Joshua Garay, founder of JSG Realty, New York, NY
PITTSBURGH, PA—Joshua Garay, founder of New York-based Garay Real Estate, and a grandson of holocaust survivors, is pledging a portion of new real estate listing commissions to the survivors of the Tree of Life Synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh, PA.
Garay's grandmother, Olga, is a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. His grandfather, Joseph Garay, survived as a partisan active in the underground movement. Both are active not only in holocaust organizations, but also synagogue philanthropy.
With more than a decade of real estate transactions, including the management of a 150-unit family portfolio in Manhattan, Garay is well versed in both residential and commercial, investment properties.
“The Pittsburgh atrocity is devastating for everyone,” says Garay. “When founding my own boutique brokerage a dozen years ago, my priority was to create a business model that donated a portion of sales back to charity. It was important for me to build my own shop in order to set my priorities straight. Working for others at larger real estate firms would never allow me the flexibility to create my own path.”
Garay is committed to helping a variety of causes, including multiple sclerosis charities, a disease his mother, Carole, passed away from a few years ago.
“Whether it's donating to our local church, synagogue, cancer charities or other foundations, we can all do more to help fund the organizations important to us,” Garay says. “In fact, I will donate a percentage of sales in 2019 to the chosen charity for any new seller that signs an agreement with our company.”
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.
Once you are an ALM Digital Member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
*May exclude premium content© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Steve Lubetkin
Steve Lubetkin is the New Jersey and Philadelphia editor for GlobeSt.com. He is currently filling in covering Chicago and Midwest markets until a new permanent editor is named. He previously filled in covering Atlanta. Steve’s journalism background includes print and broadcast reporting for NJ news organizations. His audio and video work for GlobeSt.com has been honored by the Garden State Journalists Association, and he has also been recognized for video by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has produced audio podcasts on CRE topics for the NAR Commercial Division and the CCIM Institute. Steve has also served (from August 2017 to March 2018) as national broadcast news correspondent for CEOReport.com, a news website focused on practical advice for senior executives in small- and medium-sized companies. Steve also reports on-camera and covers conferences for NJSpotlight.com, a public policy news coverage website focused on New Jersey government and industry; and for clients of StateBroadcastNews.com, a division of The Lubetkin Media Companies LLC. Steve has been the computer columnist for the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, since 1996. Steve is co-author, with Toronto-based podcasting pioneer Donna Papacosta, of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional. You can email Steve at [email protected].
