ARI SCHWEBEL

For the past fifteen years, Ari Schwebel has been a leader in the New York real estate investment and development industry. He is currently serving as the President & Founder of Riverside Development Group, which specializes in multi-family and high-end residential development. Since its inception in 2016, Riverside has seen rapid growth, including the establishment of two subsidiaries, Riverside Residential Interior Renovation Division, which provides full-service interior construction management and general contracting, and Riverside Design-Build Nursing Home Division, which has completed the renovation of nearly a dozen nursing homes across four states.

Riverside Development Group was founded, and attracted large scale investors, based on Ari’s reputation as a real estate investment virtuoso, earned while serving for six years as the Chief Operations Officer at a leading New York real estate development and management firm. Most notably, the company spearheaded revitalization within The Apthorp, a historic Italian Renaissance Revival condominium in Manhattan’s exclusive Upper West Side. Utilizing internal capabilities, the firm successfully managed the design and construction of highly sought-after projects, including a 33-unit property in the East Village, a 5-story townhouse at 37th & Madison, and a 32,000 Sq.Ft.mixed-use retail and commercial space in the heart of Boro-Park in Brooklyn.

Prior to 2010, Ari served in the executive office at Leviev-Boymelgreen Developers, utilizing his project management skills to provide support to luxury Manhattan condo development, while managing a team of fifty and high pressure negotiations, including with the Attorney General. He is active within the community, serving as President Elect of the Board of Directors of West Side Institutional Synagogue. He is married to his wonderful wife, Daniella, with whom he shares three children. Outside of business, Ari enjoys competing in the New York City Marathon, which has allowed him to raise over $400,000 for Sloan Kettering Cancer Center over the past two years.