In Person Roundtable: Deep Dive into Power, Capital, and Strategy with Simon Ziff, President and Co-Founder of The Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group (Young Leadership Level)

May 21 2025, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT Manhattan address revealed upon registration

Date
Wednesday, May 21st
at
6:00 PM EDT
Location

Manhattan address revealed upon registration

About

With any questions on this event, other real estate events, or membership, please email: abigail.sentchuk@osherpartners.org. This roundtable is intended for Osher's Young Leadership members (10-20 years of experience).

Join us for an intimate In-Person real estate roundtable with Simon Ziff, Co-Founder and President at The Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group. This session will be an opportunity to connect with a select, intimate group of young rising stars in the industry, as we convene on May 14th.

Ackman-Ziff is the industry’s preeminent boutique real estate capital advisory firm. Ackman-Ziff offers a wide variety of cutting-edge commercial real estate capital markets financing solutions, including debt and mezzanine financing, preferred and joint venture equity, sponsor equity, and investment sales. In business for over 98 years, the privately held company is headquartered in New York City with offices in Miami, Los Angeles, and Boston. The firm is highly regarded in the industry for its integrity, creativity, and advocacy on behalf of its clients.

Attendee Policy

Osher Business Programs are open to professionals from the ages of 26-40. If you are interested in attending, please apply by clicking the "register" button. A member of our team will review your information and get back to you shortly. If you are over age 40 and do not qualify for this session, we will be happy to provide further information on involvement opportunities for which you do qualify. Non-members of Osher are welcome to join one event to experience our group. After your first event we ask that you apply to become a member if you wish to continue being involved in our community.

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Osher has a non-solicitation policy covering all of our conferences and events. In order to provide a distraction-free environment for our mentors, sponsors, attendees, and employees, we do not allow solicitation at our events by attendees or unauthorized parties without the express written permission or consent from Osher.

Speaker
Simon Ziff
Co-Founder and President at The Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group

Simon serves as president of Ackman-Ziff, a position he assumed in 1995. Since joining the firm as an analyst in 1989, Simon has overseen the firm’s arranging of over $80 billion of debt, mezzanine and equity financings for some of the nations most sophisticated and prestigious real estate owners and developers while solidifying the firm’s relationships with key capital sources. Simon has engineered the firm’s collaborative culture which functions as a magnet for talent. He has directed its evolution as an industry thought-leader.

Simon received a B.S. in finance from Pennsylvania State University, and an M.S. in real estate finance from New York University. He has also been recognized on multiple occasions by NYU, Pennsylvania State University and the Real Estate Board of New York, including as the first recipient of its “Most Promising Commercial Salesperson of the Year Award”, six times as the recipient of its “Most Ingenious Deal of the Year Award”, and winner of the prestigious Louis Smadbeck award.

Simon has also been active in leadership roles of numerous not-for-profit organizations.

Moderator
Gregory Kalikow
Vice President at The Kalikow Group

Gregory Kalikow, Vice President, is the fourth generation in his family’s real estate business. Mr. Kalikow graduated Washington University in St. Louis in 2007, graduated Hofstra Law School in 2010, and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2011. Mr. Kalikow has been working with The Kalikow Group since 2003 on the overseeing and management of his families’ real estate holdings. Additionally, Mr. Kalikow has helped provide his company with legal expertise in order to develop rental, single family, and condominium units as well as shopping centers in various projects both in and outside of New York. Mr. Kalikow is an active member of the Real Estate Division of the United Jewish Association (UJA), a supporter of Young Jewish Professionals (YJP), as well as a member of the Shalva fundraising committee.

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