Sinvin Realty Co-Founder Sinder Passes Away
NYC Broker Helped Transform Lower Manhattan Neighborhoods into Commercial Hubs


Bruce Sinder, co-founder of Sinvin Realty LLC.
Bruce Sinder, co-founder of Sinvin Realty LLC, passed away on March 13 after a three-year battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (A.L.S.), better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Sinder passed away at his TriBeca home. He was 55.

Sinder arrived in New York City in the late 1970s and co-founded Sinvin Realty with Steve Levin. The firm found its niche leasing and selling commercial space to artists, trendy retailers and creative firms in the Manhattan areas of TriBeca, Soho, Greenwich Village and the Meatpacking District, helping to transform those areas from industrial neighborhoods into office and retail hubs.

Over his 30-year career, Sinder brokered deals for companies including Balthazar Restaurant, Adidas, Helmut Lang, Marc Jacobs, Dean & DeLuca, Blue Man Group and Agnès b. Sinder ran the firm after Levin left the real estate business. He handed the company over to Christopher Owles and Steve Glanzberg last December.

He is survived by his wife, Stacie; his sons, Jackson and Reuben; his daughter, Marilyn; and his brother, Robert.