“We have an excellent team in place, with a strategic plan to build on the last hundred years and move toward the next hundred. This is an exciting moment in my career and I'm looking forward to continuing the legacy that has been built,” he adds.

Jason is credited with refocusing the company's efforts over the last five years. In Brooklyn, he initiated a joint venture with Avalon Bay. The development, called 1 Brooklyn Bay, is a new ground-up, luxury high-rise residential project in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Jason also oversaw the final tower at Muss's Oceana Condominium & Club, a 927-unit, 16-building condo development in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

While he led the company's acquisition program, Muss purchased 10 different properties in the past few years. Most recently, this included an inaugural foray into California. They acquired an approximately two-acre property within a shopping center in the Los Angeles suburb, Thousand Oaks.

He has worked on repositioning the firm's generational assets. For example, he oversaw the financing and renovation of the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, Muss's 667-key hotel in Downtown Brooklyn. Jason also managed the repositioning at Forest Hills Tower, Muss's 375,000-square-foot Class A office building in Forest Hills, Queens. This involved an extensive capital improvement program and a shift in leasing strategy.

His accomplishments include supervising the refinancing of more than $300 million worth of properties in 2018 alone.

Muss Development also notes that under Jason's leadership, its entire 20-plus building retail portfolio is fully leased and stable.