Urban American is a real estate investment and management company, which currently owns and operates approximately 13,000 workforce apartment units in the New York metropolitan area.
Urban American’s mission is to invest in America’s workforce communities. Through its hands-on management style, Urban American has established a track record of upgrading occupancy and increasing income through the rehabilitation of apartment buildings, strict adherence to municipal regulations, and the reduction of expenses through various cost savings measures and capital expenditures that increase substantial cash returns for its private and institutional investors. Urban American’s central goal is to create the value necessary for long-term capital appreciation and to provide a socially responsible product for its communities.
When investing in properties, Urban American typically rehabilitates the common areas completely, improving the aesthetic appearance of the property by improving lighting systems, hallways, doors, stairs, mailboxes, intercoms, efficient heating systems, roofs, windows, water usage controls, and energy saving devices. Urban American delivers to its community smart buildings that provide proud homes for their tenants and healthy returns for their investors.