Celebrating our second centuryOwnership, Management, Development
+ Innovation In Residential Real Estate

Ownership

Korman Communities, a fifth-generation family-owned company, has an established reputation for integrity, market savvy, and proven performance in residential real estate investment, development, and operations.  The Korman Advantage is an integrative approach to residential real estate investment, creating synergy among ownership, property management, and innovative brand marketing.  As an experienced owner-operator with expertise in all aspects of residential real estate investment, Korman ensures a smart, informed, and perceptive strategy in acquisitions, dispositions, improvements, renovations, legal, and financing, which leads to optimized property value and greater returns.

AKA West Hollywood apartment bedroom with concrete ceiling and king bed with large window view of city

Management

Korman is an experienced partner with management, development, and financial capabilities operating throughout the United States and the United Kingdom.  Korman Communities achieves results through efficient operations, resident satisfaction, and strategic improvements yielding greater returns and long-term value, higher occupancy, and higher rates. Korman is an investor-operator with a history of innovation, transforming the traditional multi-family business model by offering flexible leases and rental options with and without furnishings.  By providing all its residents with the highest level of services and thoughtful amenities, Korman promotes resident satisfaction and loyalty. Korman excels at management, maintenance, and service for apartments, flexible-stay furnished suites, corporate housing + relocation, luxury hotels, and luxury furnished condominiums.

AKA Central Park furnished apartment exterior and entrance at dusk on NYC street

AKA

AKA Hotels and Hotel Residences, a hospitality brand awarded for its excellence in services and interior design, is recognized world-wide as the only luxury serviced residences brand. AKA Hotels, the world’s most livable hotels, is unique as a hotel brand providing guests with a feeling of home through a sense of calm, thoughtful design, and unobtrusive services.  AKA luxury furnished condominiums and hotels are for savvy travelers staying by the day, week, or month.

AVE

AVE is an innovative residential real estate brand that has elevated the multi-family business model by offering optionality, convenience, and high-touch service. AVE residential communities feature luxury apartments with and without furnishings for stays of a few weeks or a few months, coupled with on-demand, state-of-the-art business, wellness, and entertainment amenities, and dedicated, on-site service teams. Korman's original short-term furnished apartment concept in a multi-family residential setting, conceived of more than fifty years ago, has evolved to an innovative residential hybrid for apartment renters by choice, individuals in transition, and extended-stay business travelers.  

AVE Hamilton Green rendering of a future living room with high end furnishings and green garden

Development

Korman pursues exceptional real estate opportunities in key markets including development opportunities. These come in the form of renovations, new construction, and value-added programs. With strategic investment strategies, we are committed to maximizing returns for investors. Korman is actively involved throughout the entire lifecycle of an asset. With cost control, quality control, and schedule management, Korman ensures the highest quality product will be delivered in a timely manner. All development projects are strategically planned to deliver high-quality product and maximize returns to investors.


Vision+Values

We have maintained our excellent reputation and continued success during economic changes by adhering to our core values with integrity and transparency.

  • Q
    Quality

    Provide quality in construction, quality in service, quality in lifestyle

  • U
    Uniqueness

    Embrace uniqueness through innovative design, unique offering and unique development strategies

  • E
    Excellence

    Pursue relentlessly, reflecting our dedication to surpassing expectations

  • S
    Service

    Customer satisfaction and personalized experiences for residents and investors alike

  • T
    Teamwork

    Forging strong partnerships that amplify our capacity to achieve ambitious goals


MANNA - Lean Anne Walsh and Steve Korman packing food

Community

We are on a mission to create raving residents. Our first-class properties offer carefree and elevated living through flexible apartment options, unparalleled, on-demand amenities, and programs to enhance the experiences of our guests and residents.

Giving back

The Korman family has spent generations supporting causes from education, to housing, to hunger. We believe in the power of action and empower our team members to volunteer and give back.

Sustainability

Korman is committed to developing and operating first-class properties that deliver healthy and sustainable living for our residents while continuously seeking opportunities to minimize our environmental impact. We partner with suppliers who share these values and help us get better every day.

Our commitment to environment, community, and people

At Korman Communities, we believe companies have a responsibility to give back to the communities in which they operate. Korman’s culture is purpose-driven, focused on engaging with local stakeholders. Korman has partnered with both national and local organizations such as Move for Hunger, Habitat for Humanity, MANNA, Clean The World and many others.


Investment Locations

The acquisition strategy is to purchase premium properties in the most desirable locations in both the United States and select overseas locations such as London, and to manage them under the AKA or AVE brands.


Recent Openings

Korman cultivates an integrated environment where ideas and strategies are shared across a nationwide platform. This cross-disciplinary approach focuses on maximizing revenue through best-in-class operations, enabling meaningful returns, mitigating risk, and maximizing the value of the properties for investors.



Why Korman?


Korman Communities is the proud culmination of 100 years of history, innovation, leadership, passion, and hard work. Five generations of the Korman family have built or acquired more than 30,000 single-family homes, 14,000 apartments and 4,000 hotel suites.


AKA Times Square Penthouse Lounge

CELEBRATING OUR 
SECOND CENTURY 
OF RESIDENTIAL REAL 
ESTATE INNOVATION

Operational excellence

A fully integrated real estate company with development, management, financial, and legal capabilities operating throughout the U.S. and Europe.

  • Focuses on opportunistic, value-added, and core-plus acquisitions, as well as development from the ground up.
  • Invests in and manages best-in-class real estate in US gateway and growth markets through its AKA and AVE brands.

An experienced partner to a variety of sophisticated institutions, family offices and high-net-worth individuals, Korman handles all asset management and financial reporting needs.

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