Larry Silverstein
Council Role
Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award
Company
Silverstein Properties
Chairman
Location
New York City, United States
About
Larry A. Silverstein is the Chairman of Silverstein Properties, Inc., a Manhattan-based real estate development and investment firm that has developed, owned and managed 40 million square feet of office, residential, hotel and retail space. The firm currently has $10 billion worth of development activity underway and has been recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in New York City” by Crain’s New York Business for eight years in a row. In July 2001, Mr. Silverstein completed the largest real estate transaction in New York history when he signed a 99-year lease on the 10.6 million square feet World Trade Center for $3.25 billion, only to see it destroyed in terrorist attacks six weeks later on September 11, 2001. He has spent the last 14 years rebuilding the office component of the World Trade Center site, a $30 billion project that will consume the balance of his working life. In May 2006, Silverstein Properties opened 7 World Trade Center, the first office tower to be rebui
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