryland, College Park
Fist job outside of real estate: I worked for a high-end furniture company on Long Island in high school.
First job in real estate or allied field: Mautner-Glick Corp. in New York City
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We currently own and operate approximately 65 multifamily and commercial properties throughout New York, New Jersey and Florida, comprised of 2,500 apartments and 2.5 million s/f of retail and office space. For the future, we see ourselves acquiring new assets along the entire East Coast.
Hobbies: Golf, tennis, car collecting
Favorite book: Every real estate trade magazine
Favorite movie: "Shawshank Redemption"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): All volunteers of charity organizations
Keys to success: Hard work and dedication
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Exotic car dealership owner
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? I would like to say there was an outstanding transaction for me this past year but 2024 was more a culmination of long-term relationships, most of which continued to transact. Deals were smaller in many cases but we saw robust leasing both on the agency side as well as on the tenant side.