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Jeff Gural

Jeffrey Gural is chairman and principal of GFP Real Estate, the privately held owner and manager descended from Newmark & Company. He joined the family real-estate business in 1972 and helped build its New York commercial-property portfolio. Today, his son Eric Gural and nephew Brian Steinwurtzel serve as co-CEOs while Gural remains chairman. GFP reports ownership interests in more than 50 properties, largely in New York City. GFP profile · GFP history and leadership

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Known For

  • Preserving and expanding the Gural family’s New York property holdings after Newmark Knight Frank was sold in 2011. The family retained ownership, management and leasing of its real-estate portfolio as Newmark Holdings, later renamed GFP Real Estate.
  • Managing and leasing a portfolio the company says includes interests in more than 50 properties and over 13 million square feet.
  • Passing day-to-day executive leadership to the next generation while remaining chairman. GFP identifies Eric Gural and Brian Steinwurtzel as co-CEOs. GFP profile · GFP history

Career

Gural joined Newmark Knight Frank in 1972 after working in construction management at Morse-Diesel, where GFP says he supervised more than one million square feet of office construction. In 1978, he and Barry Gosin purchased the management and brokerage business now known as Newmark from Gural’s father and partners. In 2011, the brokerage was sold to BGC Cantor Fitzgerald while the Gural family and partners retained their holdings and management business. Newmark Holdings changed its name to GFP Real Estate in 2017. Gural served as chairman of Newmark Knight Frank until 2017 and remains chairman and principal of GFP. GFP profile · GFP history

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  • Investor People Hub
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  • GFP Real Estate
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