Tishman Realty & Construction Corporation

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.tishman.com
Employees: 1,000
Employee growth: 16.7%

Tishman Realty & Construction is an immigrant success story writ large. The company builds and manages office, hospitality, recreational, industrial, and other property for itself and for others. It offers third-party developers a full menu of real estate design, construction, management, and other real estate and construction services. High-profile projects handled by the company include Disney World's EPCOT Center, Madison Square Garden, the ill-fated World Trade Center (as well as building the Freedom Tower on the same site), and Chicago's John Hancock Center. The Tishman family -- scions of immigrant founder Julius Tishman, who began building tenements in 1898 -- own Tishman Realty & Construction.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending June, 2006:
Sales: $2,510.0M
One year growth: 2.1%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: John L. Tishman
President and CEO: Daniel R. Tishman
CFO and Treasurer: Larry Schwarzwalder

Competitors:
CB Richard Ellis
Gilbane
Trammell Crow Company

Tishman Realty & Construction
Type	Private company
Founded	1898
Headquarters	New York,
Key people	John Tishman
Industry	Engineering
Subsidiaries	Tishman Technologies
Slogan	The Right People. The Right Planning
Website	tishman.com

The Tishman Realty & Construction is a construction management and real estate development company. Tishman was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in New York City.

The company is managed by John Tishman of whom it was said: "...we take note that he is the first and only builder in history to head the teams that constructed three 100-story towers—indeed, the first three supertall buildings in history: the John Hancock Building in Chicago and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.”

Projects

Tishman has managed major projects in New York City, including construction of the World Trade Center twin towers.^[1] Other projects include the Bank of America headquarters buliding, reconstruction of the Staten Island Ferry's Whitehall Ferry Terminal, and the Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall beneath Carnegie Hall. Tishman was also involved in construction of the new 7 World Trade Center, and is involved in the Freedom Tower project.

Tishman also has managed major projects around the United States, including the John Hancock Center in Chicago, Century City in Los Angeles, Epcot Center at Disney World, the Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, and the CityCenter project in Las Vegas.

References

1. ^ Kihss, Peter. "Trade Center Job To Go To Tishman", The New York Times, February 27, 1967. 

External links

• Official site

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