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Six Questions for Helena Durst

NEW YORK CITY-In an exclusive interview with GlobeSt.com, the Durst Organization’s VP opens up about the Conde deal, the reemergence of the city’s waterfronts and her family’s imprint on New York City.

By Jacqueline Hlavenka | Updated on June 02, 2011

NEW YORK CITY-With more than 12 million square feet of commercial and residential real estate in New York City, the Durst Organization is one of Manhattan’s oldest family-run real estate empires–and also one the busiest. After completing the landmark one-million-square-foot Conde Nast deal at One World Trade Center in a joint venture with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey just last week, the company’s leading lady, Helena Rose Durst, co-VP and fourth generation family member, has been at the forefront of new development across the city, from Lower Manhattan, Times Square to Manhattan’s reemerging waterfronts.

But her interest in real estate materialized over time. Before joining the family business in June 2001, Helena originally wanted to pursue a career as an English teacher. But after transferring to Baruch College to study real estate, she discovered her niche. “New York was always a figure in my mind,” Durst says, describing that her family’s contribution to the city’s iconic skyline brought her back to her New York roots.

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