Esther Sandrof -

Co-founder and Partner, Forsyth Street

Esther Sandrof, a co-founder and Partner at Forsyth Street has over 25 years of experience in the real estate finance industry working with a wide variety of public and private clients. She participates in Forsyth Street’s work as financial advisor to developers, financial institutions, philanthropies and government entities in development of innovative financing strategies for residential, commercial and cultural projects oriented toward achieving social impacts. In the last few years, she has structured financing transactions with an aggregate value of excess of $350 million. Recently Ms. Sandrof has been engaged to assist in the development of a new joint asset management entity to preserve and expand New York City’s stock of non-profit-owned affordable housing. She is also working on an initiative to attract new sources of financing to stimulate the creation of an affordable multifamily housing industry in Israel. She participated in the creation of Spaceworks, a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding the supply of long-term, stable and affordable workspace for arts practitioners in New York City. She also participated in the development of several innovative housing finance initiatives including the New York City Acquisition Fund and the National Community Stabilization Trust. Previously, as Director at Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Alschuler, Inc., she developed and implemented financing programs and for urban revitalization projects in New York City, Baltimore, Chicago, Newark, Hartford, New Haven and other cities. In addition she provided consulting services to philanthropies, governmental entities and developers in the development and implementation of impact financing tools. She has a Bachelor’s degree in History and Art History from Rutgers College and a Master’s degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University.