Craig Bender
Managing Director
Head Of Commercial Real Estate For The Americas
ING Capital
(ING Americas, ING Real Estate Finance, ING Bank)
Person Activity past 24 months:
Lender signatory: 4 for $2.3 billion
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Brookfield Properties (3), Olayan Group (2), RXR Realty (1), Blumenfeld Development Group (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Anthony S. Fusco (1), Reena Mathew (1), Noah Daniels (1), Ketan Patel (1), David Blumenfeld (1), Sung Chul Whang (1), Matthew Kahn (1), Justin Kollender (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Brookfield Properties borrowed $80 million from ING Capital for 424 West 23rd St, 424 West 23rd St, and 424 West 23rd St, Chelsea, Manhattan on March 02, 2026.
• Olayan Group borrowed $800 million from ING Capital for 29 East 55 Street on February 13, 2026.
• Blumenfeld Development Group and Brookfield Properties borrowed $195 million from ING Capital for 547 East 117 Street on December 23, 2025.
• Brookfield Properties borrowed $1.2 billion from Citibank, Bank of America, Santander Bank, Barclays and ING Capital for 660 Fifth Avenue and 660 Fifth Avenue, Midtown West, Manhattan on October 21, 2025.
• Olayan Group and RXR Realty borrowed $570 million from ING for 29 East 55 Street on February 17, 2022.
Latest Stories:
• Olayan Group signs $800M refi with ING Capital for office in Midtown East (February 20, 2026)
• Brookfield signs $1.2B refi for 660 Fifth Ave in Midtown West (October 31, 2025)
• Brookfield buys out Kushner’s 666 Fifth lease for $8.5M (June 05, 2020)
• Brookfield pays $4M to Vinson & Elkins to buy out lease at 666 Fifth (March 31, 2020)
• Brookfield buys out third office tenant at 666 Fifth, for total of $10.2M (March 12, 2020)