Durst Organization
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The Durst Organization is a prominent New York City real estate development and management company known for owning and operating major commercial and residential properties, including notable Manhattan skyscrapers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Durst Organization canonical | 1 |
| Durst Organization family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8160288 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Durst Organization Context triple: [Robert Durst, associatedWith, Durst Organization]
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A.
Morrison Construction
Morrison Construction is a UK-based civil engineering and construction company known for delivering major infrastructure projects, including bridges and transport works.
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B.
Roberts Construction
Roberts Construction was the original construction company that later evolved into the major South African engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts.
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C.
McCarthy Building Companies
McCarthy Building Companies is a large U.S.-based construction firm known for delivering major commercial, institutional, and sports facilities projects nationwide.
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D.
Castellini Company
Castellini Company is a long-established, family-owned produce distribution and logistics firm in the United States, known for supplying fresh fruits and vegetables to retailers, foodservice operators, and other customers.
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E.
E. C. Nolan Company
E. C. Nolan Company was a construction firm best known for serving as the general contractor responsible for building Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Durst Organization Target entity description: The Durst Organization is a prominent New York City real estate development and management company known for owning and operating major commercial and residential properties, including notable Manhattan skyscrapers.
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A.
Morrison Construction
Morrison Construction is a UK-based civil engineering and construction company known for delivering major infrastructure projects, including bridges and transport works.
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B.
Roberts Construction
Roberts Construction was the original construction company that later evolved into the major South African engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts.
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C.
McCarthy Building Companies
McCarthy Building Companies is a large U.S.-based construction firm known for delivering major commercial, institutional, and sports facilities projects nationwide.
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D.
Castellini Company
Castellini Company is a long-established, family-owned produce distribution and logistics firm in the United States, known for supplying fresh fruits and vegetables to retailers, foodservice operators, and other customers.
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E.
E. C. Nolan Company
E. C. Nolan Company was a construction firm best known for serving as the general contractor responsible for building Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | real estate company ⓘ |
| businessModel | long-term ownership and management of properties ⓘ |
| coOwnerOf | One World Trade Center ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developed |
4 Times Square
ⓘ
One Bryant Park ⓘ Via 57 West ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
commercial office properties
ⓘ
mixed-use developments ⓘ residential rental properties ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Joseph Durst ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| founder | Joseph Durst ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
environmental sustainability initiatives
ⓘ
long-term family control ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | Durst Fetner Residential ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| industry |
property management
ⓘ
real estate ⓘ real estate development ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Douglas Durst
ⓘ
Robert Durst ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Times Square office towers
ⓘ
linked to:
Times Square Tower
energy-efficient skyscrapers ⓘ participation in redevelopment of Lower Manhattan ⓘ |
| locationCity | New York City ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locationState | New York ⓘ |
| notableFor |
owning and managing Manhattan skyscrapers
ⓘ
sustainable building practices ⓘ |
| operates |
commercial properties in Manhattan
ⓘ
residential properties in Manhattan ⓘ |
| operatesIn | New York City real estate market ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Durst family ⓘ |
| owns |
4 Times Square
ⓘ
E3 East 3rd Street ⓘ One Bryant Park ⓘ One Five One West 42nd Street ⓘ One World Trade Center ⓘ The Helena ⓘ Via 57 West ⓘ |
| regionServed | New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
| typeOfBusiness | privately held company ⓘ |
| website | https://www.durst.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Durst Organization Description of subject: The Durst Organization is a prominent New York City real estate development and management company known for owning and operating major commercial and residential properties, including notable Manhattan skyscrapers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Durst Organization