Crescent Heights
Menin began his career as a lawyer at a New York law firm. In 1989, he co-founded the real estate development firm Crescent Heights with his cousin Russell W. Galbut and partner Sonny Kahn, becoming a principal in the business.[4] Together, they have invested in over 35,000 residential and hotel units across the nation.[4] From 1989 to 1994, Menin and his partners expanded their condominium conversion business in South Beach and Miami.[5] In 1994, Menin was the company principal responsible for the Broad Exchange Building, the first office-to-residential rental conversion in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan.[6] In 1998, Menin oversaw the new construction condominium building in Los Angeles named The Remington.[7]
Menin led the restoration and preservation of multiple historic buildings, beginning with several projects in the Miami Beach Architectural District during the 1990s.[4] In Los Angeles, Menin is leading the preservation and restoration of the Hollywood Palladium and sponsored the nomination of the 1940s Streamline Moderne venue as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.[8][9]
In recent years, Menin’s work at Crescent Heights has emphasized transit-oriented multifamily housing in major U.S. cities, including projects incorporating public art and landscape installations.[10]
During the 2020s, Menin continued to oversee high-rise and transit-oriented developments as Crescent Heights expanded its portfolio in Miami and Chicago.[11] A 40-story apartment tower overseen by Menin was completed in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. In 2025, the company secured $238.4 million in refinancing for the property.[12] In 2022, as a managing principal, he was involved in the firm’s announcement of plans for Casa Forma, a proposed 55-story tower in Miami designed to include more than 1,400 residential units and office space for the developer and Miami-Dade County Public Schools.[13]
In San Francisco, he oversaw the proposal for a 67-story residential tower with approximately 1,000 units at 10 South Van Ness Avenue, a project estimated at around $1 billion.[14] Menin’s work at Crescent Heights also included apartment-to-condominium conversions, including a 19-story lakefront building in Chicago and a tower in Los Angeles.[15][16]
In 2025, Menin was a panelist at The Real Deal’s Miami Real Estate Forum in Miami, where he discussed South Florida’s multifamily market alongside other developers and investors.[17]
