Mr. Judah Hertz

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  Published on: 12/9/2008    Last Visited: 12/10/2008  

  But in a telephone interview, Judah Hertz, chief executive officer of Hertz Investment Group, said his company was proceeding with plans to lease the 600,000-square-foot office building to private tenants. He said top-notch office space in New Orleans is currently 91 percent full, and he expects to take 36 to 40 months to lease the space.
  
  "That's really good if you look at other cities," Hertz said. "We're just going to have to go out and lease the space."
  
  Hertz said he was still open to the idea of leasing the shopping center, which has been vacant since Hurricane Katrina, and the parking garage to the state.
  
  Officials have said that creating an entertainment district next to the Superdome could make New Orleans more attractive as a host city for sporting events such as the Super Bowl, along with providing the stadium district with new sources of revenue.
  
  The state took the option with Hertz last year before the national economic meltdown squeezed credit, and created a projected $1.3 billion state budget deficit next year because of falling oil prices.

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  "Do the accusers even know who Judah Hertz is?
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  People are so afraid of Hertz. It's kind of funny actually because upfront and talking to him, he is quite dorky. And no one has his phone number anyways...nor wants to post it. Truthfully he would probably laugh the whole thing off as all he wants is to get blown everyday.
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  One of the founder of Young Israel of North Beverly Hills is Judah Hertz .
  
  Nevada Denies L.A. Developer Gaming License .
  
  Real estate: Regulators turn down Judah Hertz's application, citing alleged dealings with reputed mob figures. He denies wrongdoing.
  
  From The Los Angeles Times Staff and Wire Reports (12/22/00)
  
  Judah Hertz, owner of the California Mart and several other major downtown Los Angeles properties, lost a bid Wednesday for a Nevada gaming license as a result of alleged ties to reputed mobsters involved in drug dealing and prostitution.
  
  Hertz "obviously is unsuitable for licensure with the state of Nevada and has no business here," said state Gaming Commission Chairman Brian Sandoval as the commission voted 4 to 0 against Hertz's application.
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  Nevada officials said Hertz failed to show up to a hearing of the state's Gaming Control Board and a meeting of the gaming commission.
  
  "I knew what the ruling was," said Hertz, who owns about 3 million square feet of office space in central Los Angeles. "There was no point in going."
  
  The Nevada gaming control board said Hertz had dealings with reputed organized crime figures including Jacob Orgad, an Israeli immigrant and accused international drug smuggler.
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  Control Board documents also state Hertz got some of the money for his Reno ventures from an uncle of Hai Waknine and Assaf Waknine, alleged enforcers for Orgad and members of the Bachsihan crime organization involved in ecstasy dealing.
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  Hertz said his only connection with Orgad was during the purchase of a downtown building on Hill Street.
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  The real estate investor has also been a mentor and a business associate of Hai Waknine, according to John Forbess, an attorney for Hertz.
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  "It's not like Judah has been hanging around with unsavory characters."
  
  Hertz, who had sought licensing approval for himself and several families, got the only denial from Nevada gaming regulators. The other applications were referred to staff. Though they could come up again, it's unlikely given the concern about Hertz.
  
  Judah Hertz had office space next door to Heidi Fleiss.
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  When YINBL started, Hertz was paying for almost everything, including Shalom Tendler's salary.

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  Published on: 9/16/2005    Last Visited: 12/14/2007  

  Judah Hertz:New Orleans After Schwartzes Are Gone
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  As in: Judah Hertz will clean up - when the schwartzes are gone.Orthodox Jewish Joke:"So I'm walking down the street the other day, and there's this schwartze passed out on a pile of garbage.And I said to myself 'What a waste.Someone's thrown out a perfectly good schwartze.")
  
  Judah Hertz has a vision, just like "Bugsy" Siegel had.
  
  Judah sees New Orleans being a Las Vegas with southern charm
  
  Judah Hertz is buying New Orleans property.Over the last 26 months, Judah Hertz has bought over 25% of New Orleans' prime office space through his firm Hertz Investment Group.His affiliate firm, Sapphire Gaming, began acquiring the three Reno casinos in 1999, starting with a $5-million deal for the Comstock.
  
  Judah is joined by others in the casino business to revitalize New Orleans.
  
  Who Is Judah Hertz?Hertz, 56, was born and reared in New York, where he began his real estate career in the late 1970's.
  
  His firm's portfolio is valued at $700 million.He went from refurbishing old NY condos to Miami, and finally Los Angeles.He was accused of being a front for gangsters.He controlled three casinos until his license was revoked.
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  Hertz is allegedly tied to Israeli and Colombian drug cartels.Your opiates, as well as amphetamines, are processed in Belgium and Holland, where Israeli émigrés have always headquartered.The heroin import to Israel is done from Thailand, via Holland.
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  Judah Hertz is our type of guy, and he is an asset.
  
  FEMA Is already demolishing houses.
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  Judah Hertz And New Orleans
  
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  Published on: 10/12/2007    Last Visited: 10/16/2007  

  The firm's president, Judah Hertz, was not in the office Thursday and could not be reached for comment.

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  Published on: 12/4/2008    Last Visited: 12/4/2008  

  Hertz offers French Quarter hotel for $4.1M
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  Judah Hertz, founder of Hertz Investment Group, bought the property in April 2007 for $4.15 million. He said his plans all along have been to use the property as a personal home.
  
  "I was going to do this for a long time," he said. "I love the buildings. They're beautiful."
  
  Once one of the buildings sell, Hertz said he will convert the other into a house.
  
  The hotel has not been a moneymaker because of its small size, he said.
  
  "A 15-room hotel needs the same amount of people as a 200-room hotel," he said.

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  Published on: 11/28/2008    Last Visited: 12/1/2008  

  "If there is nobody buying, then we won't sell," said Judah Hertz, Hertz Investment's president and the investor who famously bought up much of Downtown New Orleans' Class A office space in the years leading up to Hurricane Katrina.
  
  The offering price is unlisted, Hertz said.
  
  Hertz Investment Group snapped up the Verizon Building for about $6 million in early 2006 near the height of a commercial real estate buying frenzy that led some out-of-state investors to consider Pittsburgh's relatively cheap investment opportunities.
  
  Verizon Pennsylvania Inc., which sold Hertz the property, agreed to stay on as the building's only tenant, leasing about half of the building, but the remainder has failed to attract other tenants.
  
  Hertz said that once Verizon's lease expires in about two years, the building will require a major renovation.
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  Hertz has no plans to sell his other Pittsburgh property — four Gateway Center office buildings, which have a combined 1.5 million square feet — that his firm acquired for $55 million in late 2004.
  
  "The other property is doing very well," Hertz said of Gateway Center.

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  "If there is nobody buying, then we won't sell," said Judah Hertz, Hertz Investment's president and the investor who famously bought up much of Downtown New Orleans' Class A office space in the years leading up to Hurricane Katrina.
  
  The offering price is unlisted, Hertz said.

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  Jon Harrigan | Judah Hertz
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  "If there is nobody buying, then we won't sell," said Judah Hertz, Hertz Investment's president and the investor who famously bought up much of Downtown New Orleans' Class A office space in the years leading up to Hurricane Katrina.
  
  The offering price is unlisted, Hertz said.

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  Published on: 5/11/2007    Last Visited: 5/11/2007  

  Judah HertzPresident and Chief Executive Officer

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  Published on: 3/7/2007    Last Visited: 3/7/2007  

  Report: Judah Hertz, the city's largest owner of office space, is upbeat about his investments.September 8, 2005: 9:49 PM EDT
  
  NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Hurricane Katrina may have altered the face of New Orleans permanently but one real estate mogul says he's upbeat about the city's real estate market, according to a new report published Wednesday.
  
  After plunking down $200M on office space and commercial property within the past few years, Judah Hertz, the president of Hertz Investment Group, is bullish to be exact, the Wall Street Journal reported.
  
  "I am very, very bullish on New Orleans," Hertz told the paper.
  
  An industrial warehouse conversion in the late 1980s might have been Hertz's foothold in the city, but it was in the last three years that he began to flex his muscle.
  
  Buying two downtown office buildings in the past four months for $49 million and $45 million each and the New Orleans Centre, which is home to 65 stores, Hertz built his company's holdings up to 3 million square feet of property. (See correction.)
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  Until then, Hertz is having his property assessed for damage and is taking some comfort in knowing that his insurance provider will cover the cost of damages, the Journal reported.
  
  Hertz told the paper that his confidence in the future of the city is not just based on insurance policies and historic trends -- there's something intangible that he believes in.
  
  "It has a very special way of life and there is no question in my mind that once they get the water out and the sewer operating, the city will come back even stronger than it was," Hertz told the paper.

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