Roman Catholic Church
(Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, Archdiocese of New York)
Roman Catholic Church NYC portfolio
$2.2 billion -specialty 38%, M1 19%, V1 16%; Brooklyn 38%, Queens 30%, Manhattan 19%*
102th largest portfolio by dollar value
4,814,233 sqft – specialty 44%, M1 18%, elevator 15%; Brooklyn 54%, Queens 27%, Bronx 14%
85th largest by SF
149 properties – Brooklyn 46%, Queens 34%, Bronx 10%
27th largest
886 residential units – Brooklyn 97%, Queens 1%
370th largest by residential units
0 foreclosures, 0 bankruptcies, 304 other court cases.
Company Activity past 24 months:
Seller company: 20 for $890.5 million
Borrower company: 2 for $387.3 million
Lender company: 1 for $23 million
Developer (new building or major alteration): 1 for 31,933 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Watermark Capital Group (5), NYC School Construction Authority (3), Shimshon Grunstein (3), JPMorgan Chase (2), Randy Franza (2), NYC Housing Development Corporation (2), Catholic Homes (2), Spatial Equity Co. (2), Community Access (2), JMM Charitable Foundation (2)
Top Ten Associated People:
Wolfe Landau (6), Nina Kubota (3), Shimshon Grunstein (3), Kevin Nelan (2), Christopher Lacovara (2), Shirley Wang (2), Joelle Halperin (1), Daniel Kaykov (1), Lauren Conners (1), Robyn Pinson (1)
Recent activity as company:
• Archdiocese of New York and Roman Catholic Church sold The new york palace hotel for $491.1 million to Lotte Corporation on April 30, 2026.
• Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church of Saint Paul and Holy Rosary sold 442 East 119 Street for $4 million to Shimshon Grunstein on April 20, 2026.
• Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church of Saint Paul and Holy Rosary sold None for $1,000,000 to Shimshon Grunstein on April 20, 2026.
• Archdiocese of New York and Roman Catholic Church sold None for $13 million to Catholic Homes on March 17, 2026.
• Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel ground leased None valued at $2 million to Watermark Capital Group on March 10, 2026.
• Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church of Holy Name of Jesus and Saint Gregory the Great sold 758 Amsterdam Avenue for $96 million to Rockefeller Group and Atlas Capital Group on March 04, 2026.
• Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church of Saint Joseph, Immaculate Conception and Saint Mary sold 1107 Bay Street and 1101 Bay Street, Rosebank, Staten Island for $2.9 million to Randy Franza on October 29, 2025.
• Roman Catholic Church and sold 225 Brooklyn Avenue for $3.8 million to Cohabs on September 25, 2025.
• St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church in the City of Brooklyn and Roman Catholic Church ground leased 433 Sackett Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn valued at $3.8 million to Watermark Capital Group and Shulem Kessler on August 19, 2025.
• Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church of Guardian Angel sold 341 West 25 Street for $48.2 million to Timber Equities on July 25, 2025.
Latest Stories:
• Lotte pays $491.1M to Archdiocese of NY for ground leased fee in Midtown East (May 07, 2026)
• Shimshon Grunstein pays $5M for 86-unit dev site in East Harlem (April 24, 2026)
• Rockefeller Group, Atlas sign $96M contract for UWS dev site (February 01, 2026)
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