Alfred Kaskel (1901–1968) was an American real estate developer and hotelier, best known for founding Doral Hotels and Resorts, Doral Construction,[1] and Carol Management,[1] which developed, owned, and managed a number of hotels, apartment buildings, and office buildings in New York City, Florida, Chicago, and Boston, primarily from the 1930s to the 1990s.

[3] Kaskel was born to a Jewish family in Poland and immigrated to the US in the 1930s to New York, bringing his siblings with him.

[1] Kaskel buildings were some of the first in New York City to have sunken living rooms, terraces, and outdoor corridors.

[5] Kaskel's children later reciprocated when they developed The Alfred, a 38-story condominium tower in Manhattan, in his name.

[6] In the fall of 1945, Kaskel and his Carol Management Corporation purchased the Belmont Plaza Hotel opposite the Waldorf Astoria New York, and increased the budget of its popular supper club, the Glass Hat Club.