Joel Shafran
Owner
Liberty One Group
Owner
88 Pine Street, Suite 503, New York, NY 10005,
180 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10006
Liberty One Group|Joel Shafran NYC portfolio
$626.6 million -hotel 28%, walkup 24%, N2 18%; Brooklyn 45%, Queens 26%, Bronx 15%*
414th largest portfolio by dollar value
1,800,666 sqft – hotel 27%, walkup 25%, N2 23%; Brooklyn 46%, Queens 21%, Bronx 18%
298th largest by SF
58 properties – Brooklyn 38%, Queens 31%, Manhattan 15%
164th largest
1,285 residential units – Brooklyn 59%, Queens 23%, Bronx 9%
305th largest by residential units
1 foreclosure, 0 bankruptcies, 6 other court cases.
Notes
Joel Shafran owns homeless shelters and has a relationship with David Levitan’s Liberty One Group. Not sure if buildings in care of 325 E 104th StNew York, NY 10029 are independent of Liberty One.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Borrower signatory: 9 for $89.9 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Popular Bank (7), M&T Bank (6), Signature Bank (2), Greystone & Co. (2), West 144th Street Propco LLC (1), Peapack Private Bank & Trust (1), Customers Bank (1), Royal Industries International (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Adam Bavifard (6), Joseph A. Farrauto (4), Douglas Nagel (2), Tracy Terry (2), David Rabban (1), Yoel Zagelbaum (1), Ari Rudensky (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Liberty One Group borrowed $15 million from M&T Bank for 73 Junius Street on July 01, 2026.
• Liberty One Group borrowed $13.7 million from M&T Bank for None on June 17, 2026.
• Liberty One Group borrowed $9.7 million from M&T Bank for None on May 19, 2026.
• Liberty One Group borrowed $9 million from M&T Bank for 170-02 93 Avenue on February 26, 2026.
• Liberty One Group borrowed $8.2 million from Peapack Private Bank & Trust for 202-14 Hollis Avenue on November 24, 2025.
• Liberty One Group borrowed $7 million from M&T Bank for 785 East 136 Street on November 03, 2025.
• Liberty One Group and Joel Shafran borrowed $8.8 million from Popular Bank for 304 24 Street on May 16, 2025.
• Joel Shafran borrowed $12 million from M&T Bank for 160-11 89 Avenue on March 28, 2025.
• Joel Shafran and Liberty One Group borrowed $6.5 million from Customers Bank for 709 East 140 Street on February 11, 2025.
• Liberty One Group borrowed $6 million from Greystone & Co. for 1387 Grand Concourse on May 30, 2024.
Latest Stories:
• Liberty One Group signs $9.7M refi with M&T in Cypress Hills (June 09, 2026)
• Liberty One Group pays $14M to nonprofit for two properties in Upper West Side (March 15, 2024)
• David Levitan, Joel Shafran pay $16.4M for industrial in Greenwood Heights (March 06, 2024)
• Liberty One Group signs $14M contract with nonprofit for UWS property (April 07, 2023)
• Investor in homeless shelters pays $23.1M to Joel Shafran for shelter in Harlem (January 03, 2022)
• Joel Shafran borrows $10.5M from Popular Bank for property in Kensington (January 03, 2021)
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