Maddd Equities ("Maddd") is a real estate development firm with expertise in a broad range of real estate disciplines, including investment, development, construction and asset management. Maddd acquires, owns, develops and operates properties across many asset classes, including workforce housing, luxury high-rise buildings, hotels, and commercial developments. Jorge Madruga is the founder and Ma
naging Principal of Maddd Equities, a real estate development and investment firm based in New York. Madruga was born and raised in Havana, Cuba and immigrated to the United States in 1980 as an eleven year old during the Mariel Boat Lift. Jorge began his real estate career in the construction and home development business and has built over 2,000 two and three-family homes in New York. Since founding Maddd Equities in 2009, Jorge has participated in developing over 3,000 multi-family units, 1,000 hotel rooms and over two million square feet of commercial space. In addition, Jorge is an active figure on housing policy and economic development issues and has worked with various City agencies on projects on revitalizing neighborhoods with developments that focus on community needs." GDI's current and past projects in the metro area include new construction apartments, schools, commercial and community facility spaces, and several rehab and renovations of former industrial and historic buildings. GDI also specializes in tenant build-outs and improvements. Verbena manages more than 1 million square feet of commercial space and has more than a dozen parking facilities in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. Verbena has a vast commercial tenancy, focusing on supporting the community with tenants such as daycares, charter schools, medical facilities, gyms, non-profit organizations and supermarkets." A real estate investment and development firm. Its focus is multi-family, commercial, and residential development and acquisitions in New York City, its surrounding area, and parts of South Florida.