{{Short description|American real estate developer and philanthropist}} {{Infobox person | name = David Rose | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1892 | birth_place = Jerusalem | birth_name = | death_date = {{death year and age|1986|1892}} | death_place = | education = | occupation = real estate developer | known_for = co-founder of Rose Associates | spouse = | parents = | children = | family = {{nowrap| Samuel B. Rose (brother)<br> Frederick P. Rose (nephew)<br>Daniel Rose (nephew)<br>Jonathan F. P. Rose (great-nephew)<br>David S. Rose (great-nephew)<br> Gideon Rose (great-nephew) }} | website = }}

'''David Rose''' (1892&ndash;1986) was an American real estate developer and philanthropist who co-founded Rose Associates.

==Biography== Rose was born to a Jewish family in Jerusalem<ref name=NYTObit>[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/18/obituaries/david-rose.html New York Times: "DAVID ROSE"] July 18, 1986</ref> one of six siblings.<ref name=NYTObit /> His family immigrated in the 1890s<ref name=CUNY>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ysPL1vn5dQ BuildingNY: "The Life of Jonathan F. P. Rose"] October 10, 2012</ref> and he then worked as a sales catalog buyer for a clothing store working in the Garment District in New York City<ref name=CUNY /> when - inspired by an uncle who purchased real estate<ref name=RealEstateWeeklyPhinneas>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Frederick+P.+Rose+dies+at+75.-a057386597 Real Estate Weekly: "Frederick P. Rose dies at 75"] September 22, 1999</ref> - he founded Roses Associates with his brother, Samuel B., in 1927.<ref name=NYTObit /> In 1928, they completed their first building, a six-story, 218-unit building and within two years had completed more than 900 apartments.<ref name=RealEstateWeeklyPhinneas /> In 1930,<ref name=CUNY /> they built the 500-unit Academy Apartments in the Bronx, the first apartment building built of reinforced concrete.<ref name=RealEstateWeeklyPhinneas /> After the Depression, they began building apartments in Manhattan.<ref name=RealEstateWeeklyPhinneas /> One of his most prominent buildings was the Bankers Trust Company at 280 Park Avenue at 48th Street.<ref name=NYTObit />

The Rose family went on to become one of the most established and prominent real estate families in New York City in the 20th century (along with the Dursts, the Lefraks, the Rudins, and the Tisch family). In 2006, Rose Associates, managed over 31,000 apartments in New York City including Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.<ref name=Observer>[http://observer.com/2006/12/the-rose-family/#ixzz34iGQxZUW New York Observer: "The Rose Family" By Jason Horowitz] December 18, 2006</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/nyregion/09families.html?_r=0 New York Times: "In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again" By CHARLES V. BAGLI] February 8, 2010</ref>

==Philanthropy== Rose was dedicated to supporting the development of new medical devices. He financed the design and construction of the first hyperbaric chamber in New York City at Mount Sinai Hospital. He established the Foundation for Medical Technology, which finances medical instrumentation research; and he funded Dr. Willem Kolff in the development of the first production portable, artificial kidney.<ref name=NYTObit /> Rose also contributed to the building of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.<ref name=NYTObit /> He also served as a trustee of the New School for Social Research and of the Bronx YM-YWHA.<ref name=NYTObit />

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==External links== * [https://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_8972723/summary Rose Associates, Inc. Records, 1935-2004, (bulk 1935-1983) Held in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York City]

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