Richard Grani

(Richard A. Grani)

First Vice President

Valley National Bank

(Valley Bank)

70 Speedwell Ave Morristown, NJ 07960

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Person Activity past 24 months:

Lender signatory: 1 for $23.8 million

Top Ten Associated Companies:

SKF Development (2), Lance West (1), Bruce Berger (1), Mark Perlbinder (1), HKS Capital Partners (1), Centerpark (1), DIB Management (1), WB Property Group (1)

Top Ten Associated People:

Robert J. Teitelbaum (2), Lance West (1), Ayush Kapahi (1), Gregg Reuben (1), Roland Dib (1), Jeffrey Weinstein (1)

Recent activity as signatory:

Jacob Kohn borrowed $4 million from Levon Capital for None on June 03, 2026.

SKF Development borrowed $23.8 million from Valley National Bank for 2055 Ryer Avenue on October 08, 2025.

Ayush Kapahi borrowed $19.1 million from Popular Bank for 171 East 205 Street on June 17, 2025.

Ayush Kapahi borrowed $26.2 million from Popular Bank for 189 East 205 Street on June 17, 2025.

SKF Development borrowed $22.6 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 1760 Boone Avenue on January 22, 2025.

SKF Development borrowed $37.2 million from Metropolitan Commercial Bank for 2499 Sedgwick Avenue on October 11, 2024.

GRJ Real Estate borrowed $39.1 million from Berkadia Commercial Mortgage for 87 Montgomery Street on January 12, 2024.

Centerpark borrowed $6.2 million from Valley National Bank for 100 United Nations Plaza, 100 United Nations Plaza, and 330 East 49th Street, Turtle Bay, Manhattan on November 30, 2022.

Lance West, Bruce Berger and Mark Perlbinder borrowed $23.3 million from Valley National Bank for 1526 3 Avenue on August 30, 2022.

Gary Spindler borrowed $28 million from Integrity Life Insurance Company for None on July 15, 2022.

Latest Stories:

• Jacob Kohn pays $5M to Cycamore Capital for mixed-use in Bedford Stuyvesant (June 24, 2026)

• Ayush Kapahi signs $26.2M refi loan with Popular Bank for 88-unit rental in Bedford Park (July 01, 2025)

• SKF Development pays $5.5M to BX Capital for dev site in Fordham Heights (December 27, 2024)

• SKF Development signs $37.2M refi for 133-unit rental in Fordham Manor (November 14, 2024)

• HKS Capital signs $14.8M construction loan for 64-unit project in Bedford Park (March 08, 2023)

• SKF Development signs $17.9M construction loan for 88-unit dev site in Bedford Park (March 06, 2023)

• Centerpark pays $9.5M to Sopher Group for garage property in Turtle Bay (December 12, 2022)

• Gary Spindler signs $28M refi with Integrity Life for new building in Bushwick (July 29, 2022)

• Laundry Capital pays $9M for retail in Westchester Square (July 19, 2022)

• DIB Management pays $19.9M to Gabriel Gopin for industrial in Sunset Park (June 30, 2022)

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