PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Riverwood Properties was originally formed as Chanin & Dyer Properties, LLC in 1995. In 1999 Chanin & Dyer Properties merged with Leeds Properties to form Riverwood Properties. Riverwood Properties is a full service commercial real estate firm. Its activities include real estate brokerage, development, management, investment, and finance. The partners together have in excess of 80 years of development and real estate experience and have closed more than $100 million in development transactions in the last eleven years, as well as over $100 million in real estate sales, leasing and investment. The partners have developed over 35 retail and office projects within the last eleven years and currently have six projects under construction (completion 2006 and 2007), and several additional projects in the pre-development stage with completion expected during 2007 and 2008.
The partners are Ron Chanin, Bill Dyer, and Ben Lefkowitz.
Ron Chanin
Ron’s functions as Riverwood’s project acquisitions, development and leasing manager, as well as coordination of the management of Riverwood Properties. He began his career in real estate at Arthur Anderson and then as a controller for Wilma, a Dutch investment and development company. He later held the position of President at Kern Realty Services, a local real estate development and management company. In 1995, Ron along with Bill Dyer formed Chanin & Dyer Properties which developed, leased and managed strategically located, distinctive retail centers ranging in size from 5,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet.
Bill Dyer
Bill leads site selection, pre-construction due diligence, design coordination, construction management, tenant build-out and ongoing tenant relations. Bill has been in the real estate development and brokerage business for 20 years beginning his real estate career in residential development, historic renovations and commercial brokerage prior to forming Chanin & Dyer Properties.
Ben Lefkowitz
Ben’s role includes project financing and property management. Ben began his career in real estate finance at NCNB (now Bank of America) and Westinghouse Credit Corporation. He began investing in and developing his own projects in 1993. These projects have included retail centers, apartment complexes and single family developments.
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