NEW YORK CITY-Trinity Real Estate, the real estate of TrinityWall Street that’s among Manhattan’s larger commercial landlords,said Thursday it has tapped Jason Pizer to succeed Carl Weisbrod aspresident. Currently VP and director of leasing for Trinity RE,Pizer will assume his new duties Oct. 15.

In an interview Wednesday with the church’s communicationsdirector, Pizer called the promotion “a natural progression. In mycareer I’ve had some experience working in property management,some experience working in the construction industry and of courseleasing at Trinity. So I’ve sort of worn all the hats that thepresident oversees in running the real estate portfolio.”

Over an 11-year tenure with Trinity RE, Pizer has played a keyrole in transforming Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood, wherethe church has been a landowner since 1705 and where most of itsreal estate holdings are centered. During that time, he securedtenants including Viacom, CBS Radio, WNYC Radio, the GuggenheimFoundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, TriBeCa Rooftop, theChildren’s Museum of the Arts New York and the Jackie RobinsonMuseum, as the church converted former industrial buildings intooffice space. In his new role, he will develop, manage and overseeapproximately six million square feet of commercial space in 18buildings.