(L-R): Carlo Scissura, President of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Toby Moskovits, CEO of Heritage Equity Partners, Denise Arbesu, Board Chair of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and Michael Lichtenstein, President of Heritage Equity Partners.

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday honored Toby Moskovits, CEO of Heritage Equity Partners, and Michael Lichtenstein, President of Heritage Equity Partners, as part of their Building Brooklyn Awards, held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Duggal Greenhouse.

The Building Brooklyn Awards is an annual event that recognizes new construction and renovation projects that enrich Brooklyn’s neighborhoods and economy, as well as individuals who have made significant contributions toward enhancing the business conditions and economic climate of Brooklyn.

Together with Rubenstein Partners, Heritage Equity Partners is currently developing 25 Kent, a ground-up 480,000+ square-foot commercial and light industrial building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The project is Brooklyn’s first ground-up speculative commercial building in 40 years and the first time in generations that the private sector built light industrial space without any public investment.

About Heritage Equity Partners

Heritage Equity Partners is a woman-owned real estate investment and development firm specializing in mixed-use development. Since 2008, the firm has developed over two-million square feet of space, including more than 1,000 residential rental units, and well over one-million square feet of commercial space, all in the New York metro region, with a focus on the Williamsburg and Bushwick neighborhoods of Brooklyn, as well as Long Island City, Queens.

The firm’s fast-growing development portfolio is driven by CEO Toby Moskovits, along with partner Michael Lichtenstein. Ms. Moskovits’ extensive background in private equity and venture capital investment has given the company an ability to take a forward-looking view of development, pioneering neighborhoods and asset classes, utilizing a venture-based approach to development, finance, and construction. With a fresh perspective on the development industry, Heritage’s focus on the development and construction of unique contextualized buildings in some of New York's most interesting outer borough neighborhoods has positioned the firm in a leadership position in the New York real estate industry.