Abraham M. Lurie

Abraham M. Lurie (1923 – June 29, 2010) was an American real estate developer who was behind the development of much of Marina del Rey.

Biography Lurie was born to a Jewish family in Iowa in 1923. Soon after, the County solicited bids for its development. In 1968, Lurie purchased a 60-year lease from Los Angeles County which gave him the right to build on 20 percent of the land. Lurie sold a 49.9% interest in 1989 in his Marina holdings to Saudi billionaire Abdul Aziz Al-Ibrahim (brother of Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim and brother-in-law of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia) and several other unnamed foreign investors, forming Marina International Properties Ltd. and petitioned the court to allow him to sell some of the leases without Al-Ibrahim's approval to pay off his bankers. and settled the then $140 million in debt outstanding.

Personal life In 1947, he married Claire Devera (later Waldman); they divorced in 1981. In 1983, he married Katherine Lurie. He had two children: Leslie Beck, Scott Lurie, and two step children, Donald Schneider and Thomas Carlyle. He has 5 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

Death He died on June 29, 2010; services were held at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.