Arthur William Zeckendorf received his B.A. cum laude from Tufts University in 1981 and has been heavily involved in New York residential real estate development and managing real estate companies for more than 40 years. He is an owner, founder and co-chairman of Zeckendorf Development and co-chairman of Terra Holdings, the parent company of Brown Harris Stevens. Along with his brother, William, Arthur has developed more than $4 billion of properties, the most recent of which is 520 Park Avenue, a project featuring full-floor apartments and a limestone façade designed by Robert A.M. Stern [P’86] Architects. Arthur’s firm is also known for developing the iconic 15 Central Park West, an apartment house featured in numerous publications that continues to dominate the super-luxury residential market. Other projects of note include 18 Gramercy Park and 50 United Nations Plaza.
Arthur is a trustee of the American Scandinavian Foundation and a member of the Yale School of Architecture Dean’s Council. In 2016, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
His son Arthur W. “Artie” Zeckendorf III is a member of the Form of 2005 and his daughter Jennifer Y. “Jenny” Zeckendorf the Form of 2007. He lives in Manhattan.