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Harlem Pioneer Eugene Giscombe Passes Away

NEW YORK CITY—Known to many as the “Mayor of 125th Street,” the founder, president and chief executive of Giscombe Realty Group was 76 years old.

Eugene Giscombe Giscombe brokered one of Harlem’s biggest retail sales: a portfolio of 16 retail buildings that traded for $50 million.

NEW YORK CITY—Giscombe Realty Group founder, president and chief executive Eugene Giscombe has died. The founder of the Harlem commercial real estate firm—known affectionately by many as the “Mayor of 125th Street”—passed away Sunday, July 10 unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm at the age of 76.

“The Mayor’s” experience in Harlem went back 30 years, before Harlem was considered viable for a deal. He founded his real estate services firm in 1982, helping to put the area on the industry’s radar screen, and also became a community leader. Giscombe’s family’s real estate legacy that started in the Harlem community with his grandfather, Lawrence Giscombe.

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Rayna Katz

Rayna Katz

Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

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