Real Estate New York

RENY: Tell us a little about the company and where you focus.

Travis: Our focus is on public-private partnerships, and on that level we work on both sides—on the public or nonprofit side if you will, and then on the private or development side. In part, Washington Square is probably a reflection of my background. I worked under Mayor Ed Koch as a vice president of the New York City Economic Development Corp. and ran the Times Square project for him, and then I was at Forest City Ratner for a decade doing the MetroTech project in Brooklyn, which certainly is a prime private/public partnership project. We've been in business 14 years, and we've been involved in a number of large projects. They range from the real estate master plan and rezoning for Cooper Union around Astor Place and Cooper Square to the rezoning of Downtown Brooklyn a few years ago on behalf of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (which is a city/private organization) and advising the state on the Farley Post Office.

On the private side, we were involved in the largest retail project in Jamaica and I was a partner in the construction of River Plaza, the first shopping center in the Bronx in about 25 years. Now we're partners both in the site opposite the AirTrain in Jamaica and the City Point project in Downtown Brooklyn. They all can be characterized as projects that involve both public and private action.