''Terra Holdings'', founded in 1995, is a

parent company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...

of several previously acquired

real estate brokerage A real estate agent or real estate broker is a person who represents sellers or buyers of real estate or real property. While a broker may work independently, an agent usually works under a licensed broker to represent clients. Brokers and age ...

firms that focus on real estate in the New York City and

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area. The company was established in 1995 and has since acquired

Brown Harris Stevens Brown Harris Stevens is an American real estate service company headquartered in New York City with offices across the East Coast serving Connecticut, New Jersey, the Hudson Valley, the Hamptons, Palm Beach, and Miami. The original firm was found ...

, Feathered Nest, and Halstead Property. It also has a service arm known as the Vanderbilt Companies that focus on insurance, appraisals, advertising, and marketing. Co-chairmen and owners of Terra Holdings are David Burris, Kent Swig, Arthur Zeckendorf, and William Lie Zeckendorf. Their head office is at 770

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. In June 2017, they purchased the

cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...

and

condominium A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership structure whereby a building is divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas that are jointly owned. The term can be applied to the building or complex ...

management division (with 8,250 units in 35 buildings in New York) from Rose Associates.

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About Terra Holdings
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