Founding Partners:
Saif Sumaida

Mr. Sumaida has over 32 years of real estate development and  construction management experience in New York City and Miami, with upwards of $1.5 billion of completed and in-development projects. 

His most notable projects in New York include a 37-story, 450-foot luxury residential tower in Midtown West designed by Pritzker Award-winning master architect Álvaro Siza, a luxury residential project in Nolita designed by another Pritzker Laureate, Tadao Ando, and a residential tower in West Chelsea designed by renowned architectural firm, SCDA architects.

He is currently in development on several projects, including a 25-story, 330,000 GSF tower in Upper Manhattan and two Class A+ office developments in the South of Fifth neighborhood in Miami Beach, designed by Pritzker Award-winning master architect, Eduardo Souta de Moura and master architect, Alberto Campo Baeza. 

Combining an imaginative vision with a strong track record of  executing highly-lauded development projects, Mr. Sumaida functions  as a rare mix of development principal, construction manager, and  trained architect. He is engaged in all aspects of the development  process from conception to implementation. 

Mr. Sumaida started Foundations Group, in 1993. The firm has become one of the most reputable non-union construction management firms in New York City. As a construction manager for both his own projects and other developers’, Mr. Sumaida has built over 1.5 million sf of luxury condominium developments, boutique hotels, office buildings, high-end residential interiors and significant retail properties in Manhattan. 

His work has been written up in innumerable publications, including the New York Times the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, the New Yorker, and exhibited in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Museum of The City of New York, and the MoMA, among other museums and galleries.  

Mr. Sumaida received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cooper Union.

Amit Khurana

Mr. Khurana is a real estate professional with 18 years of investment and development experience in New York and Miami, with upwards of $1.2 billion of completed and in-development projects. His most notable projects in New York include a 37-story, 450-foot luxury residential tower in Midtown West designed by Pritzker Award-winning master architect Álvaro Siza and a luxury residential project in Nolita designed by another Pritzker Laureate, Tadao Ando.

He is currently in development on several projects, including a 25-story, 330,000 GSF tower in Upper Manhattan and two Class A+ office developments in the South of Fifth neighborhood in Miami Beach, designed by Pritzker Award-winning master architect, Eduardo Souta de Moura and master architect, Alberto Campo Baeza. 

From the inception of the firm, Mr. Khurana has been recognized for delivering projects of exceptional quality, craftsmanship, and architectural pedigree.  With a passion for developing timeless, meticulously designed buildings, his work is meaningfully adding to the built environment.  

His work has been profiled in countless publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg and the New Yorker. 

Mr. Khurana graduated from Columbia University with an M.S. in Real Estate Development. He also received a B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University.

Mr. Sumaida has over 32 years of real estate development and  construction management experience in New York City and Miami, with upwards of $1.5 billion of completed and in-development projects. 

His most notable projects in New York include a 37-story, 450-foot luxury residential tower in Midtown West designed by Pritzker Award-winning master architect Álvaro Siza, a luxury residential project in Nolita designed by another Pritzker Laureate, Tadao Ando, and a residential tower in West Chelsea designed by renowned architectural firm, SCDA architects.

He is currently in development on several projects, including a 25-story, 330,000 GSF tower in Upper Manhattan and two Class A+ office developments in the South of Fifth neighborhood in Miami Beach, designed by Pritzker Award-winning master architect, Eduardo Souta de Moura and master architect, Alberto Campo Baeza. 

Combining an imaginative vision with a strong track record of  executing highly-lauded development projects, Mr. Sumaida functions  as a rare mix of development principal, construction manager, and  trained architect. He is engaged in all aspects of the development  process from conception to implementation. 

Mr. Sumaida started Foundations Group, in 1993. The firm has become one of the most reputable non-union construction management firms in New York City. As a construction manager for both his own projects and other developers’, Mr. Sumaida has built over 1.5 million sf of luxury condominium developments, boutique hotels, office buildings, high-end residential interiors and significant retail properties in Manhattan. 

His work has been written up in innumerable publications, including the New York Times the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, the New Yorker, and exhibited in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Museum of The City of New York, and the MoMA, among other museums and galleries.  

Mr. Sumaida received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cooper Union.

Mr. Khurana is a real estate professional with 18 years of investment and development experience in New York and Miami, with upwards of $1.2 billion of completed and in-development projects. His most notable projects in New York include a 37-story, 450-foot luxury residential tower in Midtown West designed by Pritzker Award-winning master architect Álvaro Siza and a luxury residential project in Nolita designed by another Pritzker Laureate, Tadao Ando.

He is currently in development on several projects, including a 25-story, 330,000 GSF tower in Upper Manhattan and two Class A+ office developments in the South of Fifth neighborhood in Miami Beach, designed by Pritzker Award-winning master architect, Eduardo Souta de Moura and master architect, Alberto Campo Baeza. 

From the inception of the firm, Mr. Khurana has been recognized for delivering projects of exceptional quality, craftsmanship, and architectural pedigree.  With a passion for developing timeless, meticulously designed buildings, his work is meaningfully adding to the built environment.  

His work has been profiled in countless publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg and the New Yorker. 

Mr. Khurana graduated from Columbia University with an M.S. in Real Estate Development. He also received a B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University.