David Beer
Director Of Real Estate Development
Breaking Ground
Developer, Owner
505 8th Ave 5th Floor New York, NY 10018
Breaking Ground NYC portfolio
$768.6 million* – elevator 52%, development 24%, specialty 22%; Brooklyn 46%, Manhattan 24%, Queens 24%
225th largest portfolio by dollar value
1,157,999 sqft – elevator 77%, specialty 21%, condo 1%;
305th largest by SF
10 properties – Bronx 30%, Queens 30%, Manhattan 20%
752th largest
1,190 residential units – Brooklyn 57%, Bronx 27%, Manhattan 15%
213th largest by residential units
Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 2 for $183 million
Borrower signatory: 6 for $749 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
NYS Housing Finance Agency (3), NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (2), Enterprise Community Partners (1), City of New York (1), CenterSquare Investment Management (1), Principal Real Estate Investors (1), 60 Guilders (1), Tishman Speyer (1), NYC Housing Development Corporation (1), Yosef Elishayev (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Russell Hubley (2), Dean Ravosa (1), John Carrick (1), Troy A. Koerselman (1), Paul A. Galiano (1), Michael B. Benner (1), Lauren Connors (1), Yosef Elishayev (1), Emily Lehman (1), Molly Anderson (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Hudson Companies and BRP Companies borrowed $294.5 million from NYC Housing Development Corporation for 671 Brook Avenue, 625 Brook Avenue, and 503 East 153rd Street, Longwood, Bronx on April 24, 2025.
• Tishman Speyer and Breaking Ground borrowed $142.8 million from NYS Housing Finance Agency for N/A Beach 53rd Street, Edgemere, Queens on March 27, 2025.
• Tishman Speyer sold N/A Beach 53rd Street, Edgemere, Queens for $10.9 million to Breaking Ground on March 27, 2025.
• Breaking Ground borrowed $120.8 million from NYS Housing Finance Agency for 1760 3rd Avenue, Carnegie Hill, Manhattan on December 19, 2024.
• Breaking Ground borrowed $163.5 million from Enterprise Community Partners and City of New York for 1760 3rd Avenue, Carnegie Hill, Manhattan on June 26, 2024.
• CenterSquare Investment Management, Principal Real Estate Investors and 60 Guilders sold 1760 3rd Avenue, Carnegie Hill, Manhattan for $172.1 million to Breaking Ground on June 26, 2024.
• Breaking Ground borrowed $13.2 million from NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development for 455 East 142nd Street, Mott Haven, Bronx on September 12, 2023.
• Breaking Ground borrowed $14.1 million from Low Income Investment Fund for 202 West 24th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan on June 28, 2023.
• Breaking Ground borrowed $105.8 million from NYS Housing Finance Agency and NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development for 97-04 Sutphin Boulevard and 97-04 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens on March 30, 2023.
• Community Healthcare Network sold 97-04 Sutphin Boulevard and 97-04 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens for $6 million to Breaking Ground on March 30, 2023.
Latest Stories:
• Tishman Speyer files plans for 244-unit project in Edgemere (August 23, 2024)
• Waterfall Asset Management buys $145M note secured by dorm in Carnegie Hill (August 16, 2022)