Murray Kushner

[2] His father worked as a construction worker and concurrently as an independent builder, while investing in real estate, eventually building a portfolio totaling 4,000 New Jersey apartments.

[1][6] After school, he worked for the family real estate business, and after his father's death, he and his siblings equally divided ownership of the company.

[1] His relationship with his brother eventually deteriorated over investment decisions, especially Murray's veto on the purchase of Berkshire Realty, a firm that owned 24,000 apartments, which would have made Kushner Properties the largest privately held real-estate firm in the region.

[1] His firm The KRE Group, has since grown to more than 100 full-time employees, with a portfolio of 9,000 apartments and 6 million square feet of office and industrial property.

[7] KRE has developed projects throughout the Northeast Corridor, with several located in Downtown Jersey City.