Izak Senbahar

Born to a Jewish family,[3] he is the son of Fani and Sabatay Senbahar.[4]

Before entering real estate, Senbahar worked as a precious metals trader at the New York City offices of Groupe Sucre et Denrées (SUCDEN), a French commodities broker.[5] In the mid-1980s, he joined Kiska, a Turkish construction firm, to help the company establish itself in the New York real estate market.[6] With Kiska, Senbahar oversaw the development of various properties including 353 Central Park West, a 19-story luxury condominium building.[7] Subsequently, he partnered with Steven Elghanayan to develop the Elektra, a 32-story condominium in New York City’s Gramercy Park neighborhood; the building, completed in 1992, was later sold to Beth Israel Medical Center (now Mount Sinai Beth Israel).[8] In 1993, Senbahar formed Alexico Group and joint ventured with Simon Elias to develop a number of projects.

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• The Grand Beekman, 2003. This 89-unit luxury condominium at 400 East 51st Street was designed by Costas Kondylis & Partners.
• 165 Charles Street, 2004. Designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Richard Meier, the 16-story glass tower in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood won the Housing Design Award from the American Institute of Architects New York chapter.[9]
• The Laurel, 2008. At 400 East 67th Street, this 129-unit condominium was designed by Costas Kondylis & Partners with interiors by Brian Callahan.
• The Mark. Originally built in 1927, this Art Deco building at 25 East 77th Street houses a mix of hotel rooms/suites and cooperative apartments, a Frédéric Fekkai salon, a Jean-Georges restaurant, and a John Lobb Bootmaker kiosk. Its reimagined interiors are by Jacques Grange, known for his commissions for Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, and Princess Caroline of Monaco. Many other designers and artists—including Eric Schmitt, Mattia Bonetti, Ron Arad, Guy de Rougement, Karl Lagerfeld, Todd Eberle, Patrice Dangel, Howard Spivak, Vladimir Kagan, Piero Lissoni, and Paul Mathieu—contributed to the project.[10]
• 56 Leonard, completed in 2017. Designed by the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, this 60-story condominium tower stands 821 feet high and is the tallest building in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood.

He is married to Sarah Genske;[11] they have two children, Alexi and Oliver.[12] In an interview with The Real Deal magazine, Senbahar said that he enjoys “drumming, percussion and bongos.”[13]