Simon Dushinsky (born 1972) is an American real estate developer who co-owns the New York City-based Rabsky Group with his partner, Isaac Rabinowitz.

Biography

Dushinsky was born and raised in Israel and belongs to the Vizhnitz Hasidic Jewish community in

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.The Real Deal: "The Rabsky riddle - Firm head Simon Dushinsky is building more Brooklyn apartments than almost anyone, but public sightings are still rare" by Mark Maurer
May 01, 2015 Dushinsky co-founded The Rabsky Group with Isaac Rabinowitz in the early 1990s and focused on developing

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s for the Hasidic community. In 2002, he completed his first major development, a $40 million, six-building Park Plaza condo complex for Hasidic residents. In 2007, The Rabsky Group purchased a 50 percent stake in six industrial buildings owned by the Chetrit Group (founded by

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) for $4 million. His firm lead the redevelopment of the buildings due to their familiarity with the neighborhood. As of 2015, his firm is working on several large projects in New York City including a 500-unit

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rental building which is part of the Rheingold Brewery redevelopment with 200 affordable housing units. a 777-unit rental building in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the former Pfizer Corporation site; and a 44-story, 400-unit residential rental building in

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. In 2015 - in his first non-residential venture - he is partnering with

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’ Heritage Equity Partners to build a 400,000-square-foot office building in Williamsburg. Dushinsky is currently focused on attracting young renters to

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which he sees as the next development hotspot. Along with fellow Hasidic developers

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, and

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he is one of the most prominent developers in

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credited with helping to gentrify Williamsburg,

, Greenpoint, Borough Park, and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Personal life

Dushinsky is known for being very private and modest. He is married with seven children. He has made political donations to the campaigns of

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, David Yassky, and former City Council Speaker

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dushinsky, Simon American real estate businesspeople Businesspeople from New York City Israeli emigrants to the United States Israeli Orthodox Jews American Orthodox Jews Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty) members 1972 births Living people People from Williamsburg, Brooklyn