Ascher Berkowitz
Ascher Berkowitz
Owner
183 Wilson St #409 Brooklyn, NY 11211
29 W 36th St. #1100 New York, NY 10018
Ascher Berkowitz|Big Dream Developers NYC portfolio
$9.4 million -mixed-use 47%, C0 18%, walkup 17%; Bronx 100%*
4870th largest portfolio by dollar value
14,422 sqft – walkup 39%, mixed-use 22%, C0 21%; Bronx 100%
5510th largest by SF
4 properties – Bronx 100%
2572th largest
28 residential units – Bronx 100%
3348th largest by residential units
Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 1 for $1.7 million
Borrower signatory: 5 for $44.7 million
Developer (new building or major alteration): 2 for 9,498 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Deutsche Bank (1), BX Capital (1), Golden Bridge Funding (1), BridgeCity Capital (1), First County Bank (1), IceCap Group (1), Business Loan Capital (1), Broadview Capital (1), Paula Gluck (1), Riegler Group (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Matt Smith (1), Daniel Penn (1), Jeffrey Edelman (1), Xiumei Dong (1), Louis Lebovits (1), Gregory Pastor (1), Joseph Sasson (1), Carrie Beavers (1), Paula Gluck (1), Joseph Riegler (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Ascher Berkowitz borrowed $16 million from First County Bank for 1323 Findlay Avenue on March 18, 2026.
• Big Dream Developers borrowed $5 million from BX Capital for 1323 Findlay Avenue on September 30, 2025.
• Big Dream Developers borrowed $9.4 million from Deutsche Bank for 856 East 175 Street on September 19, 2025.
• Abraham Silber, Joel Freund and Volvy Silber borrowed $21.9 million from Broadview Capital for 3109 Buhre Avenue on May 29, 2025.
• Big Dream Developers borrowed $8.5 million from KeyBank for 1565 New York Avenue on May 02, 2025.
• Riegler Group sold 1142 Bryant Avenue for $1.7 million to Ascher Berkowitz and Eli Kaff on February 06, 2025.
• Shimshon Grunstein borrowed $5.8 million from IceCap Group for 731 East 213 Street on November 07, 2024.
• Ascher Berkowitz filed plans for major alteration for 9,498 sqft in Mt Eden, Bronx, on May 08, 2024.
• Big Dream Developers borrowed $7.4 million from Business Loan Capital for 1565 New York Avenue on January 16, 2024.
• Big Dream Developers borrowed $10.4 million from Golden Bridge Funding for 470 Flushing Avenue on December 15, 2022.
Latest Stories:
• Joel Freund pays $2.5M for stalled 18-unit dev site in Pelham Bay (April 25, 2024)
• Builders Group USA plans 19 units in two alterations in Bronx (December 12, 2022)
• Big Dream Developers to convert factory to 28K sf retail, office in Bed-Stuy (September 21, 2022)