Michael Birajiclian
(Michael S. Birajiclian)
Managing Director
Bank of Montreal
(BMO Bank, BMO Capital Markets, BMO Harris Bank, BMO Commercial Bank)
Lender
320 South Canal St 15th Floor Chicago, IL 60606
119, rue Saint-Jacques Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1L6
Notes
BMO Capital Markets is a trade name used by BMO Financial Group for the wholesale banking businesses of Bank of Montreal, BMO Bank N.A.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Lender signatory: 19 for $3.3 billion
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Magnum Real Estate Group (3), Javeri Capital (2), SL Green Realty (2), Ludovik Benedek (1), IHL Equities (1), Chetrit Group (1), Sixty Hotels (1), Alexander Levin (1), Rachel Lehmann (1), Joel Biner (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Benjamin Shaoul (3), Atit Javeri (2), Andrew S. Levine (2), Ludovik Benedek (1), Ira Herbert Lifshutz (1), Meyer Chetrit (1), Lawrence Pomeranc (1), Tair Yakubov (1), Jude Coard (1), Joel Biner (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Ludovik Benedek borrowed $7.9 million from Bank of Montreal for 822 Flatbush Avenue and 822 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush, Brooklyn on January 26, 2026.
• IHL Equities borrowed $10.5 million from Bank of Montreal for 1479 York Avenue on January 13, 2026.
• Magnum Real Estate Group borrowed $10.9 million from Bank of Montreal for 166 Elizabeth Street on December 01, 2025.
• Magnum Real Estate Group borrowed $8.6 million from Bank of Montreal for 349 East 10 Street on December 01, 2025.
• Derby Copeland Capital borrowed $18.8 million from Bank of Montreal for 86 Washington Place on November 06, 2025.
• Eliahu Nahman borrowed $17.8 million from Bank of Montreal for 250 Winthrop Street on September 18, 2025.
• SL Green Realty borrowed $1.4 billion from Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Bank of Montreal for 11 Madison Avenue, 11 Madison Avenue, 11 Madison Avenue, 11 Madison Avenue, 11 Madison Avenue, and others, Flatiron District, Manhattan on September 17, 2025.
• Blackstone Group borrowed $110.8 million from Deutsche Bank, Bank of Montreal and Barclays for 8719 Avenue D on May 30, 2025.
• Neil Einhorn borrowed $58 million from Bank of Montreal for 1497 Bedford Avenue on May 30, 2025.
• Flatiron Real Estate Advisors borrowed $34 million from Bank of Montreal for 90 Berry Street on May 01, 2025.