17 Quotes by David Lichtenstein

Growing companies need commercial space, and their employees need to live nearby.

Whether an economic boom is fueled by the fashion industry or technology innovations, it needs a brick-and-mortar foundation. This is not only true in New York and San Francisco; wherever you live, you can find a local hotspot positioned to attract interest from businesses, consumers and investors.

When you're in 45 markets, you take it on the chin here and there.

People from all over the world want to be in New York. This rather simple idea took me a long time to learn.

When you take smaller gambles, no one particular deal can be big enough to have a material adverse effect on the company.

I started my career buying and owning single-family houses, and I know that's a really tough job. Toilets break. Trees fall. There are so many things that can go wrong. Land, on the other hand, is cheap to manage. It's painless, really. All you have to do is pay your taxes, and that's it.

I'm not interested in having the second- or third-largest mall in Cincinnati.

I'm just a normal guy.