R. RANDY LEE,  ESQ.
LEEWOOD REAL ESTATE GROUP
260 Christopher Lane
Staten Island, New York 10314
(718) 983-8800

R. Randy Lee has been involved in every phase of the real estate and building business for over forty years, first as a salesman, then a construction superintendent and, finally, as a developer and homebuilder in his own right.  During the same period, he attended New York University and Brooklyn Law School as an evening student, earning a B.S. (Real Estate/Finance) Degree in 1965 and JD (Law) Degree in 1969.  Using his training as a lawyer, developer and builder, he has become one of the most active and experienced low-rise housing builders and developers in New York City.  During this period, he has been a principal in the site development and/or construction of well over 5,000 market rate and affordable residential units.  At present, he has several projects, totaling almost 1,000 units, in the pre-development, marketing and/or construction stage in New York and New Jersey.

Leewood Real Estate Group was founded in 1967 by Mr. Lee. From its headquarters in New York City, Leewood, with Mr. Lee, its CEO, acting as builder/ developer/principal, it provides complete hands-on management to its projects including design, construction, marketing and operational management, as well as acting as General Contractor. Mr. Lee's professional commitment to client satisfaction, construction quality and product value has earned Leewood a hard-won reputation as one of the Metropolitan area's outstanding low rise builder/developers. He was elected to the NYS Builder’s Association Hall of Fame in 2004. Leewood established a New Jersey division in 1997.  Its projects have received state and National recognition and awards.

Mr. Lee is also the founder and managing partner of Lee & Amtzis, LLP, one of Staten Island's largest and most active law firms.  The firm's practice is almost entirely devoted to the representation of real estate owners, lenders, developers and home builders in New York City and has wide-ranging expertise in transactional and land use matters, as well as Condo/Co-op/HOA filings.

Mr. Lee is Chairman of the Board of the Building Industry Association of New York City, as well as a Life Director of the National Association of Home Builders.  He has served this organization in many capacities over the years, most recently as Chairman of its Urban Revitalization Committee and perennial Chairman of the Legal Action Committee.  He is also   a member of the NAHB Executive Board.  Mr. Lee also serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation and Chairman of the New York State Title Attorneys Bar Association and Chairman of the Urban Affordable Housing Coalition. He is also a long standing Vice-President of the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island and is currently spearheading the effort to construct its’ new flagship building - an effort that has been 25 years in the making.

Mr. Lee has been the Chairman of the NAHB LANDS Program since its inception almost fifteen years ago.  LANDS (Legal Action Network for Development Strategies), among other things, created a network of land use attorneys who are dedicated to the common goal of achieving fair and constitutionally appropriate land use decisions at all levels. He also manages a multi-million dollar nationwide pro-active litigation program for NAHB.

In addition to Mr. Lee's corporate and trade association responsibilities, he has been a visiting lecturer at New York University Real Estate Institute, Columbia University Graduate Real Estate Program, and was on the faculty of the National Judicial College.  He has also contributed articles to the Wall St. Journal, New York and National Law Journals, New York State Bar Journal, New York Post, Real Estate Weekly, Real Estate NY and The Empire State Report.  Mr. Lee's outstanding record of accomplishments is frequently recognized by the national, local and trade press.  Both he and his developments have been featured in the New York Times, Daily News, Staten Island Advance, Builder Magazine, Empire State Builder, Real Estate Weekly, Crain's New York Business and New York Construction News.

Mr. Lee has extensive experience in working with and coordinating the participation of community-based organizations in development projects.  He has, among others, worked with Catholic Charities, Astella, The Fifth Avenue Committee, Fulton-Herkimer Development Corporation, Community Agency for Senior Citizens (CASC), Stapleton LDC, Mid Bronx Desperadoes, Los Sures Management Company, Neighborhood Association for Intercultural Affairs (NAICA) The DOE Fund, Inc., and Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) in New York, Staten Island and Jamaica.  In New Jersey, he has worked with Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey as well as Concerned Pastors of Trenton and Vicinity.