Founded in 1985, United American Land LLC
(UAL) is a family-owned real estate development,
investment and management company based in
Soho. Its principals, the brothers Albert, Jason
and Jody Laboz, own and manage approximately
forty properties in Manhattan and Brooklyn. They
have restored, improved and reinvented historic
buildings in Tribeca, Soho, Chelsea and the Flatiron
district via conversion from commercial use to
luxury residences. Among such projects are UAL's current initiative to restore the Arnold Constable
& Company Building, a once-grand 19th-century
block-long retail stalwart at the block bounded by
Howard, Mercer and Canal Streets, to house
elegant residential lofts with carriage trade retail
on the street level. The Lyla, a 70,000-square
foot retail and residential condominium building
at 600 Sixth Avenue at 17th Street in Manhattan,
is another recent UAL project.
Throughout downtown Manhattan, UAL has
created spaces for high profile retail enterprises,
including Dolce & Gabbana, Puma, Domenico Vaca
and others. In Brooklyn, Albert Laboz serves as
chairman of the Fulton Street Mall Association. The
company has assembled a group of properties by
Fulton Street, Bridge Street and Willoughby Street
in downtown Brooklyn, adjacent to Metrotech. This
assemblage has over 1.3 million buildable square
feet of air rights, which UAL will develop into a
complex of mixed retail, residential and office use
conceived to catalyze the future vitality of this
important area.