All You Need To Know About Arik Kislin
Arik Kislin is a self-made real estate investor, developer and entrepreneur. He is currently principal of Linx Industries, a diversified investment company with significant stakes in businesses ranging from aviation to financial services.
In the 1990’s Arik Kislin was involved in the development and management of much New York City real estate, including the 1.5 million square foot Chelsea Market complex. This project alone has turned the Manhattan Meatpacking District into one of the city’s most desirable addresses. The Chelsea Market complex was later sold to Angelo, Gordon & Co.
Mr. Kislin invested in a financial services firm in 1998, during a distressed debt market. Today, the company manages assets in portfolios in excess of $2 billion.
Through his partnership with the Achenbaum family in 2001 Arik Kislin developed the Gansevoort Hotel, and this was key to transforming the Meatpacking District into the hotspot of fashion, dining and nightlife that it became. Soon to come from Arik Kislin are two other Gansevoort properties in Miami and the Park Avenue South district of Manhattan, and he is looking to expand the Gansevoort brand into other areas of the U.S. and abroad. Both of the above mentioned developments will be of a hybrid hotel-condominium nature.
The beginning of Arik Kislin’s aviation career was an equity investment in a small full service charter management company. From this humble beginning the business blossomed into a full fledged aviation enterprise incorporating a fleet of private jets with their own maintenance, fueling and hangar facilities. This also serves as a Fixed Base Operation facility, which serves private aviation customers and is expanding in the areas of South Florida and New York.
Arik Kislin is married with two children. He belongs to the New York Friars club, and a baseball player and fan for his entire life. He also enjoys tennis and yachting.
Arik Kislin is a self-made real estate investor, developer and entrepreneur. Arik Kislin is currently principal of Linx industries, a diversified investment company with significant stakes in businesses ranging from aviation to financial services
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