Jeffrey Lehman
(Jeffrey A. Lehman)
Principal
Head Of Legal For Investment Strategies
Principal – Head Of Legal For Investment Strategies
Prime Finance
(Prime Finance Partners)
Lender
Private Equity
155 North Wacker Drive Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60606
1330 Avenue of the Americas Suite 2500 New York, NY 10019
Prime Finance NYC portfolio
$19.7 million -elevator 67%, walkup 32%; Brooklyn 67%, Bronx 32%*
3558th largest portfolio by dollar value
135,669 sqft – elevator 79%, walkup 20%; Brooklyn 79%, Bronx 20%
1976th largest by SF
4 properties – Bronx 75%, Brooklyn 25%
2453th largest
130 residential units – Brooklyn 79%, Bronx 20%
1531th largest by residential units
5 foreclosures, 0 bankruptcies, 0 other court cases.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 1 for $176,073
Borrower signatory: 1 for $10 million
Lender signatory: 2 for $19.4 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Wharton Properties (1), Prime Finance (1), Pink Stone Capital Group (1), Fortress Investment Group (1), Gandolfo DiFiore (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Joseph Sutton (1), Bartholomew T. Russo (1), Gandolfo DiFiore (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Penn South Capital and Gorjian Real Estate Group borrowed $35.5 million from Bridge Investment Group for 262 Elizabeth Street on February 27, 2026.
• Robert Li borrowed $16.5 million from KeyBank for 658 Driggs Avenue, 658 Driggs Avenue, and 658 Driggs Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn on December 30, 2025.
• Holliswood Development borrowed $10.5 million from City National Bank for 433 Wythe Avenue on December 23, 2025.
• Peak Capital Advisors borrowed $15.3 million from Derby Copeland Capital for 44-74 21 Street on September 11, 2025.
• RYCO Capital borrowed $29 million from Webster Bank for 219 Thompson Street on September 08, 2025.
• Gandolfo DiFiore borrowed $19.4 million from Prime Finance for 44-14 Douglaston Parkway on September 02, 2025.
• Grumman Studios borrowed $28.7 million from Wells Fargo for 1600 Flatbush Avenue, East Flatbush, Brooklyn on July 30, 2025.
• Fortuna Realty Group borrowed $52 million from BridgeInvest for 523 Greenwich Street on June 09, 2025.
• Fortress Investment Group and Slate Property Group borrowed $43.9 million from New York Life Insurance Company for 231 East 76 Street on June 06, 2025.
• Prime Finance borrowed $10 million from Prime Finance for 10 Duffield Street on May 23, 2025.
Latest Stories:
• Peak Capital signs $15.3M refi for 46-unit walkup in Long Island City (September 18, 2025)
• Prime Finance takes Pink Stone Capital’s 103-unit DoBro rental by foreclosure (June 20, 2025)
• Fortuna Realty Group signs $52M refi with BridgeInvest for hotel in Hudson Square (June 18, 2025)
• Peak signs $21.5M refi with Starwood for 2 walkups in Gramercy (May 22, 2025)
• March foreclosure auction set for Pink Stone DoBro rental with $58M judgment (February 07, 2025)
• CB Developers, SK Development sign $76M refi for Williamsburg hotel (January 17, 2025)
• Kohan Retail, partners pay $85M to Namdar, Empire for office in Chelsea (January 17, 2025)