For as long as he could remember, David Ash has always loved people and connecting people. So much so, that he describes himself as a matchmaker. Growing up, he connected friends through sports, in college, his job was to connect NYU students with a nightclub, and today he connects institutions and funds with property owners. Am I oversimplifying his life? Why, yes I am. But who has the time to talk about David climbing out of debt? Or how he pulled off a $300M record-setting deal with Zara in SoHo? I certainly don’t. And you’re right - it’s a different level of matchmaking when you’re connecting Kaufman Organization with Extell Development for the $200M sale of the Ring Portfolio. I agree. Selling $4B worth of real estate did take ingenuity, creativity, and a whole lot of persistence.