Michael Dezer (born 1941) is an Israeli-born, New York real estate developer and founder of Dezer Properties.
Biography
Dezer was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, the son of a bus driver. He served in the Israeli Air Force. In 1962, he immigrated to the U.S. where he went to night school and worked in advertising before starting a typesetting business. He then started investing in real estate and founded Dezer Properties in New York City which focused on the Chelsea neighborhood which was then transitioning into an arts community from its former identity as a manufacturing center. In the 1980s, he purchased a number of ocean front plots in Miami and, in partnership with Donald Trump, developed numerous properties including the $900 million Trump Towers, the $600 million Trump Grande Ocean Resort and Residences and the $166 million Trump International Hotel and Tower in Fort Lauderdale. As of 2013, Dezer owns and manages 1.3 million square feet of commercial space in Chelsea.
Dezer is also the landlord of the luxury auto retailer Manhattan Motorcars.
Personal life
He is married to fellow Israeli Neomi (née Kerekes) and has three children: daughters Leslie Dezer Salmon (b. 1970) and Estee Dezer Gurwitz (born 1978); and son Gil Dezer (b.1975). All his children participate in the family business. His son Gil is currently developing the 60-story Porsche Design Tower in Sunny Isles Beach. Dezer collects cars and has over 1,000 cars in the Dezer Museum in North Miami including the 1948 Ford from Grease, the 1959 Cadillac from Ghostbusters, the 1981 DeLorean from Back to the Future, an original Batmobile, the Land Rover from Skyfall, and a T-55 Soviet tank from GoldenEye.
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