Avi Kollenscher
Partner & Coo
Capstone Equities
545 5th Ave, Suite 1209 New York, NY 10017
Capstone Equities NYC portfolio
$477.4 million -hotel 46%, office 44%, condo 8%; Manhattan 72%, Brooklyn 27%*
458th largest portfolio by dollar value
1,268,633 sqft – office 63%, hotel 32%, condo 4%; Brooklyn 56%, Manhattan 43%
395th largest by SF
10 properties – Manhattan 72%, Brooklyn 27%
998th largest
1 foreclosure, 0 bankruptcies, 91 other court cases.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 2 for $120.6 million
Borrower signatory: 3 for $150 million
Lender signatory: 1 for $0
Developer (new building or major alteration): 1 for 0 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Madison Capital (1), Vanbarton Group (1), Korman Communities (1), CIBC (1), Corebridge Financial (1), Corem Property Group (1), Prosperity Life Group (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
J. Joseph Jacobson (1), Damiano Buffa (1), Elizabeth Castellanos (1), David Roll (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Corem Property Group sold 326 7 Avenue for $80.8 million to Capstone Equities on November 18, 2025.
• Capstone Equities borrowed $58.5 million from Prosperity Life Group for 326 7 Avenue on November 18, 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.
• Capstone Equities and Republic Investment Company borrowed $21.5 million from CIBC for 85 West Broadway and 85 West Broadway, Financial District, Manhattan on August 01, 2025.
• Capstone Equities borrowed $70 million from Corebridge Financial for 264 Flatbush Avenue Extension on July 25, 2025.
• Capstone Equities on July 24, 2025 bought a loan with an original principal of $75 million from Societe Generale and Webster Bank, signed by Nicholas Paliouras, secured by 144 Crosby Street, when owned by Madison Capital.
Latest Stories:
• Capstone Equities files plans for 233-unit conversion in DoBro (December 05, 2025)
• Capstone, Republic Investment pay $39.8M to Vanbarton for Tribeca hotel (August 07, 2025)
• Capstone acquires DoBro office building from Savanna in transfer valued at $86M (August 07, 2025)
• Capstone Equities buys $75M note secured by Madison Capital SoHo office, retail (August 04, 2025)
• Vanbarton Group signs $38.2M refi with CIBC in Tribeca (September 02, 2021)
• Savanna signs $181M new construction loan with PIMCO, total loan is $264M (May 26, 2021)
