Murray Kushner
American real estate developer
Murray Kushner is an American real estate developer.
Early life
Kushner's parents, Joseph Kushner and Rae Kushner, were Jews born in eastern Poland and Holocaust survivors, who came to America from the USSR by way of Italy in 1949. His father worked as a construction worker and concurrently as an independent builder, while investing in real estate, eventually building a portfolio totaling 4,000 New Jersey apartments. The Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, in Livingston, New Jersey, built by Charles Kushner, are named after them. Murray Kushner has two sisters, Esther and Linda, and a younger brother, Charles. Murray graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania ('73), and then went on to obtain a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School ('76).
Career
After school, he worked for the family real estate business, and after his father's death, he and his siblings equally divided ownership of the company. His relationship with his brother eventually deteriorated over investment decisions, especially Murray's veto on the purchase of Berkshire Realty, a firm that owned 24,000 apartments, which would have made Kushner Properties the largest privately held real-estate firm in the region. In 2000, the brothers decided to no longer work together as business partners. His firm, founded in 1979 with business partner Eugene Schenkman as Schenkman/Kushner (SK Properties), now known as The KRE Group, has since grown to more than 100 full-time employees, with a portfolio of 9,000 apartments and 6 million square feet of office and industrial property.
The public source identifies “Murray Kushner” as american real estate developer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Murray, Kushner and American.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Murray Kushner”, the useful work is to connect “american real estate developer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24456699. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1949, 2000 and 1979.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Murray Kushner”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Murray Kushner primary sources, Murray Kushner archive and Murray research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Murray Kushner”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Murray Kushner” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.