David Schwartz is a co-founder and principal of Slate Property Group. He has over seventeen years of experience buying, developing, and operating real estate across the United States. He currently runs all development and construction projects for Slate Property Group and shares responsibility for all acquisitions and investment decisions. Currently Slate is developing over $4 billion in real estate throughout New York City, representing over 4,000 apartments.

Prior to Slate Property Group, Mr. Schwartz co-founded two New York City based development firms. He was responsible for the development of over 1,000 units throughout New York City, representing over 750,000 square feet.

Prior to founding his own development firms, Mr. Schwartz worked for Crescent Heights of America, where he was involved in over $500 million in ground up residential developments representing over 1,000 units. Throughout Mr. Schwartz’s career he has been involved in the development of almost $5 billion in real estate.

Prior to Crescent Heights of America, Mr. Schwartz worked at Lux Capital and J.P. Morgan. Mr. Schwartz received his BS in finance from Syracuse University. Mr. Schwartz currently serves on the boards of the Furman Center at New York University, the Citizens Housing Planning Council, the New York State Association for Affordable Housing, the Kuhn Real Estate Center at Syracuse University, Brooklyn Hospital, and Horizons at Brooklyn Friends School.