G. Lamont Blackstone has been honored as one of 100 Crain’s New York Business’ Notable Black Leaders 2024 in the October 21 issue. Explaining the selection process, Crain’s editors noted that the criteria was “demonstrated accomplishments, professional success and meaningful contributions to their respective industries.”
Blackstone, Project REAP (Real Estate Associate Program)’s past chair, served as interim executive director prior to the appointment of the current executive director, Taneshia Nash Laird. He is the principal of his eponymous firm, G.L. Blackstone & Associates.
Blackstone is known for his award-winning commercial real estate services. He has sourced, structured, negotiated, and implemented retail real estate development deals in urban markets ranging from free-standing supermarkets to supermarket-anchored shopping centers. You can also typically find him working out of Mount Vernon and the surrounding New York area.
Blackstone was commended for playing a key role in the $70 million capital campaign for the restoration of Newark Symphony Hall, successfully leading the application for a competitive state historic tax credit that secured $8 million through the Historic Property Reinvestment Program. Nash Laird, then president and CEO of Newark Symphony Hall, worked closely with Blackstone at the time, revitalizing the nearly insolvent c. 1925 performing arts center, one of the oldest and largest in the State.
He holds a B. S. in Business Administration from Boston University, Questrom School of Business; an M.B.A. in Finance & Real Estate from The Wharton School of Business and is a Certified Retail Property Executive (CRX), ICSC. Blackstone is based in Mount Vernon, NY, just north of New York City.
In April 2021, he was named one of 914 Inc.’s 6 Inspiring Black Leaders and Executives from Westchester County.
