Richard Carroll
(Richard E. Carroll)
Owner
Trans World Equities
(Transworld Equities, TWE Rentals, Transworld Equities Associates, JBF Funding)
13 East 17th Street 8th Floor New York NY 10003
697 3rd Ave #460 New York, NY 10017
Trans World Equities NYC portfolio
$203.8 million -elevator 36%, mixed-use 32%, retail 15%; Manhattan 99%*
916th largest portfolio by dollar value
236,110 sqft – elevator 54%, mixed-use 22%, specialty 10%; Manhattan 100%
1364th largest by SF
16 properties – Manhattan 100%
600th largest
90 residential units – Manhattan 100%
1835th largest by residential units
0 foreclosures, 0 bankruptcies, 1 other court case.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Borrower signatory: 3 for $41.9 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Fortress Investment Group (5), Bank of America (2), East West Bank (1), Trans World Equities (1), Lonicera Partners (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Allison Thoms (1), Yongli Horowitz (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Trans World Equities borrowed $17.3 million from East West Bank for 685 8 Avenue on June 30, 2025.
• Trans World Equities borrowed $11.8 million from Bank of America for 857 Broadway on June 27, 2025.
• Trans World Equities borrowed $12.9 million from Bank of America for 16 John Street on July 09, 2024.
• Trans World Equities borrowed $0 from Trans World Equities for 687 8 Avenue on January 12, 2024.
• Fortress Investment Group on December 20, 2023 bought a loan with an original principal of $12.4 million from Capital One, signed by Matthew Brower, secured by 13 East 17 Street, when owned by Trans World Equities.
• Fortress Investment Group on December 20, 2023 bought a loan with an original principal of $17.4 million from Capital One, signed by Matthew Brower, secured by 11 West 17 Street, when owned by Trans World Equities.
• Fortress Investment Group on December 20, 2023 bought a loan with an original principal of $11.5 million from Capital One, signed by Matthew Brower, secured by 11 East 17 Street, when owned by Trans World Equities.
• Fortress Investment Group on December 20, 2023 bought a loan with an original principal of $9.7 million from Capital One, signed by Matthew Brower, secured by 15 East 17 Street, when owned by Trans World Equities.
• Fortress Investment Group on December 20, 2023 bought a loan with an original principal of $9.3 million from Capital One, signed by Matthew Brower, secured by 340 Canal Street, when owned by Trans World Equities.
• Lonicera Partners borrowed $128 million from Santander Bank for Intl charter school of new york on May 31, 2023.
Latest Stories:
• Trans World Equities signs $11.8M refi for retail in Flatiron District (August 14, 2025)
• Trans World Equities controls 3-property potential dev site in Hell’s Kitchen (June 16, 2022)
• Trans World Equities pays $22M for retail facing Union Square (May 17, 2022)
