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Rose Hill
30 East 29th Street, NoMad · 121 condominiums
The Rockefeller Group’s first ground-up condominium, from a three-parcel site assemblage and capitalization through full sellout. 100% sold.
Real Estate Development and Advisory Services
Kizuna Partners provides a wide range of real estate advisory and development services, including strategic visioning, due diligence, land acquisition and assemblage, ground lease structuring, deal negotiations, joint venture structuring, development execution and disposition. We have particular expertise in housing, including mixed-income and market-rate multifamily rentals and luxury condominiums.
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How we can help
We come in where judgment and relationships matter most: deciding what to build, putting the partnership together, and keeping everyone moving.
Site visioning and feasibility
What should this site become, and does it work? We evaluate the real estate, study the market and neighborhood, explore the design, and test the program, zoning and return metrics before you move forward.
Capital, partnership and joint venture structuring
Our founder’s track record includes joint ventures with Naftali Group, Park Tower Group, Mitsubishi Estate, Global Holdings, the Clarett Group and Atlas Capital. We can assist in deciding when to bring in a partner, what kind of partner to bring in and how to structure the partnership so that everyone’s incentives and goals are aligned.
Ground lease structuring
At Ten23 on the High Line, a stalled project was revived by restructuring its ground lease so it could finally be built. We help owners and developers find terms that work for both sides over the long run.
Managing development stakeholders
Successful projects require putting the right team together, which may include architects, contractors, lawyers, capital partners, brokers, neighbors and public agencies (and often many more stakeholders), who all want different things. Our founder has extensive experience assembling winning teams to drive successful outcomes. She has also worked with NYCEDC on the phasing of Flushing Commons Phase II, with the City of Hoboken on a 2.5-block rezoning, and with countless other public agencies.
Notable Past Projects
Selected projects led by our founder during her tenure at The Rockefeller Group and Equity Residential. All projects are the work of those firms and their partners, as credited.
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200 East 83rd Street
Upper East Side · 86 condominiums
A 50/50 joint venture co-development with the Naftali Group, sourced and led from acquisition through sellout. 100% sold.
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16 Dupont Street
Greenpoint Landing, Brooklyn · 381 rental apartments
A waterfront rental built with Park Tower Group and Mitsubishi Estate, 30% affordable. It stabilized within a year at rents above underwriting and is 98% leased.
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The Brooklyner
111 Lawrence Street, Downtown Brooklyn · 491 rental apartments
A 51-story tower built in a joint venture with the Clarett Group. When it opened, it was the tallest building in Brooklyn.
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Ten23
500 West 23rd Street, on the High Line · 111 rental apartments
A stalled project acquired from its previous developer, restructured and made feasible through a renegotiated ground lease.
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70 Greene Street
Jersey City, NJ · 480 rental apartments
A 48-story tower sharing an amenity podium and garage with K. Hovnanian’s neighboring building.
Public-Private Partnership Experience
Complex entitlement and public-agency work led by our founder during her tenure at The Rockefeller Group.
Hoboken North End Redevelopment
North End, Hoboken, NJ · 2.5 city blocks · approx. 1,000 planned homes
A multi-year entitlement effort that converted 2.5 city blocks from a commercial development site to residential mixed-use, including negotiating redevelopment agreements with the City of Hoboken. The plan calls for two condominium and two rental buildings.
Flushing Commons Phase II
Flushing, Queens · Mixed-use development
Led negotiations with NYCEDC on project phasing and a successful recapitalization, followed by the sale of the partnership interest.
What partners and colleagues say
“I’ve followed Meg’s career for nearly a decade, and she has earned a reputation as one of the most respected developers in New York. She pairs intelligence and vision with integrity and genuine warmth. Meg is also generous in helping others succeed along the way, especially women in our industry. But don’t let her gracious manner fool you because she is a dynamo at the negotiating table who knows how to drive a win-win for all. Anyone who works with her gains not just an outstanding developer, but a trusted partner for the long run.”
“In the depths of COVID, when uncertainty hung over New York City, Meg never wavered in her commitment to building here. With clarity of vision, she guided her team through a complex deal structure, then turned with equal focus to the fine details of architecture and engineering. Meg is the full package: a strategic dealmaker who also knows how to steer a project through the City’s maze of approvals.”
“Meg is an exceptional leader with a proven track record of developing outstanding residential projects throughout New York City. She is a data-driven decision maker who pairs strong analytical skills and close attention to detail with the ability to see the big picture. She is also a true collaborator who builds strong teams to achieve the best results. Meg is a joy to work with and has earned the respect of the many people who have had the opportunity to develop alongside her.”
“Meg made our partnership on 200 East 83rd Street possible, and she was a pleasure to work with from pre-development through launch and sales. Our team valued her judgment, and I always enjoyed talking through decisions with her. It was especially rewarding to see a building we developed together become Manhattan’s top-selling condominium.”
Founder
Megumi (Meg) Brod
Megumi (Meg) Brod has worked in New York real estate development and investment for more than twenty years. For nearly ten of them she ran the Northeast region for The Rockefeller Group, where she sourced, capitalized and executed projects, negotiated joint ventures, and built and led a team of 13 development, design and construction professionals.
Prior to that, she was a Principal at Bedrock Real Estate Partners, investing in development for family offices; founded Equity Residential’s New York development group and grew it to more than $700 million in projects; and worked in development and portfolio management at Tishman Speyer.
She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics and German Literature, cum laude, from Duke. She has served on the REBNY Board of Directors and the ULI New York Advisory Board, is a former trustee of the Citizens Budget Commission, and has been named one of Bisnow’s New York Power Women and one of Crain’s Notable Women in Commercial Real Estate.
Have a site or a deal you’re thinking through? We’d be glad to talk.
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Kizuna
In Japanese, kizuna means a lasting bond built on trust. Real estate is a long game played among many partners, and the best outcomes come from relationships that hold through every phase of a project.
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