“As the son of an Italian barber, the central tenet of my upbringing was; if you have a plan and work harder than everyone else, it will all fall into place. We had more than my father’s business would suggest because we built things, like our family cabin in the Catskills, by ourselves over many years of hard work. That’s where I got my love of design and building things.”
With over 25 years as a real estate development professional, Brian Cohan has served as an owner and managing partner across a number of projects and partnerships – including the startup of two separate development companies. The first being a hotel development and management company that has gone on to develop a significant portfolio of Marriott and Hilton hotels. The second being a regional development firm where he helped build a team and company that when he left was developing over $100 million in new projects annually.