Express Builders
144 Spencer Street Suite 612 Brooklyn, NY 11205
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Express Builders NYC portfolio
$278.4 million -V1 91%, retail 5%, walkup 2%; Brooklyn 94%, Bronx 5%*
757th largest portfolio by dollar value
36,054 sqft – retail 58%, walkup 41%; Bronx 58%, Brooklyn 41%
4013th largest by SF
5 properties – Brooklyn 80%, Bronx 20%
1840th largest
16 residential units – Brooklyn 100%
4040th largest by residential units
Company Activity past 24 months:
Buyer company: 2 for $18.1 million
Seller company: 1 for $60 million
Borrower company: 4 for $232.2 million
Developer (new building or major alteration): 4 for 348,930 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Popular Bank (1), JPMorgan Chase (1), David Templer (1), Signature Bank (1), Castellan Capital (1), NYC Housing Development Corporation (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Jennifer Smith (1), David Templer (1), Joel Hammer (1)
Recent activity as company:
• Express Builders borrowed $6.1 million from JPMorgan Chase for 1444 Bedford Avenue on March 30, 2026.
• Express Builders for Joel Braver filed plans for new building for 64,861 sqft in Fordham Heights, Bronx, on October 17, 2025.
• Express Builders for Joel Braver filed plans for new building for 65,392 sqft in Fordham Heights, Bronx, on October 17, 2025.
• Express Builders sold 1581 Lafayette Avenue for $60 million to David Templer on June 20, 2025.
• Express Builders and Twin Group Associates borrowed $11 million from Popular Bank for 65 East Burnside Avenue on February 28, 2025.
• Food City Markets, Inc sold 65 East Burnside Avenue for $15 million to Express Builders and Twin Group Associates on February 28, 2025.
• Express Builders for Joel Braver filed plans for new building for 62,045 sqft in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on January 28, 2025.
• Express Builders borrowed $192.1 million from NYC Housing Development Corporation for 498 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn on December 19, 2024.
• Express Builders for Joel Braver filed plans for new building for 156,632 sqft in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on December 02, 2024.
• Express Builders borrowed $23 million from Castellan Capital for 1581 Lafayette Avenue on August 30, 2024.
Latest Stories:
• Galaxy Developers pays $3.5M for dev site in Williamsburg (February 13, 2026)
• Joel Braver inks $15M deal for Fordham Heights dev site (March 07, 2025)
• Express Builders signs $23M refi with Castellan for dev site in Soundview (September 05, 2024)
• Joel Braver pays $19M to Jacob Schwimmer for development property in Soundview (March 16, 2020)
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