The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following alumni to the Real Estate Circle as new Associate members: Daniel Goldbard '22, Arsean Maqami '22, and Benjamin Schwartz '22.

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Associates

Daniel Goldbard '22 
K&R Realty Management, Vice President of Asset Management

Daniel Goldbard is the Vice President of Asset Management at K&R Realty Management. He has worked across the real estate lifecycle including positions in development, construction administration, and property & asset management. He currently manages a growing portfolio of over 2500 market and mixed-income units across Manhattan and Queens. Prior to joining K&R Realty, Daniel worked at Artimus Construction, a multifamily developer in New York, and Bayport Funding, a bridge lender to small and medium-sized developers in the Tri-state area and Florida. Daniel holds a BA from Brown University and he graduated CBS in May 2022.

Arsean Maqami '22
DP Partners, Founder

Arsean launched Design Build Partners (DBP) in 2020 and has led construction and development efforts in California, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, New York, and Indiana. DBP's first client was Seritage Growth Properties where Arsean served as a Vice President of Development and Construction, leading efforts for their UTC La Jolla mall, Aventura mall, Santa Monica mall, and West Hartford mall redevelopments. The company has grown to five people with an office in Austin and New York City. Prior to starting DBP Arsean ran a general contracting business in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle for WeWork. Arsean holds a BA from Swarthmore College and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He lives in New York City with his wife Whitney (CBS '22).

Benjamin Schwartz ’22
Bridge Investment Group, Capital Raising and Investments

Benjamin Schwartz is a recent graduate from CBS Class ’22. His primary focus was mainly on Real Estate and Finance, building a closer connection with the Paul Milstein Center as a Teaching Assistant for Brian Lancaster’s Real Estate Finance course. Benjamin is a member of the Real Estate Association among several other student organizations and served as Chief of Staff of the Student Government Executive Board. He was also awarded a Second Year Fellowship. Prior to CBS, he worked at WS Development based in Boston, MA for 6.5 years, leading the leasing and management efforts for two properties: The Street in Chestnut Hill, MA and Hyde Park Village in Tampa, FL as well as executing deals for several other Development properties including the Boston Seaport in Boston, MA and The Royal Poinciana Plaza in Palm Beach, FL. Benjamin has executed lease agreements for WS with Tenants such as Nike, Blue Bottle, Warby Parker, Coyo Taco, Kiton, Daniel Cremieux, OddFellows, Chase Bank, PNC Bank, Cardullo’s Gourmet Food Store in Harvard Square, Seaport Barbers and many other restaurants, chefs, entrepreneurs, and retail operators. As a member of the UpMarkets team, he participated in planning and executing re-development and ground-up development efforts and worked on community partnerships, for example connecting one of Boston’s best retail stores Bodega with The Institute of Contemporary Art and WS Development in support of Virgil Abloh’s “Figures of Speech” exhibit. Benjamin was able to learn more about the intricacies of the industrial asset class through a summer internship with Wharton Equity Partners between first and second year at CBS. After graduation, Benjamin will be working with Bridge Investment Group on capital raising and investments. Benjamin continues to pursue entrepreneurial real estate opportunities and advise on retail placemaking.