United American Land LLC (UAL) is a family-owned real estate development, investment and management company based in New York City. Its principals, the brothers Albert, Jason and Jody Laboz, own and manage approximately forty properties in Manhattan and Brooklyn, where they have restored, improved and reinvented historic buildings in Tribeca, Soho and the Flat Iron district via conversion from commerical use to luxury residences. Among such projects are UAL’s current initiative to restore the Arnold Constable & Company Building, a once grand 19th century block-long retail stalwart on the block bounded by Howard, Mercer, and Canal Streets, to house elegant residential lofts with carriage trade retail on the street level.
United American Land is also presently constructing a new residential enclave on the largest open site in the Soho Cast Iron Historic District: Soho Mews, designed by the architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, will house lofts, penthouses and townhouses organized in two buildings facing West Broadway and Wooster Street, respectively, between Grand and Canal Streets. The Lyla, a 70,000-square foot retail and residential condominium building at 600 Sixth Avenue at 17th Street in Manhattan, is another recent UAL project. Throughout downtown Manhattan, UAL has also created spaces for high profile retail enterprises, including Dolce & Gabbana, Puma, Domenico Vaca and others. United American Land is also actively involved in Brooklyn, where Albert Laboz serves as chairman of the Fulton Mall Association. The company has assembled a group of properties by Fulton Street, Bridge Street and Willoughby Street in downtown Brooklyn, adjacent Metrotech. This assemblage has over 1.3 million buildable square feet of air rights, which UAL will develop into a complex of mixed retail, residential and office use conceived to catalyze the future vitality of this important area.
