Chess Builders

199 Lee Avenue, Pmb 103 Brooklyn, NY 11211

59 Montrose Ave #1A Brooklyn, NY 11206

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Chess Builders NYC portfolio

$490 million* – industrial 50%, elevator 28%; Brooklyn 50%, Manhattan 49%

344th largest portfolio by dollar value

156,547 sqft – industrial 40%, office 36%;

1448th largest by SF

5 properties – Brooklyn 60%, Manhattan 40%

1500th largest

251 residential units – Brooklyn 86%, Manhattan 13%

744th largest by residential units

Company Activity past 24 months:

Buyer company: 2 for $80 million

Borrower company: 5 for $368.4 million

Developer (new building or major alteration): 6 for 498,179 square feet

Top Ten Associated Companies:

Parke Bank (2), Valley National Bank (2), Extell Development (1), MF1 Capital (1), Haven Capital (1), Hakimian Organization (1), S3 Capital (1)

Top Ten Associated People:

Marc Kwestel (1), Jeffrey Puchin (1), Carolyn Burgess (1), Marc Gitto (1), Terence McArdle (1), Behrouz Ben Hakimian (1), Joshua Crane (1)

Recent activity as company:

Chess Builders borrowed $105 million from Valley National Bank for 355 East 86th Street, Yorkville, Manhattan on March 12, 2025.

Extell Development sold 355 East 86th Street, Yorkville, Manhattan for $50 million to Chess Builders on March 06, 2025.

Chess Builders borrowed $79 million from S3 Capital for 250 West 49th Street, Midtown West, Manhattan on January 22, 2025.

Hakimian Organization sold 244 West 49th Street, Midtown West, Manhattan for $30 million to Chess Builders on January 17, 2025.

Chess Builders borrowed $7.2 million from Parke Bank for 279 Mc Kibbin Street, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn on December 30, 2024.

Chess Builders borrowed $7.2 million from Parke Bank for 55 North 9th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn on December 24, 2024.

Chess Builders borrowed $170 million from MF1 Capital for 218 Front Street, Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn on October 29, 2024.

Chess Builders for Cheskel Schwimmer filed plans for new building for 55,370 sqft in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, on September 30, 2024.

Chess Builders for Cheskel Schwimmer filed plans for new building for 10,853 sqft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on September 13, 2024.

Chess Builders for Cheskel Schwimmer filed plans for new building for 53,307 sqft in Manhattan, on May 23, 2024.

Latest Stories:

• Chess Builders pays $50M to Extell Development for dev site in Yorkville (March 07, 2025)

• Chess Builders signs $79M construction loan for 135-unit project in Midtown West (January 23, 2025)

• Chess Builders pays $30M to Hakimian Org. for 135-unit dev site in Midtown West (January 20, 2025)

• Chess Builders signs $7.2M initial loan with Parke Bank for office, retail in Williamsburg (December 26, 2024)

• Chess Builders files plans for 99-unit building on First Avenue in Yorkville (November 25, 2024)

• Chess Builders signs $170M refi with MF1 Capital for 218-unit Vinegar Hill rental (October 30, 2024)

• Anonymous developer files to demo 33-unit, corner building in Yorkville, across from Extell site (November 14, 2022)

• Cheskel Schwimmer signs $135M construction loan for 218-unit development in Vinegar Hill (October 21, 2022)

• Cheskel Schwimmer pays $4.9M for likely dev site in Williamsburg (October 12, 2022)

• Haven Capital pays $107.4M to Cheskel Schwimmer for three properties in Mott Haven (May 23, 2022)

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*The Portfolio Value is a PincusCo estimate based on a property’s recent sale or loan, or multiplying the city’s Market Value by two.

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