All You Need To Know About Arik Kislin
All You Need To Know About Arik Kislin
Arik Kislin is a real estate investor, developer and entrepreneur having achieved all this by his own efforts. He is at the present moment the principal of Linx Industries, a diversified investment business organization with substantial shares in businesses extending from aviation to financial services.
Beginning in 1992 through 1998 Arik Kislin was in New York City being a principle in a real estate firm in which developed and handled 3.6 million square feet also having 1.5 million square feet for Chelsea Market complex, a task which started the change of Manhattan’s Meatpacking District from an old industrial region into now one of the city’s most taken care of neighborhoods. Eventually Chelsea Market was sold to Angelo Gordon & Co.
Mr. Kislin started his career in 1998 by investing in a financial services company which was active in the junk bond market. From humble beginnings the company now manages assets worth over $2 billion.
Seven years ago, Arik Kislin joined forces with the Achenbaum family, becoming the main designer of the Gansevoort Hotel. This property helped to create a new atmosphere in the Meatpacking District, which has rapidly become a major destination for people interested in fashion, restaurants, and sophisticated nightlife. Kislin has also assisted in designing two forthcoming Gansevoort buildings, one in Florida and another in the Park Avenue South neighborhood of Manhattan. Each new property will be a hybrid, featuring hotel and condominium accommodation. The partnership between Kislin and the Achenbaum family is continuing to search out new properties for development under the Gansevoort brand name.
In 2004 Arik Kislin stepped into the general aviation industry which with an equity investment turned into a small complete service charter management company. Developing into a multi-task aviation firm, having a fleet of private jets as well as full service of private aviation maintenance, fueling and hangar institutions also having Fixed Base Operations (FBOs), these are areas that have private aviation customers which are spreading out from New York down to South Florida.
Arik Kislin is married with two children. He belongs to the New York Friars club, and a baseball player and fan for his entire life. He also enjoys tennis and yachting.
Arik Kislin is a self-made real estate investor, developer and entrepreneur. Arik Kislin is currently principal of Linx industries, a diversified investment company with significant stakes in businesses ranging from aviation to financial services
