William Reinhardt, New York City real estate icon, dies.William "Bill" Reinhardt, Sr. died on Saturday, December 3. He was the founder and chairman of Fillmore Real Estate, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's largest privately owned and operated commercial and residential real estate brokerage firm. Mr. Reinhardt, who was 69, died at his home in Brooklyn with his family at his bedside. The cause of death was lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. , said his son, John Reinhardt John Edward Reinhardt (born 1920) is a retired American ambassador and diplomat. Reinhardt was born in Vermont. He was the U.S. ambassador to Nigeria from 1971 to 1975, becoming one of the first black ambassadors. He became the director of the U.S. . Mr. Reinhardt, the son of a longshoreman, launched Fillmore Real Estate in 1966, opening the first office on the corner of Fillmore and Flatbush Avenues. Since then, the company has grown to more than 20 offices and 500 agents who cover the entire borough of Brooklyn. "Bill was always looking to improve the company and, most importantly, to serve the people of Brooklyn," said John Reinhardt, who is the president and chief executive officer of Fillmore. "The corporate culture that Dad created enabled Fillmore to grow and still maintain that 'family' feeling. It allowed us to provide the very best in customer service to everyone who needed our services--whether it was a first-time homebuyer First-Time Homebuyer An IRA owner who is exempt from the early-distribution penalty (which applies to IRA distributions that occur before the IRA owner reaches age 59.5) for distributing funds from his or her IRA to buy, build, or rebuild a home when having had no interest in a or a retailer looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. commercial space." Before he established Fillmore, Mr. Reinhardt, who was born in Park Slope and graduated from Manual Training High School, sold cookies for Nabisco. He began his real estate career after he realized that he had a natural talent for sales that could provide a solid financial foundation for his growing family. "Dad always put family first," John said. As a teenager, he met his future wife, Patricia, at the local A&P where he was stocking cookies. The sweethearts married three years later. And while he loved all his children equally, his youngest and only daughter, Ann, held a special place in his heart. "After having three sons, Dad cherished his daughter," John remembered. Mr. Reinhardt created a special holiday for Ann, Daughter's Day, when he and his youngest would spend the Sunday after Mother's Day together "doing whatever she wanted," said John. Mr. Reinhardt was an active member of the Lions Club and supported many causes through his position at Fillmore, including the company's annual holiday drive for Toys for Tots Toys For Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by Major Bill Hendricks. , the Flatlands
Flatlands is a type of terrain similar to savanna and grassland. Volunteer Ambulance & First Aid Corps and Deborah Hospital. A tribute Web site--www.billreinhardt.com--was created and received more than 2,000 visits within the first week of Mr. Reinhardt's passing. "It shows how many lives Dad touched and how many people truly cared about him," said John. William Reinhardt, Sr., leaves behind his wife of 48 years, Patricia; four children, William, Jr., John, Michael and Ann; and 13 grandchildren. Lifelong Brooklyn residents, the family all live in Bergen Beach, with the exception of William, Jr., who lives in Clinton Township, New Jersey Clinton Township is a Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 12,957. Clinton was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 12, 1841, from portions of Lebanon . |
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