In 1980 William Key and Brendan Keane heard about a club that was formed by Resident Managers at a competing management company. Upon inquiry they were informed that the club was management based and they could not attend their meetings. So William Key and Brendan Keane came up with the idea of forming their own club. Together with Leo Craig, Manny Toribio and several other Resident Managers working at Albert B Ashforth, they formed the Manhattan Resident Manager’s Club. They drafted the Club’s By-laws without prior experience in forming an organization or maintaining its finances. They then elected William Key as the Club’s first President. The Manhattan Resident Manager’s Club, Inc. was founded in 1980 and incorporated a year later.
When it was first formed, membership was only available to Resident Managers that worked for Albert B Ashforth, but they quickly opened their membership to all Resident Managers in Manhattan. Soon after that they welcomed Resident Managers from all five boroughs. Several of the original founding fathers have since passed away, but we keep their names posted to pay tribute to their dedicated undertaking. To honor our first President we currently have the William Key Award to acknowledge vendors that help support our profession. Our Club was and will always be “dedicated to the performance and advancement of the real estate manager.”
