Matthew Weinberger

276 Fifth Ave, Ste. 404 New York, NY 10001

1981 Marcus Avenue, Ste. E117 Lake Success, NY 11042

150 Grand Street, Suite 600 White Plains, NY 10601

150 Broad Hollow Road Melville, NY 11747

Person Activity past 24 months:

Lender signatory: 3 for $16.1 million

Top Ten Associated Companies:

Elchonon Shilian (1), Florenc Veshtaj (1), Joel Schwartz (1), Issta Group (1)

Top Ten Associated People:

Elchonon Shilian (1), Florenc Veshtaj (1), Joel Schwartz (1), Michael Lefkowitz (1)

Recent activity as signatory:

• Florenc Veshtaj borrowed $6.2 million from Bayport Funding for 788 Fairmount Place on June 02, 2025.

• Elchonon Shilian borrowed $3.4 million from Brick City Capital for 408 East 153rd Street, Melrose, Bronx on March 31, 2025.

• Joel Schwartz borrowed $6.5 million from Bayport Funding for 334 Bedford Avenue on April 10, 2024.

• Joseph Freund borrowed $8.5 million from Ponce Bank for 640 Parkside Avenue on November 04, 2022.

• Sela Group sold 39-37 27 Street for $19.7 million to Issta Group on February 24, 2022.

Latest Stories:

• Joel Schwartz signs $15.3M loan with BridgeCity in Williamsburg (April 10, 2025)

• Issta Group pays $19.7M to Sela Group for new hotel in Long Island City (March 03, 2022)

• Sela Group signs $99M rehab construction loan with Madison Realty for six properties in NYC (December 20, 2021)

• Madison Realty gives $63.2M loan to Sela Group on parcels it once owned (February 01, 2021)

• Arch Companies records $47.5M loan transfer from Maxim for Sela Group properties (October 09, 2020)

• Arch Companies alleges control of $64M in Sela Group assets in Brooklyn, Queens (September 18, 2020)

• Gal Sela’s Sela Group borrows $43M from Maxim Credit Group for property in Fort Greene (October 07, 2019)

• Gal Sela’s Sela Group borrows $5M from Maxim Credit Group for property in Long Island City (October 07, 2019)

• Sela 27 Street LLC obtained financing of $6M from Maxim Credit Group (August 29, 2019)