Vanbarton Group
Lender
292 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10017
100 Montgomery Street, Suite 1760 San Francisco, CA 94104
People:
Vanbarton Group NYC portfolio
$2.3 billion -office 66%, elevator 13%, specialty 8%; Manhattan 94%, Bronx 5%*
96th largest portfolio by dollar value
3,465,325 sqft – office 67%, elevator 11%, specialty 11%; Manhattan 94%, Bronx 5%
127th largest by SF
21 properties – Manhattan 80%, Bronx 19%
487th largest
1,122 residential units – Manhattan 99%
316th largest by residential units
0 foreclosures, 0 bankruptcies, 15 other court cases.
Company Activity past 24 months:
Buyer company: 4 for $506.3 million
Seller company: 5 for $378.6 million
Borrower company: 7 for $1.4 billion
Lender company: 1 for $57 million
Developer (new building or major alteration): 3 for 1,476,172 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Vanbarton Group (3), Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance (2), Blackstone Group (2), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (2), Brookfield Properties (1), Edward Ostad (1), 99c LLC (1), Brookfield Asset Management (1), MSD Partners (1), Verv Capital (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
James Sharkey (2), Brian D. Bennett (1), Edward Ostad (1), Thomas Ta (1), Kenneth Gerold (1), Edward Cohen (1), Abraham J. Hoffman (1), Alan Weiss (1), Woojoo Kim (1), Adi Chugh (1)
Recent activity as company:
• Vanbarton Group borrowed $352 million from Goldman Sachs for 139 East 43 Street on June 17, 2026.
• Vanbarton Group sold 9 East 42 Street for $172.8 million to Vanbarton Group on April 15, 2026.
• Vanbarton Group borrowed $57 million from Vanbarton Group for 272 5 Avenue on October 31, 2025.
• Vanbarton Group borrowed $224 million from Invesco for 980 Avenue Of The Americas on October 15, 2025.
• Vanbarton Group for Joseph Chilelli filed plans for major alteration for 402,109 sqft in Grand Central, Manhattan, on October 06, 2025.
• Emigrant Bank sold 9 East 42 Street for $135 million to Vanbarton Group on September 29, 2025.
• Vanbarton Group borrowed $225 million from Corebridge Financial for 9 East 42 Street on September 26, 2025.
• Vanbarton Group borrowed $238 million from Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company for 10 Fletcher Street on September 25, 2025.
• Vanbarton Group and Korman Communities sold 85 West Broadway and 85 West Broadway, Financial District, Manhattan for $39.8 million to Capstone Equities and Republic Investment Company on August 01, 2025.
• Archdiocese of New York and Roman Catholic Church sold 1021 1 Avenue for $103 million to Vanbarton Group and AVRS Partners on July 09, 2025.
Latest Stories:
• Vanbarton signs $352M refi with Goldman for office in Grand Central (July 06, 2026)
• Capstone, Republic Investment pay $39.8M to Vanbarton for Tribeca hotel (August 07, 2025)
• Vanbarton files to convert 77 Water in FiDi into 651-unit apartment building (February 25, 2025)
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