The People Behind it All
United American Land, LLC.
Developers
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 (40) 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 development of the luxury residential condominium known as Soho Mews, which is a 175,000 square foot building designed by the renowned architects Gwathmey Siegel, which comprises 68 residential units, ground floor retail shops and underground parking. Another project is the repositioning of a 225,000 square foot landmark building on the Fulton Street Mall in downtown Brooklyn comprised of a 125,000 square foot retail component as well as a 100,000 square foot residential loft component.
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 Manhattan and Brooklyn, UAL has created spaces for high profile retail enterprises including Dolce & Gabbana, Puma and H&M, as well as middle market tenants such as Bank of America, Duane Reade, Payless Shoes and others. In addition, 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 has joint ventured with a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to develop it into a complex of mixed retail and residential use.
In Brooklyn, Albert Laboz serves as chairman of the Fulton Street Mall Association (BID) and is on the executive committee of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.