Area+Partners Information

Area + Partners is a real estate development, asset management, and investment firm based in New York City. Its work spans residential, mixed-use, hospitality, and commercial properties, with expertise across ground-up construction, adaptive reuse, and master planning. The firm is built as an integrated platform, allowing capital to move fluidly across development, asset management, and investment as market conditions evolve. This evergreen approach is central to how the firm’s leadership has generated consistent returns through economic expansion and contraction. Led by Edward Baquero, a 35-year veteran of the real estate and hospitality industries, Area + Partners reflects decades of execution across multiple real estate cycles. That experience has sharpened a disciplined view of value creation, informed by decisions made across a range of conditions and asset classes. That judgment runs through every pillar of the business, built on the belief that no detail is too small to shape an outcome. The standards that shape Area + Partners today were cultivated through years of collaborating with some of the world's most influential architects, artists, photographers, designers, and visionaries within their respective fields including Jean Nouvel, Robert A.M. Stern, Norman Foster, Christian de Portzamparc, Roberto Cavalli, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz, Hart Howerton, Deborah Berke, Marco Glaviano, and David Chipperfield. These collaborations are defined by rigorous dialogue, high expectations, and a willingness to challenge ideas in pursuit of seminal work. That experience affirmed a longstanding belief that the strongest projects emerge from shared conviction, close collaboration, and detailed execution. Those principles continue to guide how the firm approaches the projects it takes on today.