{"id":26886,"date":"2025-07-14T14:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=26886"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:45:55","slug":"jerry-c-pi-c5-pardee99-cory-diamond","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/profile\/jerry-c-pi-c5-pardee99-cory-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry C. Pi (Pardee&#8217;99)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Pi is the Founder of Pi Capital Partners, a private family real estate investment firm headquartered in New York City. Under his strategic leadership, Pi Capital Partners has built a diversified portfolio of over 40 properties and over half a million square feet of commercial real estate. Pi Capital focuses on long-term ownership in the core New York City submarkets of Manhattan and Queens. The company is also a NYC certified MBE company. Jerry has spearheaded the development of several signature projects, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flushing Professional Tower<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 100,000 SF mixed-use medical and office<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elm East<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 110,000 SF multi-family rental development<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elm West<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 250,000 SF multi-family rental development<\/li>\n<li><strong>219 Canal Street<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 6,000 SF mixed-use commercial\/office<\/li>\n<li><strong>339 Fifth Avenue<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 90,000 SF multi-family rental in Midtown Manhattan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These projects reflect a disciplined approach to urban infill development, local community development, and community investment, backed by deep market insight and a generational investment perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry began his career as a developer consultant at BTS, Inc., a strategy development advisory firm focused on shareholder value-add initiatives for Fortune 500 companies. He holds a\u00a0dual degree in Economics and International Relations from Boston University, and a\u00a0Master\u2019s in Real Estate Development from New York University.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry is actively engaged in civic and philanthropic efforts through his foundation. His non-profit participation and endowments includes:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Board of Trustee, The Browning School<br \/>\n&#8211; Board of Director, Flushing Business Improvement District (BID)<br \/>\n&#8211; Schack Advisory Board Member, New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate<br \/>\n&#8211; Dean Advisory Council, Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies<br \/>\n&#8211; Boston University Alumni Council Member (BUAC)<br \/>\n&#8211; Advisory Board Member, Asian Real Estate Professional Association (AREPA)<br \/>\n&#8211; Grace Wu and Jerry Pi Family Scholarship Fund, Columbia University Engineering<br \/>\n&#8211; The Jerry Pi Diversity Scholarship, New York University Schack Real Estate Institute<\/p>\n<p>Through Jerry\u2019s philanthropic efforts, he has brought his expertise in real estate development to deliver state-of-the-art academic facilities. Some of his pro bono achievements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Long Island Business Institute \u2013 16,000 sf<\/li>\n<li>Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School (Grades 5-8) \u2013 35,000 sf<\/li>\n<li>The Browning School High School Campus \u2013 60,000 sf<\/li>\n<li>Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies \u2013 70,000 sf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In his spare time, Jerry is Masters Ultrarunner with notable accomplishments including \u00a0Marathon Des Sables, Ultra Trail Mont Blanc, Western States, Moab 240, Tor Des Geants, Team USA Age Group Triathlon, 3 Boston Marathons, and NYC Marathon Streakers and 15+. He lives in Sutton Place with his wife and three children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24490,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/26886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24490"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/26886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27388,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/26886\/revisions\/27388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}