Steven V. Maksin

Steven V. Maksin (born Vsevolod Maksin) is an American real estate investor, attorney, and certified public accountant. He is the founder of Moonbeam Capital Investments, which redevelops distressed shopping malls.

 Early life 
Maksin was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. He moved to the United States in 1989 and has lived in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Kingsborough Community College. Later, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from New York University (NYU). He also attended the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and completed a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law.Nelson D. Schwartz, The Velvet Rope Economy: How Inequality Became Big Business, (New York: Doubleday, 2020), 262-64 

 Career 

 Early career 
From 1994 to 2002, Maksin worked in tax and finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers. From 2002 to 2015, he taught accounting and tax law as an adjunct professor at the College of Staten Island. He is licensed as an attorney in New York and New Jersey, as well as a certified public accountant in several states. 

 Moonbeam Capital Investments 
Maksin started Moonbeam Capital Investments in 2011. At the time, many malls in the United States were in decline and Moonbeam began buying these properties for redevelopment. The company bought malls in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, and New Jersey.

Some of these properties were turned into offices, call centers, government services, or warehouse space. A former mall in Las Vegas later became a police training center.

 Burlington Center Mall 
In 2012, Maksin bought the Burlington Center Mall property in New Jersey for $3.4 million. The mall later closed. In 2019, the land was sold to another company for $22 million, but Moonbeam continued to take part in the redevelopment. The new project, called “The Crossings”, includes plans for warehouses, retail space, housing, and a hotel.

 Personal life 
Since 1988, Maksin has lived in Brooklyn. In addition to his real estate work, he collects historical firearms and artworks, with some items loaned to museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.Schwartz, Velvet Rope Economy, 264 
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