Arik Bar Chaim
(Arie Bar Chaim, Arik Bar-Chaim)
Building BK
Owner
Building BK NYC portfolio
$52 million -elevator 24%, specialty 19%, M1 14%; Brooklyn 94%, Queens 5%*
2193th largest portfolio by dollar value
31,880 sqft – elevator 42%, walkup 16%, M1 14%; Brooklyn 92%, Queens 7%
4217th largest by SF
8 properties – Brooklyn 87%, Queens 12%
1345th largest
33 residential units – Brooklyn 100%
3128th largest by residential units
Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 2 for $4.5 million
Borrower signatory: 3 for $14.8 million
Developer (new building or major alteration): 31 for 59,511 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Quanta Finance (4), Realworld Asset Group (3), John Emefieh (1), Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1), White Oak Financial (1), Zhi Xiang Lin (1), Kevin Rozza (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Kevin Schmitt (2), Gregory Laspina (1), Kevin Hagler (1), Almog Geva (1), Ian Axelrod (1), Zhi Xiang Lin (1), Kevin Rozza (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Edgar Bronfman Sr. sold 49-01 5 Street for $2.7 million to Building BK on October 21, 2025.
• John Emefieh sold 749 Park Place for $1.8 million to Building BK on May 09, 2025.
• Building BK borrowed $4.1 million from Realworld Asset Group for 749 Park Place on May 09, 2025.
• Building BK borrowed $5.7 million from Realworld Asset Group for 390 Manhattan Avenue on April 30, 2025.
• Arie Bar Chaim and Tian Dong Zheng borrowed $5 million from Realworld Asset Group for 652 Greene Avenue on April 24, 2025.
• Arie Bar Chaim filed plans for major alteration for 11,619 sqft in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, on August 23, 2024.
• Arie Bar Chaim filed plans for major alteration for 11,619 sqft in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, on July 10, 2024.
• Arie Bar Chaim filed plans for new building for 13,000 sqft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on November 03, 2023.
• Arie Bar Chaim borrowed $5.8 million from White Oak Financial for None on March 08, 2023.
• Arie Bar Chaim filed plans for new building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on August 25, 2022.
Latest Stories:
• Bronfman family trust sells LIC artist studio to Building BK for $2.7M (November 21, 2025)
• Arie Bar Chaim signs $5.8M refi loan with White Oak for condo project in Bushwick (May 26, 2023)
• ZONING LOT: 10,935 square feet in Bushwick (August 12, 2019)