Finger & Finger affiliate sells second building, this for $2.75M
216 East 13th Street (Credit - Google)
The entity 216 E 13th St Owner LLC, connected with real estate investor David Gomez, paid $2.75 million to the entity Mago LLC at the Law offices of Finger & Finger for the nine-unit residential walkup building (C5) at 216 East 13th Street in the East Village, Manhattan. The expected use is cash flowing.
The deal closed on May 29, 2025 and was recorded on June 12, 2025. The property has 3,416 square feet of built space and 2,976 square feet of additional air rights for a total buildable of 6,400 square feet according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The sale price per built square foot is $805 and the price per buildable square foot is $429 per the PincusCo analysis. (The price per square foot analysis is the transaction price divided by square feet as reported in public records and assumes no air rights have been sold.)
The seller bought the property on January 30, 2004, for $1.2 million. The signatory for Law offices of Finger & Finger was Daniel S. Finger . The signatory for David Gomez was Ryan Forman . The contract date was November 1, 2024.
Prior sales and revenue
Prior to this transaction, PincusCo has records that the buyer David Gomez purchased one property in one transaction for a total of $5.2 million and has no record it sold any properties over the past 24 months.
The seller Law offices of Finger & Finger had not purchased any other properties and sold one property in one transaction for a total of $3.2 million over the same time period. The former owners according to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development includes Carl Finger, head officer and Daniel Finger, officer. The business entity is Mago Llc.
The property
The residential walkup building with 9 residential units in East Village has 3,416 square feet of built space and 2,976 square feet of additional air rights for a total buildable of 6,400 square feet according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The parcel has frontage of 15 feet and is 103 feet deep with a total lot size of 1,600 square feet. The zoning is R8B which allows for up to 4 times floor area ratio (FAR) for residential. The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $2.6 million.
Violations and lawsuits
There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the property for the past 24 months. In addition, according to city public data, the property has not received any significant violations in the last year.
Development
There are no active new building construction projects or major alteration projects with initial costs more than $1 million on this tax lot.
The block
On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of 13 of the 23 commercial properties representing 277,563 square feet of the 367,308 square feet. The largest owner is Manocherian Brothers, followed by Croman Real Estate and then Stellar Management.
There are no active new building construction projects on this tax block.
The majority, or 55 percent of the 367,308 square feet of built space are walkup buildings, with elevator buildings next occupying 39 percent of the space.
The buyer
The PincusCo database currently indicates that David Gomez owned at least two commercial properties with 10 residential units in New York City with 19,962 square feet and a city-determined market value of $3.6 million. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) The portfolio has $5.7 million in debt, borrowed from Webster Bank. Within the portfolio, the bulk, or 54 percent of the 19,962 square feet of built space are hotel properties, with walkup properties next occupying 46 percent of the space. The bulk, or 54 percent of the built space, is in Manhattan, with Brooklyn next at 46 percent of the space.
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