The Principals

Derek Greenberg, BS (Chem Eng), BA, MBA

Chairman

Derek is the Chairman of Green Street. He has over 50 years of experience in real estate and private equity and development. He has been involved in many billions of dollars of real estate transactions, primarily in South Africa and the US.

The highlight of his career was the formation of 3 public diversified REITs listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”). In 2003, Derek executed the merger of two REITs, Primegro Properties Ltd, which he founded, and Growthpoint Properties Ltd, with the merged company having ~$1 Billion AUM. As Executive Director of the combined entity, Derek and the continued to grow Growthpoint’s AUM into the billions. Today, Growthpoint is South Africa’s largest REIT, with ~$10bn AUM. In 2005, Derek spearheaded the IPO of CBS Properties Limited, which was later sold to the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa.  In 2012, Derek undertook the IPO of Annuity Properties, which was later sold to South Africa’s second largest REIT, Redefine Properties Ltd.

Prior to his role as an Executive Director and Managing Director of South Africa’s leading REITs, Derek was a real estate developer, specializing in land development and condo conversions. He personally converted over 1,500 residential units. He continues his development work today as Chairman of the Green Street. 

Derek, educated in South Africa, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Wits University, a second Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of South Africa and an MBA from the University of Cape Town.

Daniel Greenberg, MBA (Wharton), MS (Columbia)

Principal

Daniel serves as Principal at Green Street. He has completed or is in process in developing 5 buildings in Brooklyn containing a total of 140 apartments and with a value of $130m. He focuses on locating, underwriting, and negotiating acquisitions, raising and structuring equity and debt financing, as well as managing the design and approvals process. Daniel also actively assists in project management, budgeting, and the hiring and supervision of contractors.

Daniel holds an MBA with honors from The Wharton School, an MS in Operations Research from Columbia University, and a BA in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University. Prior to forming Green Street, Daniel worked at Booz & Company as a Management Consultant where he advised Fortune 500 clients.

Warren Silverman, MS Real Estate Development (NYU)

Principal, Director of Construction

Warren is a principal at GSG and is responsible for all project and construction management related activities at GSG. Warren has more than 10 years of experience in real estate development and project management.

Warren, as a project manager, has overseen the construction of 26 multi-family residential buildings in Brooklyn during his career.

Warren holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science from Binghamton University and a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from New York University.