[1] His family immigrated in the 1890s[2] and he then worked as a sales catalog buyer for a clothing store working in the Garment District in New York City[2] when - inspired by an uncle who purchased real estate[3] - he founded Roses Associates with his brother, Samuel B., in 1927.
[3] One of his most prominent buildings was the Bankers Trust Company at 280 Park Avenue at 48th Street.
In 2006, Rose Associates, managed over 31,000 apartments in New York City including Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.
He financed the design and construction of the first hyperbaric chamber in New York City at Mount Sinai Hospital.
[1] Rose also contributed to the building of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.