Abby Hamlin

President and Founder, Hamlin Ventures

Ms. Hamlin is the President of Hamlin Ventures, LLC.  Hamlin Ventures is a design-driven real estate development company that specializes on select urban projects. Founded in 1998, Hamlin Ventures is recognized for producing distinctive market-rate and affordable projects in Manhattan and Brooklyn.  In addition to her prominent role at Hamlin Ventures, she is also the Director of Curriculum and an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate Development at Columbia University.

 

Prior to founding Hamlin Ventures, Ms. Hamlin served as the President of Swig, Weiler and Arnow, a premier developer of notable office and hotel properties. Ms. Hamlin is also the founder and head of Studio HV, a creative studio that addresses urban challenges through participation in competitions and consulting assignments. As a dedicated urbanist and proponent of the arts, Ms. Hamlin previously served as Chair of the Board of the Van Alen Institute for Public Architecture and as Chair of the Public Art Committee of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. She has also served as a juror for the Art Works program at the National Endowment for the Arts. Currently, she is a board member for The Actors Fund Affordable Housing Corporation, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Art Omi.  Ms. Hamlin received a Bachelor of Art degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a Master of Urban Planning degree from Princeton University.