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Russell Galbut
Russell W. Galbut is a founding partner of Crescent Heights, the development company he established with Sonny Kahn and Bruce Menin. Founded about four decades ago, the firm is an integrated developer with in-house capabilities that include research, brokerage, acquisitions, land entitlement, design, construction, asset management, leasing and property operations. Its portfolio and projects span Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Crescent Heights leadership · Crescent Heights company overview
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Galbut’s CRE work is associated with high-rise residential and mixed-use development, including urban projects in Miami and other major U.S. markets. Crescent Heights’ structure gives its partners involvement across the development process, from site acquisition and entitlement through construction and operation. Public company materials name Galbut as one of the firm’s three founding partners but provide limited detail about which individual led particular projects; deal-level attribution should therefore be made only where a project source names him directly. Crescent Heights leadership
Galbut has also served in the cruise business, including as chairman of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, a separate corporate role from his real estate work. That outside activity underscores a broader executive portfolio, but the durable CRE record is his ownership and leadership role at Crescent Heights. The company identifies the founding partnership and operating capabilities, while its public leadership page offers little personal career chronology; this biography keeps those boundaries clear rather than assigning unsupported transaction claims to him. Crescent Heights leadership
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- Investor People Hub
- Crescent Heights
- Miami Geography Hub
- Source: Top CRE Leaders Major US Cities
Sources
- Source: Top CRE Leaders Major US Cities
- Official company page: Crescent Heights
- Crescent Heights, leadership page and company overview (accessed 2026-09-29).