Matthew M. Baron
President and Founder
Matthew M. Baron is the President and Founder of Baron Property Group (BPG), a vertically integrated real estate development and investment firm headquartered in New York City and Miami focused on developing best-in-class residential and commercial properties in emerging and established locations. Formed in 2021, BPG has an active development pipeline totaling nearly 4 million square feet and over 3,600 new residential units, valued at over $2 billion. Under Matthew Baron’s leadership, the company’s current portfolio includes large-scale mixed-use and rental residential development projects in Long Island City, Queens, and Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood, as well as the Miami metro area cities of Hialeah and Coral Gables.
Prior to BPG, Matthew was co-founder of Simon Baron Development, where for over 15 years he oversaw the acquisition, financing and development of over $1.8 billion of assets primarily throughout New York City. His strategic foresight and deep experience in finance and development span a wide range of real estate ventures, and in addition to these achievements he has taught Real Estate Development at New York University’s prestigious Schack Institute of Real Estate.
Matthew earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from NYU’s Stern School of Business as well as an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School.