Roman Catholic Church
(Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, Archdiocese of New York)
Roman Catholic Church NYC portfolio
$2.1 billion -specialty 36%, M1 20%, V1 17%; Brooklyn 36%, Queens 31%, Manhattan 20%*
112th largest portfolio by dollar value
4,653,733 sqft – specialty 42%, M1 19%, elevator 16%; Brooklyn 52%, Queens 28%, Bronx 14%
91th largest by SF
148 properties – Brooklyn 46%, Queens 34%, Bronx 10%
31th largest
886 residential units – Brooklyn 97%, Queens 1%
383th largest by residential units
0 foreclosures, 0 bankruptcies, 304 other court cases.
Company Activity past 24 months:
Seller company: 19 for $888.6 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), Catholic Homes (3), Shimshon Grunstein (3), Spatial Equity Co. (2), Community Access (2), NYC Housing Development Corporation (2), JMM Charitable Foundation (2), Randy Franza (2), JPMorgan Chase (2)
Top Ten Associated People:
Wolfe Landau (6), Nina Kubota (3), Kevin Nelan (3), Shimshon Grunstein (3), Christopher Lacovara (2), Shirley Wang (2), Robyn Pinson (1), Daniel Kaykov (1), Michael T. Seeley (1), Douglas C. James (1)
Recent activity as company:
• Roman Catholic Church of Saint Simon Stock and Saint Joseph and Roman Catholic Church sold None for $17 million to Catholic Homes on June 30, 2026.
• 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 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.
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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