Inside the 7-Year Deal That Built Nolita w/ Eric Hadar

For today's episode, I sit down with Eric Hadar, CEO of Allied Partners, to hear how he built one of New York's most formidable real estate empires.

We cover his $700M acquisition of Citigroup Tower and what that deal taught him about how institutions really think. Eric breaks down why Wall Street's misaligned incentives can actually create rare windows of opportunity for long-term builders willing to be patient.

Then we dive into the seven-year saga of 285 Lafayette, the project where Eric literally coined the term "Nolita" and came within one week of losing everything. He walks through the near-death moments of that deal and how he managed to pull it back from the edge.

If you've ever felt like you're one bad month away from failure, this conversation is a powerful reminder that luck has a way of finding the people who refuse to leave the arena. Eric is living proof.