Kent M. Swig, President
Kent M. Swig is an owner of several real estate operating companies as well as commercial and residential real estate properties throughout the United States. His holdings and titles include the following:
Swig Equities, LLC
Mr. Swig is President of Swig Equities, LLC, an investment and development firm focusing on the acquisition and development of real estate in New York City and California. Since 2001, Swig Equities has purchased and developed in excess of $3 billion of properties including holdings in Downtown Manhattan’s FiDi (Financial District) neighborhood comprising of 110 William Street, a 910,000 square foot office building; 80 Broad Street, a 440,000 square foot office building; 90 Broad Street, a 400,000 square foot office building; 44 Wall Street, a 350,000 square foot office building; 48 Wall Street, a 324,000 square foot office building; 5 Hanover Square, a 335,000 square foot office building; 770 Lexington Avenue, a 175,000 square foot commercial office building located in Midtown Manhattan, among others. Swig Equities residential investments include The Sheffield, 322 West 57th Street, a 58‐story mixed‐use building comprising 582 residential units, 109,000 square feet of commercial office, 8,840 square feet of retail, and a 372‐car parking garage; 58 apartments within the 198 unit residential building located at 401 East 89th Street; among others.
Helmsley Spear, LLC
Mr. Swig is the Owner and serves as President of Helmsley Spear, LLC, which was founded in 1866 and is America’s oldest, continuously operating real estate company. The firm provides commercial real estate services focusing on third party office and retail leasing, asset and property management, investment sales, hotel services, and capital advisory services.
Brown Harris Stevens, LLC
Mr. Swig is an Owner and Co‐Chairman of Brown Harris Stevens, LLC, the largest privately owned real estate service company in the United States that owns and operates several residential real estate service firms, one of the oldest and largest residential real estate service providers operating in New York City, the Hamptons, Palm Beach, and Miami; as well as, a residential brokerage and management company comprised of more than 1,200 brokers in 32 offices throughout the New York Metropolitan Area; and Vanderbilt Holdings, a service firm with disciplines in appraisal and consulting and insurance. The firm annually sell more than $9 billion of apartments and townhouses, and the company’s management divisions manage over 500 buildings comprising more than 35,000 residential units.
Falcon Pacific Construction / Builders, LLC
Mr. Swig is also an Owner and President of Falcon Pacific Construction, LLC and Falcon Pacific Builders, LLC which are a New York City based construction company infused with an ownership understanding and approach to its construction projects. The two divisions are focused on interior renovations and ground up and building wide construction throughout the New York Tri‐State area. The company’s successful track record is built on its ability to build positive working relations with architects, engineers, local officials, and vendors to achieve client’s goals.
The Swig Company
Mr. Swig is an Owner and Principal of The Swig Company, a family‐owned real estate and hotel company based in San Francisco and New York that was founded in 1936. The Swig Company's portfolio includes over 10 million square feet of prime commercial office space throughout the United States as well as having founded, owned, and managed the Fairmont Hotels, which the company started in 1946.
Vendmost, LLC
Mr. Swig serves as the Principal of Vendmost, LLC, first in wellness, which was founded during the height of the 2020 pandemic in New York City. After developing reactive processes and testing numerous solutions, Vendmost began to offer “plug and play” proactive technologies and solutions which promote public health safety. Vendmost is acutely aware of the needs of customers and capabilities of technology-based solutions. The Company’s services, products, technologies, and applications are designed to promote health, safety and wellness. The offerings are applicable of person use, to public and private sectors, and government. In addition, Vendmost is the exclusive distribution of ATHC Thermascan products.
Fulcrum Equities, LLC
Finally, Mr. Swig serves as President of Fulcrum Equities, LLC a single family Office (“SFO”) that coordinates Mr. Swig’s family business and interests, and is an investor in real estate, operating companies, and many other types of investments. Working both with Mr. Swig’s capital and those of other investors, Fulcrum Equities brings an “owner’s eye and perspective” to its investment practices. In addition, Fulcrum Equities provides such services as asset management and investment monitoring for all of its investment portfolio.
Prior Experience
Prior to his current positions, Mr. Swig served as Executive Vice President of The Macklowe Organization and specifically as President of Manhattan Pacific Management Company, Inc. where he oversaw the operation and leasing of a portfolio of more than 45 residential and commercial buildings in New York and Los Angeles with a market value in excess of $2 billion.
Prior to that, Mr. Swig was Vice President of Swig, Weiler & Dinner Development Company, San Francisco, (now known as The Swig Company), where he worked extensively with the company's Fairmont Hotels Group and directly oversaw the development, acquisition, financing, and management of the firm's portfolio of commercial office space totaling over 10 million square feet.
After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese History from Brown University, Providence, R.I., Mr. Swig attended Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, where he was selected for the Law Review.
Mr. Swig lives in New York City and has two sons.
Civic and Professional Organization Memberships
· Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Municipal Arts Society (MAS), 2007 – present.
· Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors for the China Institute, 2023 – present.
· Board of Directors of the Regional Plan Association (RPA), 2016 – present.
· Board of Directors of the Alliance for Downtown New York, 2005 – present.
· Board of Directors of the Realty Foundation, 1995 – present.
· Board of Governors of the National Realty Club (NRC), 2020 – present.
· Board of Governors of the Association of Builders and Owners of New York (ABO),
1989 – present.
· Board of Directors of Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
1996 – 2001, 2003 – 2010.
· Board of Directors of the Corporate and Congressional Division of The United Nations
Associations of the United States of America (UNA‐USA), 1989 – 1995.
· Board of Directors of the New York Building Congress, 1988 – 1994.
Charitable Organization Memberships
· Board of Directors of American Friends of Magen David Adom, 2019 – present.
· Board of Directors of The State of Israel Bonds, 2002 – present.
· President of The American Friends of the Jaffa Institute, 1990 – present.
· Board of Trustees of Central Synagogue, 2005 – 2015
· Chairman of the Real Estate and Construction Division of the State of Israel Bonds,
2001 – 2009.
· Board of Directors of Marin Academy High School, in San Rafael, CA, 1984 – 1987.
Honors and Awards
· Inducted into the Jewish Hall of Fame by the Manhattan Historical Initiative, 2023.
· Honoree of the China Institute at the Blue Cloud Gala, 2022.
· Visionary Award bestowed by Magen David Adom, 2017.
· Chabad/Lubavitch Youth Organization Honoree at The Grand National Testimonial Dinner,
2016.
· Honoree of the Association of Real Estate Women (AREW), 2008.
· Hero Award given by the Police Museum of New York, 2007.
· Man of the Year Award given by the Realty Foundation of New York, 2005.
· Israel’s Peace Medal given by The State of Israel Bonds, 2003.
· Man of the Year Award given by Big Brothers/Big Sisters of New York, 2000.
