David Walsh
Senior Vice President
Breaking Ground
505 8th Ave 5th Floor New York, NY 10018
Breaking Ground NYC portfolio
$1.6 billion -development 26%, elevator 25%, hotel 24%; Manhattan 36%, Brooklyn 33%, Queens 27%*
175th largest portfolio by dollar value
1,642,642 sqft – elevator 54%, hotel 28%, specialty 15%; Manhattan 48%, Brooklyn 34%, Bronx 15%
341th largest by SF
20 properties – Queens 35%, Brooklyn 30%, Manhattan 20%
569th largest
1,963 residential units – Manhattan 36%, Brooklyn 34%, Bronx 16%
198th largest by residential units
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Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 3 for $286.5 million
Borrower signatory: 7 for $846.3 million
Developer (new building or major alteration): 5 for 5,708 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
NYS Housing Finance Agency (2), Low Income Investment Fund (2), UMB Bank (2), Tishman Speyer (1), NYC Housing Development Corporation (1), M&T Bank (1), Wells Fargo (1), NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (1), Sioni Group (1), Patriarch Equities (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Russell Hubley (2), Paul A. Galiano (1), Lauren Connors (1), Wendy LeBlanc (1), Sarah Leitson (1), Leanna Bellmund (1), Andrew Griffith (1), Payman Yadidi (1), Joseph Onorato (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Breaking Ground borrowed $17.4 million from M&T Bank for 212 West 24 Street on July 23, 2026.
• Tishman Speyer sold Rockaway beach boulevard for $14.5 million to Breaking Ground on June 23, 2026.
• Tishman Speyer borrowed $178.4 million from NYC Housing Development Corporation for Rockaway beach boulevard on June 23, 2026.
• Lupoli Holdings Partnership sold None for $12 million to Breaking Ground on May 19, 2026.
• Breaking Ground borrowed $15.9 million from Community Preservation Corporation and Low Income Investment Fund for None on May 19, 2026.
• David Walsh filed plans for new building for 3,944 sqft in Prince’s Bay, Staten Island, on March 05, 2026.
• Breaking Ground borrowed $71.5 million from UMB Bank for 50 Sparrow Way, East Flatbush, Brooklyn on December 30, 2025.
• Breaking Ground borrowed $66.4 million from UMB Bank for 581 Albany Avenue, East Flatbush, Brooklyn on December 30, 2025.
• Slate Property Group and Breaking Ground borrowed $295.5 million from Wells Fargo, NYS Housing Finance Agency, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development and Low Income Investment Fund for 377 7 Avenue on December 19, 2025.
• Sioni Group and Patriarch Equities sold 377 7 Avenue for $260 million to Slate Property Group and Breaking Ground on December 19, 2025.