Related Companies
American real estate firm and developer
Related Companies, L.P., is an American real estate firm with headquarters in New York City, and with offices around the country including in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, as well as in London. Related developed the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, which comprises 28 acres (0.11 km2) in Manhattan's Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods. Related is also the largest private owner of affordable housing in the United States.
The company's real estate assets, valued at over $70 billion, is made up of mixed-use, residential, retail, office, hospitality in what the company calls "premier high-barrier-to-entry markets."
Related has developed mixed-use projects such as Deutsche Bank Center, the Grand LA, and CityPlace.
History
In 1972, Stephen M. Ross founded Related Companies with a $10,000 loan from his mother and a business plan focused on affordable housing. Related originally began as the Related Housing Companies, which built thousands of subsidized low and moderate income apartments nationwide.
By the 1980s, the company turned towards higher-profile projects. Related hired architect Robert A.M. Stern in the 1990s to design The Chatham on the corner of 65th Street and Third Avenue.
In 1998, Related announced one of its most notable projects: the $1.7 billion mixed-use Time Warner Center.
In December 2003, as part of the Time Warner Center development, Related opened the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
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