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The Jonathan Woodner Company is a real estate development and management company founded in 1944 by Ian Woodner. Their holdings consist of approximately 2,500 residential rental units and interests in commercial real estate.〔http://www.woodner.com/ The Woodner Company Web site〕 The Company has built and maintained an interest in residential and commercial properties in New York, the District of Columbia and Atlanta over more than a half century. The company was named for Ian Woodner's infant son, Jonathan Woodner who later joined the business along with his sisters, Dian and Andrea. Jonathan Woodner died in an airplane crash in Maryland in 1988. Mr. Woodner began building houses in Wilmington, Delaware, and later concentrated on Washington, DC and the New York metropolitan region, where his company erected housing complexes in Manhattan, Flushing, Queens and Yonkers.〔http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0DE123BF931A35752C1A966958260 accessed February 3, 2009〕 The firm is currently headquartered in New York, New York at 745 5th Avenue, Suite 902, New York, NY 10151. They have additional locations at: * 4370 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11355 * 90 Beaumont Circle, Yonkers, NY 10710 * 3636 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20010 ==Properties== * The company owns and/or manages the Crestwood Lake Apartments, 90 Beaumont Circle, Yonkers, NY 10710 * In October 2007, the Jonathan Woodner Company acquired 21 East 67th Street, NEw York, NY from Columbus Properties. The five-story building with of commercial space is located in Midtown between Fifth and Madison avenues. The transaction was valued at approximately $15 million.〔http://www.allbusiness.com/real-estate/commercial-residential-property-commercial/5520161-1.html accessed February 3, 2009〕 * The Woodner Apartments opened in 1952 in Upper Northwest Washington, DC. The building was originally operated as both a hotel and rental apartments. The Woodner Apartments is DC's largest single-structure apartment building, and was the largest air-conditioned building in the world when it debuted in 1952.〔http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=23142 accessed February 3, 2009〕 After the 1968 riots, the hotel was closed and the entire building converted to rental apartments. The Woodner Apartments continue to be operated by the Jonathan Woodner Company with over 1,000 rental units and a suite of retail operations including a restaurant (Sangria Cafe), a grocery (Woodner Grocery), a video rental store, a dry cleaner, and a variety of other shops. Also known as ''Apartments on the Park,'' the Woodner Apartments border the Rock Creek Park and are on the northern edge of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Washington, DC. * The Evening Star Building, Washington, DC - Purchased in 1961 by the Woodner family for $650,000, the Evening Star Building had fallen on somewhat hard times. In 1962, the building was converted into utilitarian offices and the space leased in its entirety to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for use by the U.S. Department of Justice. The federal agency leased the space for more than 20 years. In May 1987, the Jonathan Woodner Company, commissioned a restoration, renovation, and expansion of the historic structure. The renovation/expansion of the Evening Star Building eventually yielded for offices and for retail. In addition, a private rooftop terrace crowns the downtown building.〔http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/facilities-space-planning/125511-1.html accessed February 3, 2009〕 * The Company developed Cincinnati's Swifton Center, the Queen City's first shopping mall. The Mall was opened for business in October 1956. The open-air complex was situated on two levels, with a single department store as its anchor. There were 550,000 leasable square feet and a three thousand car parking area. The 2-level, open-air shopping center, which was developed by the Jonathan Woodner Company, featured sixty-six retailers, including a 3-level department store at the southern end. This was built by Cincinnati-based Rollman's, become a Cincinnati-based Mabley And Carew in the early 1960s and Dayton-based Elder-Beerman in the mid-1970s.〔http://mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html accessed February 3, 2009〕 The complex included the Huntington Meadows, and 1,154 unit apartment building.〔http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/09/01/loc_complex_was_troubled.html accessed February 3, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonathan Woodner Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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