Michael J. Franco

Michael Franco was appointed Chair of Breaking Ground in June 2015 and has served on the agency’s Board of Directors since 2012. In his first three years on our leadership committee, Michael helped foster an active supportive housing agenda to create more than 800 new units of permanent supportive housing for the most vulnerable New Yorkers. He comes to this role with exceptional qualifications and capabilities. Michael is President of Vornado Realty Trust, overseeing acquisitions, dispositions, and capital markets activity. He joined Vornado in 2010 from Morgan Stanley, where he was a Managing Director and served as Head of the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds in the U.S., its flagship real estate investment opportunity fund. Mr. Franco is also a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute.