Akiva Kurland

(Akiva J. Kurland, AJ Kurland)

Ceo

Yellow Jacket Ventures

(YJV Capital)

Owner

1151 E 34th St Brooklyn, NY 11210

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Yellow Jacket Ventures NYC portfolio

$52 million -development 40%, walkup 30%, elevator 28%; Bronx 59%, Brooklyn 40%*

2229th largest portfolio by dollar value

228,729 sqft – elevator 58%, walkup 38%, development 2%; Brooklyn 75%, Bronx 24%

1450th largest by SF

8 properties – Brooklyn 62%, Bronx 37%

1376th largest

312 residential units – Brooklyn 61%, Bronx 38%

842th largest by residential units

2 foreclosures, 1 bankruptcy, 0 other court cases.

Person Activity past 24 months:

Buyer signatory: 4 for $19.1 million

Borrower signatory: 1 for $5.8 million

Top Ten Associated Companies:

Northeast Community Bank (1), Aulder Capital (1), Brenda Elishis (1), Marco Cepeda (1), Citibank (1), Jonas Equities (1), JPMorgan Chase (1), Elliot Tokayer (1), Eloi Francis estate (1), Amalgamated Bank (1)

Top Ten Associated People:

Robert Johnson (1), Brenda Elishis (1), Marco Cepeda (1), Lawrence Bernstein (1), Ursula Flores (1), Elliot Tokayer (1), Susan Sykes (1), Lewis I. Knopf (1), Jacob Nimmer (1)

Recent activity as signatory:

• Marco Cepeda sold 1326 Commonwealth, Soundview, Bronx for $2.5 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on May 28, 2026.

• Elliot Tokayer sold 29 Miller Avenue for $4.2 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on October 16, 2025.

• Jonas Equities sold 1 Chester Court for $8.2 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on February 26, 2025.

• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $5.8 million from JPMorgan Chase for 1 Chester Court on February 26, 2025.

• Jacob Zicherman borrowed $16.6 million from Popular Bank for Livonia avenue on December 27, 2024.

• Brenda Elishis sold 540 Ocean Avenue for $4.2 million to Akiva Kurland on November 04, 2024.

• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $16 million from Amalgamated Bank for 19 Mount Hope Place on December 29, 2023.

• Aulder Capital sold 390 East 21 Street for $1.4 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on August 23, 2023.

• Eloi Francis estate sold 641 East 21 Street for $2.2 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on March 22, 2023.

• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $12.2 million from Northeast Community Bank for 19 Mount Hope Place on March 09, 2022.

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