Matthew Kahn

Mr. Kahn is a Director of Real Estate for The Olayan Group, a private multinational enterprise with diverse holdings across the globe, where he oversees acquisitions and management of a portfolio of residential, commercial, and mixed-use real estate assets across the Americas. He is focused on value-add and opportunistic real estate acquired through direct, indirect and co-investments. 

Prior to Olayan, Mr. Kahn was a Partner at Tavros Holdings LLC, a privately owned real estate investment management and development firm based in New York City. He was responsible for the firm’s acquisition/investment, development, fundraising, and asset management initiatives, which led the firm to acquire, develop, and manage more than $2.5 billion in real estate assets throughout New York City since starting the firm in 2011. 

Prior to Tavros, Mr. Kahn also served as Vice President of Zeckendorf Development, LLC where he was responsible for the firm’s finance and acquisition activities including sourcing, underwriting and capitalizing both existing and new projects. He also developed and managed the record-breaking 15 Central Park West development, an 800,000 square foot, $2.2 billion residential and retail condominium project located in Manhattan. He also served as Manager for Lennar Urban and Edison Properties.  Mr. Kahn is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston University where he received dual-degrees;  a Bachelor of Science in Finance as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Mr. Kahn is also a Full Member of the Urban Land Institute.