Astor & Rowe is led by co-founders Gabe Randall and Alex Rabin, whose combined 30-plus years span nearly $4 billion in projects and more than $800 million in sponsored capital.

Gabe Randall

Principal & Co-Founder

Gabe is responsible for development execution, leading design, entitlement strategy, development, and construction for the company. Prior to co-founding Astor & Rowe, Gabe was Chief Operating Officer of B2K Development, a leading developer of multifamily, for-sale, and seniors housing across the Northeast.

Gabe previously held leadership positions at iStar (NYSE: STAR), as Senior Vice President, where he led monetization of the company's development and joint-venture assets prior to its merger with Safehold, and at DDG, where he managed luxury residential developments in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Gabe started his career as an analyst at The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE: HHH), covering the company's strategic development assets, and later managing various phases of the South Street Seaport Historic District redevelopment.

Gabe has held the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP since 2017, where he teaches courses on building adaptation and reuse. He is a graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Alex Rabin

Principal & Co-Founder

Alex Rabin leads acquisitions and capital markets, sourcing and structuring all deals and capital for the company. In addition to co-founding Astor & Rowe, Alex is a Co-Founder of PEAK Capital Advisors, where he led acquisitions and capital raising efforts. During his time at PEAK, he helped scale the platform to approximately $700 million in assets under management and was involved in the acquisition of more than 80 properties.

Previously, Alex spent seven years as a Vice President at RWN Real Estate Partners, where he sourced and underwrote acquisition opportunities, supported the execution of firmwide transactions, and oversaw asset management across portions of the firm's portfolio.

Earlier in his career, Alex was a Senior Analyst at TIAA-CREF, where he supported the firm's acquisitions and asset management activities from 2012 to 2014. Prior to TIAA-CREF, he worked in acquisitions at Stellar Management.

Alex received an MS in Real Estate Finance from New York University and a BA from the University of Michigan. He lives in New York City.