In a career spanning more than 30 years, Mitchell D. Rechler, co-managing partner of Rechler Equity Partners, has directed the management, acquisition, development and disposition of more than 25 million square feet of commercial space throughout the New York Tri-State region.

With his cousin, Gregg Rechler, Mitchell manages the day-to-day operations for Rechler Equity Partners and is responsible for financing, marketing, and leasing strategies, as well as managing tenant relations for the company throughout its six-million-square-foot portfolio.

Since 2001, Mitchell, with Gregg, has used his expertise in planning, capital markets and development to expand outside of Rechler Equity Partners to invest in retail; storage; commercial loft; hotel; industrial; and residential properties. The company’s current pipeline of new development exceeds $1 billion.

Mitchell has been instrumental in leading the company’s expanding industrial and residential portfolio to meet the needs of Long Island’s economy. The Hampton Business District—the East End’s new frontier for commerce—is a planned 440,000 square-foot Class-A industrial park that has already built out more than 200,000 square feet with another nearly 100,000 being developed for a state-of-the-art, last-mile warehouse and distribution center for Amazon. Greybarn, a luxury, multifamily community, has already supplied more than 450 much-needed rental housing options for Long Island’s workforce with many more communities planned to be developed along the south shore.

Mitchell is a past President of the Association for a Better Long Island, a regional lobbying organization representing 25 of Long Island’s largest real estate developers who collectively have invested more than $15 billion in Nassau and Suffolk counties. He currently sits on their executive committee.

Beyond his professional commitments, Mitchell is deeply involved in many philanthropic activities on Long Island. He has been a board member of the Long Island Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America; a board member of the Head Injury Association; and a former member of the Board of Trustees for the Village of Brookville. Mitchell has always believed in being a good steward of the community and continues to support local organizations such as Island Harvest, The Interfaith Nutrition Network, the Babylon Animal Shelter as well as many other local charities.

Under Mitchell’s direction, the company has also created an annual scholarship program, which—for more than a decade— provides a dozen opportunities for local seniors pursuing a career in science and/or technology. Lastly, as part of the renovation of the Canoe Place Inn in Hampton Bays, Mitchell has worked with the Hampton Bays School District on a new partnership establishing a hospitality training program and a pipeline for future employment for local adults and students.

Mitchell graduated from Emory University and resides in New York City with his wife, Debbie.