Nim Chi Lau
Vice President
Shanghai Commercial Bank
Owner
Shanghai Commercial Bank NYC portfolio
$7.8 million -industrial 99%; Brooklyn 99%*
5239th largest portfolio by dollar value
113,000 sqft – industrial 100%; Brooklyn 100%
2204th largest by SF
3 foreclosures, 4 bankruptcies, 0 other court cases.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Lender signatory: 1 for $28.5 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Lam Group (2), Weihong Hu (2), HCRE Hung & Chong Real Estate (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Kin Chung Lam (2), Weihong Hu (2), Philip Chong (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Hakimian Organization on April 13, 2026 bought a loan with an original principal of $34 million from Shanghai Commercial Bank, signed by Nim Chi Lau, secured by 343 West 35 Street, when owned by New World Art Center.
• Palette Hotels and LCRE Group borrowed $82.4 million from Wells Fargo for 37 Fletcher Street on December 15, 2025.
• F&T Group borrowed $20 million from Maxim Capital Group for 35-32 College Point Boulevard on October 28, 2025.
• Cirrus Real Estate Partners on September 30, 2025 bought a loan with an original principal of $137 million from Shanghai Commercial Bank, signed by Nim Chi Lau|Chiu Nam Wu, secured by 133-36 37th Avenue, 133-36 37th Avenue, 133-27 39th Avenue, 133-27 39th Avenue, 37-12 Prince Street, and others, Flushing, Queens, when owned by F&T Group.
• Cirrus Real Estate Partners on September 30, 2025 bought a loan with an original principal of $25 million from Shanghai Commercial Bank, signed by Nim Chi Lau|Chiu Nam Wu, secured by 37-02 College Point Boulevard, when owned by F&T Group.
• Cirrus Real Estate Partners on September 29, 2025 bought a loan with an original principal of $130.6 million from Shanghai Commercial Bank, signed by Nim Chi Lau|Chiu Nam Wu, secured by 2420 Amsterdam Avenue, 2420 Amsterdam Avenue, 2420 Amsterdam Avenue, 2420 Amsterdam Avenue, 2420 Amsterdam Avenue, and others, Washington Heights, Manhattan, when owned by Youngwoo & Associates and Beijing Construction Engineering Group.
• Chun Yee Yung borrowed $17 million from Cathay Bank for 209 West 28 Street on June 26, 2025.
• Frank Ng borrowed $65 million from Cathay Bank for 134 West 28 Street on June 23, 2025.
• Frank Ng borrowed $5 million from Cathay Bank for 138 West 28 Street on June 23, 2025.
• Spencer Wong borrowed $7 million from East West Bank for 37-20 Prince Street, 37-20 Prince Street, 37-20 Prince Street, 37-20 Prince Street, 37-20 Prince Street, and others, Flushing, Queens on March 04, 2025.
Latest Stories:
• Palette Hotels, LCRE Group sign $82.4M refi for hotel in FiDi (January 04, 2026)
• Cirrus files pre-foreclosures on $187M debt at F&T’s Flushing holdings (November 21, 2025)
• Cirrus Real Estate buys $25M note secured by F&T parking lot in Flushing (November 06, 2025)
• Lam Generation signs $123M refi loan with Deutsche Bank for hotel in Chelsea (October 24, 2025)
• Chun Yee Yung signs $17M refi with Cathay Bank for office in Chelsea (July 24, 2025)
• Frank Ng signs $65M refi with Cathay Bank for hotel in Chelsea (July 01, 2025)
• Gowanus residents sue city to block 400-person homeless shelter (February 28, 2024)
