Experience is the Best Teacher

Developer Gregg Singer is the President of Singer Financial Corporation, a real estate investment company established in 1986. He has worked on many diverse projects and properties throughout the years. Prior to establishing his own company, Mr. Singer worked in different real estate companies to gain valuable experience in the industry.

He began his real estate career in 1982 in with the largest office owner, manager, and developer in Washington D.C. This was the Oliver T. Carr Company, now known as CarrAmerica Realty Corp., founded in 1962 by Oliver T. Carr, Jr. It began as an office and apartment building and management company, but with the completion of several successful development projects, grew over time to building and managing properties.  During the 1970s and 1980s, Oliver T. Carr Company established itself as a dominant player in the booming Washington D.C. suburban market and became the largest office developer and manager in the greater Washington area. It was during this successful expansion Gregg joined the Carr team as a junior member.  There, his responsibilities included reviewing existing leases as well as sourcing leads for new business ventures. He stayed with the company throughout 1982 and 1983.

After leaving CarrAmerica, Gregg worked at the Donald Zucker Company, based in New York City, in 1984-1986. The company was founded nearly 50 years ago by developer Donald Zucker, who has worked on thousands of apartments and luxury buildings over his extensive career. During his experience here, Gregg Singer worked as a loan broker in the company’s commercial mortgage division financing commercial real estate. He financed properties such as apartment buildings, shopping centers, net-leased properties, industrial/warehouse buildings, and office buildings. They were not only limited to New York, but throughout the entire United States.

It was in 1986 that Gregg left the Donald Zucker Company to found his own real estate development and investment company, utilizing the experience gained at his previous workplaces. Singer Financial Corporation has, since its founding, invested and renovated many properties throughout the United States. Past projects include The Chesterfield Condominiums in upper Manhattan, Villas on the Lake, a townhouse development in Westchester, New York, and the Sussex House apartments in Hackensack, New Jersey.