Shel Capital
225 W 35th Street, 14th Fl, New York, NY 10001
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Shel Capital NYC portfolio
$329.8 million -walkup 36%, elevator 20%, hotel 18%; Manhattan 63%, Brooklyn 36%*
725th largest portfolio by dollar value
547,877 sqft – walkup 39%, office 19%, elevator 16%; Manhattan 60%, Brooklyn 39%
846th largest by SF
28 properties – Manhattan 53%, Brooklyn 46%
407th largest
409 residential units – Brooklyn 55%, Manhattan 44%
741th largest by residential units
Company Activity past 24 months:
Buyer company: 1 for $68.5 million
Seller company: 1 for $9.2 million
Borrower company: 3 for $148.3 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Citibank (3), JLL (2), Dime Community Bank (1), Antonino Fontana (1), Vincent Fontana (1), Uri Koptiev (1), Israel Discount Bank (1), First Republic Bank (1), Benjamin Silberstein (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Steven D. Henderson (2), Ana Rosu Marmann (1), Vincent Fontana (1), Uri Koptiev (1), Tina Lin (1), Benjamin Silberstein (1)
Recent activity as company:
• Shel Capital sold 162 Court Street and 164 Court Street, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn for $9.2 million to Antonino Fontana and Vincent Fontana on June 25, 2026.
• Shel Capital borrowed $45.8 million from Citibank for 237 Madison Avenue on June 01, 2026.
• Shel Capital borrowed $58.1 million from JLL for 202 2 Avenue on October 22, 2025.
• Davidson Kempner Capital Management, Trinity Place Holdings and Steel Partners Holdings sold 478 4 Avenue for $68.5 million to Shel Capital on March 14, 2025.
• Shel Capital borrowed $44.5 million from JLL for 478 4 Avenue on March 14, 2025.
• Shel Capital sold 592 Broadway for $2.6 million to Benjamin Silberstein on August 08, 2022.
• Shel Capital sold 213 6 Avenue for $7.3 million to Uri Koptiev on May 25, 2022.
• Shel Capital borrowed $8.1 million from Citibank for 310 5 Avenue on January 06, 2022.
• Adrian Slywotzky sold 202 2 Avenue for $15.3 million to SHEL Capital on November 19, 2021.
• SHEL Capital borrowed $33 million from Israel Discount Bank for 202 2 Avenue on November 19, 2021.
Latest Stories:
• Shel Capital signs $58.1M refi loan with JLL for four walkups in East Village (October 31, 2025)
• Shel Capital pays $68.5M for 105-unit rental in Gowanus, was $81.2M in 2018 (March 20, 2025)
• Benjamin Silberstein pays $2.6M to Shel Capital for mixed-use in Williamsburg (August 24, 2022)
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