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Katie Kurtz has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. As an experienced finance executive with over 15 years success in the financial services sector, Kurtz will be responsible for Silverstein’s finance and accounting organization. Kurtz was previously an Ex ecutive Vice President at AR Global (ARG) where she served as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer for multiple Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) and Business Development Companies (BDC). She most recently served as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer for three REITs: American Finance Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFIN), Healthcare Trust, Inc. and New York City REIT, Inc. (NYSE: NYC).
The Georgetown Company has signed a 165,000 s/f long-term
lease with Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine at its new life science hub
at 787 11th Avenue on the Far West Side.
The developer is also creating a 36,000 s/f research
facility for scientist and inventor Neri Oxman which will render the redeveloped
property fully occupied.
“The pioneering work these scientists and physicians perform cannot be done remotely over Zoom,” said Georgetown Company managing principal Jonathan Schmerin.
JONATHAN SCHMERIN
“We believe that we
are only scratching the surface of the demand for life science space given the
strength of our medical institutions and the talent pool in this area and we