Craig Zajac
Vice President
Metropolitan Commercial Bank
Lender
Bank
Metropolitan Commercial Bank NYC portfolio
$13.2 million -mixed-use 100%; Brooklyn 100%*
4245th largest portfolio by dollar value
15,800 sqft – mixed-use 100%; Brooklyn 100%
5347th largest by SF
3 foreclosures, 1 bankruptcy, 3 other court cases.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Lender signatory: 11 for $148.2 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
United American Land (3), Joseph Torres (2), Ezra Mashaal (1), Torkian Group (1), L+M Development Partners (1), Benchmark Real Estate Group (1), Joel Landau (1), LeFrak (1), H. Gilbert Polinsky (1), Mona Gora Friedman (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Albert Laboz (3), Jose I. Torres Jr. (2), Ezra Mashaal (1), Hersel Torkian (1), Adam P. Hellegers (1), Jordan Vogel (1), Joel Landau (1), Arnold S. Lehman (1), H. Gilbert Polinsky (1), Mona Gora Friedman (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Franco Sukaj borrowed $5.7 million from Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union for None on April 28, 2026.
• Triangle Equities borrowed $14.5 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 755 Co-Op City Boulevard, 755 Co-Op City Boulevard, and 755 Co-Op City Boulevard, Eastchester, Bronx on April 09, 2026.
• United American Land borrowed $14 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 449 Broadway on November 25, 2025.
• Stellar Management borrowed $22.5 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 220 5 Avenue on October 27, 2025.
• Joseph Torres borrowed $10 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 216 Franklin Street on August 28, 2025.
• Joseph Torres borrowed $15 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 30 Grand Avenue on August 14, 2025.
• Library Hotel Collection borrowed $18 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 103 Waverly Place and 103 Waverly Place, Greenwich Village, Manhattan on July 21, 2025.
• United American Land borrowed $24 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 210 Joralemon Street, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn on May 02, 2025.
• Triangle Equities borrowed $15.3 million from Centennial Bank for 26-05 Ulmer Street on March 13, 2025.
• LeFrak borrowed $5.4 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 96-02 57 Avenue on February 26, 2025.
Latest Stories:
• Stellar Management signs $80M refi with Lone Star Funds for office in NoMad (March 28, 2025)
• Triangle Equities signs $15.3M refi for truck parking in College Point (March 17, 2025)
• United American Land signs $9M refi for retail, office in NoHo (October 18, 2024)
• Better Haven acquires new 58-unit, $23.6M building in Wakefield (August 14, 2024)
• Leon Mann signs $22M refi for newly built 71-unit rental in Bedford Stuyvesant (February 14, 2024)
• Dino Tomassetti Jr. signs $26M refi for fee under NoMad office (September 12, 2023)