Winoker, president of Winoker Realty, dies at age 49

David Winoker, president of Winoker Realty Co., has passed away. He died June 15th in a skydiving accident at the age of 49, leaving his wife and three children. "Dave will be missed more than I can express at this moment," said Corey Abdo, principal and executive VP of Winoker Realty. "But his legacy survives, and the wonderful team of professionals he assembled and guided will make that legacy even stronger in the years ahead. At this moment, our thoughts are focused on his beautiful family and whatever we can do to make these terrible circumstances more bearable." Winoker is survived by his wife, Jillian, and three children, Jared, Hillary and Allyson, and his parents, Irma and Sidney Winoker. Winoker, a graduate of Purdue University with a degree in Building Construction and Contracting, began in real estate as a project and construction manager with Lehrer McGovern Bovis. He shifted the course of his career more than two decades ago by taking the helm of the full-service commercial brokerage and investment firm founded by his father. Once known primarily as the dominant firm in Manhattan's Fashion District, Winoker Realty quickly established itself as an active force in virtually all of the borough's submarkets under David's guidance, providing a full range of brokerage, management and asset management services. David personally was involved in more than a million square feet of commercial space, and developed a special advisory expertise in property repositioning to help clients extract maximum value from assets situated in changing markets. Among the major Manhattan properties he helped reposition are 148 and 152 Madison Ave., 32 Union Square East, and 347 West 36th St. A member of the Real Estate Board of New York, he worked tirelessly for civic and charitable causes. He was honored for his efforts by the Starlight Children's Foundation and the MANN Foundation, and served as co-chairman of The State of Israel Bonds' Real Estate New Leadership Division, winning the Max J. Feld Achievement Award. Winoker resided in Chappaqua. Services were held June 17th at Shaarav Tefila in Bedford Corners.