Six Questions for Giscombe Realty’s Founder and CEO

NEW YORK CITY-Giscombe Realty Group founder and CEO Eugene Giscombe has weathered a lot of change during his time in Harlem. Known affectionately as “the Mayor of 125^th Street,” his firm currently manages a little under a dozen buildings and owns a 40-year ground lease on 200 W. 40^th St. He also owns the Lee Building, at 1825 Park Ave., a building adjacent to the Metro-North Railroad that he’s currently redeveloping.

After almost 40 years in the business, Giscombe sat down with GlobeSt.com to talk about the new interest in Harlem as a retail destination, the inevitability of change and the shifting demographics in the area—and within the commercial real estate industry itself.