| Bernard Hyman Mendik | |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | B.A. City College of New York J.D. New York Law School |
| Occupation: | real estate developer |
| Known For: | founder of Mendik Company Chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York |
| Spouse: | Annette Silverstein (divorced) Susan Batkin |
| Children: | 4 |
Bernard Hyman Mendik (May 29, 1929May 28, 2001) was an American real estate developer, founder of the Mendik Company, and chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York.[1]
Mendik was born to a Jewish family in Glasgow, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States as a child. His father was a handyman.[2] He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science. In 1954, he graduated from City College of New York and in 1959, he received a J.D. from New York Law School where he met Larry Silverstein.[3] After school, he married Silverstein's sister and joined her father's real estate business, Harry G. Silverstein & Sons. In 1966, Harry Silverstein died and Mendik and Larry Silverstein formed Silverstein & Mendik.[4] The partnership was quite successful until Mendik divorced his wife in the late 1970s and the partnership ended. Mendik also cited disagreements over real estate strategies, with Mendik wanting to buy buildings while Silverstein wanted to build.[5]