Melissa Perez
Ready Capital
(Waterfall Asset Management, ReadyCap Commercial, ReadyCap Lending, Ready Capital Structured Finance)
Lender
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 50th Floor. New York, NY 10020
200 Connell Drive, Suite 4000 Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
Ready Capital NYC portfolio
$3 million -condo 100%; Manhattan 100%*
6745th largest portfolio by dollar value
1,751 sqft – condo 100%; Manhattan 100%
8175th largest by SF
90 foreclosures, 2 bankruptcies, 2 other court cases.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Seller signatory: 1 for $15.2 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Fereidoon Behin (1), KPG Funds (1), Link Real Estate NYC (1), Ladder Capital (1), EMP Capital Group (1), Son Dinh Tran (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Fereidoon Behin (1), Gregory Kraut (1), Dan Arev (1), David Traitel (1), Elichai Pariente (1), Son Dinh Tran (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• RSLT Capital Management borrowed $5 million from Stormfield Capital for None on April 15, 2026.
• Ready Capital sold 151 Grand Street for $15.2 million to Link Real Estate NYC on February 09, 2026.
• Son Dinh Tran borrowed $37.6 million from ACRES Capital for 847 7 Avenue on August 22, 2025.
• JTS Capital Group on August 06, 2024 bought a loan with an original principal of $2 million from Ready Capital, signed by Melissa Perez, secured by 320 2 Avenue, when owned by Chung Ki Ng.
• Midwest Financial on August 05, 2024 bought a loan with an original principal of $8.2 million from Ready Capital, signed by Melissa Perez, secured by 34 West 28 Street, when owned by SOMA Group.
• Fereidoon Behin borrowed $8.6 million from Ready Capital for 56-50 Myrtle Avenue on January 10, 2024.
• KPG Funds borrowed $9 million from Ready Capital for 102 Chambers Street, Tribeca, Manhattan on May 09, 2023.
• Son Dinh Tran borrowed $37.7 million from Ready Capital for 847 7 Avenue on August 22, 2022.
• EMP Capital Group borrowed $14 million from Ready Capital for 149 Spring Street on February 03, 2022.
• Cayuga Capital Management borrowed $14.6 million from Ladder Capital for 54 Cypress Avenue on December 14, 2021.
Latest Stories:
• RSLT Capital Management pays $5.1M for mixed-use in Greenpoint (May 04, 2026)
• KPG Funds sells retail condo in Tribeca for $3.8M (February 13, 2026)
• Senvest Capital affiliate pays $17.5M to Arel Capital for Bushwick retail (September 25, 2025)
• Lender Ready Capital acquires Little Italy retail, office through foreclosure (October 22, 2024)
• Fereidoon Behin signs $8.6M refi for four properties in Ridgewood (January 23, 2024)
• Son Dinh Tran pays $36.5M to Cammeby’s for 54-unit rental in Midtown West (September 19, 2023)
• KPG Funds signs $9M refi with Ready Capital for retail in Tribeca (May 17, 2023)