Aaron Koffman

Founder & CEO

Aaron leads the day-to-day operations at Milestone and helps guide its strategic vision. Prior to founding Milestone, Aaron was President of The Hudson Companies where he led its strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations while heading its award-winning affordable housing arm totaling over 7,000 units and $3 billion in costs during his 15-year tenure. Aaron was the team lead on several transformational affordable housing/mixed-use new construction developments including: the 1,673 NYCHA PACT RAD Boulevard Houses rehabilitation in Brooklyn, the 1,060-unit La Central development in the South Bronx, the 740-unit Spofford Detention Center Redevelopment in Hunts Point. Through Aaron’s leadership, Hudson became an industry leader in sustainable affordable housing development, including the installation of over 1,000,000 watts of solar photovoltaics at the Gateway Elton site in East New York, which was the largest for a multifamily array in New York State.

Before Hudson, Aaron was a Project Manager with Forest City Ratner Companies focusing on the 6,400-unit Atlantic Yards (now Pacific Park) development which also became the home of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty. Aaron started his housing career in New York as a Senior Project Manager at the New York City Housing Development Corporation where he helped HDC become the nationwide leader in multifamily bond issuances in 2004 and 2005. In 2023, Aaron was named as an inaugural member of the Brooklyn Power 100 by Schneps Media. Aaron is a certified New York State Firefighter who earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UC Berkeley and his Master of City Planning from MIT. Aaron also serves on the Boards of the NYU Furman Center, NYSAFAH, CHPC and Coro Leadership New York.