Elizabeth Arato
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager, Commercial Real Estate
Customers Bank
(Customer’s Bank)
Person Activity past 24 months:
Lender signatory: 15 for $238.6 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
A&E Real Estate Holdings (20), Mendel Rabkin (8), Genesis Realty Group (6), Moshe Piller (6), Lightstone Group (5), Yaakov Miller (4), Goldberg Group (3), Genises Realty (3), Jonis Realty (2), Arthur Gabriel (2)
Top Ten Associated People:
Alex T. Bruce (17), Mendel Rabkin (8), Moshe Piller (7), William Fernandez (5), Joseph E. Teichman (5), Nathan Halegua (5), Jac Zadrima (4), Yaakov Miller (4), Joshua Goldberg (3), Darryl Smith (3)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Eden Ashourzadeh borrowed $5 million from Customers Bank for 13 Avenue B on December 30, 2025.
• Leah Waldman borrowed $8 million from Customers Bank for 312 West 144 Street on October 22, 2025.
• Eden Ashourzadeh borrowed $5.1 million from Customers Bank for 405 Linden Street on September 10, 2025.
• Arthur Gabriel borrowed $11.7 million from Customers Bank for 99 5 Avenue on August 26, 2025.
• Parkoff Organization borrowed $4.8 million from Customers Bank for 260 Lenox Road on August 13, 2025.
• A&E Real Estate Holdings borrowed $17.2 million from Customers Bank for 132-25 Maple Avenue on July 31, 2025.
• A&E Real Estate Holdings borrowed $12 million from Customers Bank for 132-48 41 Road on July 31, 2025.
• A&E Real Estate Holdings borrowed $11.2 million from Customers Bank for 41-40 Denman Street on July 31, 2025.
• Bayrock Capital borrowed $40 million from Customers Bank for 138-10 135 Avenue on July 24, 2025.
• Arthur Gabriel borrowed $13.3 million from Customers Bank for 589 5 Avenue on June 06, 2025.
Latest Stories:
• Santander files $165M pre-foreclosure at 1,268-unit A&E portfolio in Queens (October 09, 2025)
• A&E cuts debt on 3 Queens rentals from $162M to $40.4M (August 19, 2025)
• Arthur Gabriel pays $19.2M to Kupferman family for 5 walkups in Brooklyn (June 24, 2025)
• Zara Realty signs $47M refi for two rentals in Queens (January 15, 2025)
