Coby Lefkowitz

Co-Founder & Principal
Backyard
Coby Lefkowitz
Coby Lefkowitz

About Me

Coby is a co-founder and principal of Backyard, a real estate development firm focused on creating more beautiful, dynamic, and walkable neighborhoods.

Coby is a leading global thinker on real estate & urban planning whose expertise in beautifying cities is sought around the world.

He is a professor at New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate. and is the best selling Author of Building Optimism.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia.

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