In-Person Roundtable: Maximizing Returns with Diego Hodara, Founder & CEO of Titanium Realty Group LLC.

Diego Hodara is the founder and CEO of Titanium Realty Group, a real estate investment and development company focused on mix-use and residential real estate assets in the metropolitan area of
New York. Titanium Realty Group has more than 1,600 under development or completed units in Jersey City representing a total development cost of more than 700 million dollars. The projects are mainly mix-used ground-up buildings ranging from 30 to 390 units per building.
Prior to founding Titanium Realty Group, Diego was involved as a senior manager in several large scale developments including ground-up projects not only in the NYC but also in Latin America such as
Sheraton Hotel in Montevideo Uruguay, a 25 story building with post-tension concrete slab system. Diego holds a Master’s degree in Real Estate Finance and Investment from NYU. He also holds a degree
in Architecture and Urban Planning, and an MBA from the University of Uruguay. He is an Academy Board Member and Professor at ORT University in Uruguay for the Real Estate Certificate program. He is
also a Board Member of Jersey City Apartment Owners Association and a Member at Urban Land Institute.

Harrison Kleinman is a shareholder in the Real Estate Practice of Greenberg Traurig’s New York office. Harrison represents clients in a broad range of complex real estate transactions, including, mortgage and mezzanine financings, joint ventures, and acquisitions and dispositions of hotels, office buildings, condominiums and other real estate assets. Harrison holds a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2650 attorneys in 44 locations in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. The Greenberg Traurig Real Estate Practice is a cornerstone of the firm and recognized leader in the industry. The firm’s real estate attorneys deliver diversified and comprehensive counsel for property acquisition and investment, development, management and leasing, financing, restructuring, and disposition of all asset classes of real estate. The team draws upon the knowledge and experience of more than 700 real estate lawyers from around the world, serving clients from key markets. The group’s clientele includes a broad range of property developers, lenders, investment managers, private equity funds, REITs, and private owners. The firm’s real estate team advises clients on a variety of matters across a broad spectrum of commercial, recreational, and residential real estate, including structured equity and debt and the hybrids.

Shaya Lesches is Co-founder and Director of Young Jewish Professionals (YJP), a nonprofit dedicated to creating and promoting targeted business and educational opportunities that accelerate the career success of New York City’s Jewish business community. The organization, founded in 2008, has fostered unparalleled peer-to-peer learning and professional leadership platforms across the NYC business scene. YJP has succeeded in creating a world-class community connecting the nation’s top business leaders with aspiring young professionals through YJP’s innovative network.

An entrepreneur at heart, Shaya also founded Australian Kosher Winery in his native Australia. In 2018, Shaya established the YJP Center for Leadership, the world’s first Jewish Business Leadership Center located in the heart of Manhattan’s Union Square.

Shaya is also a founding member of the Rambam Foundation, a not-for-profit organization in connecting the world’s top Jewish business leaders, physicians and investors to accelerate innovation in healthcare delivery through cross functional collaborations.

Rabbi Lesches currently serves as a Trustee of the West Side Jewish Center in Manhattan. He currently resides in Manhattan with his wife and six children.