Sam Charney
(Samuel Charney)
Founder
Principal
Charney Companies
Charney Companies NYC portfolio
$1.5 billion -industrial 44%, development 37%, office 7%; Brooklyn 55%, Queens 40%, Manhattan 4%*
142th largest portfolio by dollar value
402,472 sqft – elevator 42%, specialty 19%, industrial 16%; Brooklyn 60%, Queens 20%, Manhattan 19%
1000th largest by SF
21 properties – Brooklyn 66%, Queens 28%, Manhattan 4%
481th largest
1,610 residential units – Brooklyn 75%, Queens 21%, Manhattan 2%
206th largest by residential units
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Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 3 for $188.2 million
Borrower signatory: 4 for $293.8 million
Developer (new building or major alteration): 17 for 91,127 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Madison Realty Capital (4), Dean Maltz (1), Arbor Realty Trust (1), Santander Bank (1), BH3 Management (1), Calmwater Capital (1), Riverside Church in the City of New York (1), RFR Holding (1), Silver Point Capital (1), Jonathan Holman (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Dean Maltz (1), Susana Iannicelli (1), David Speiser (1), Dean Chang (1), Dan Speiser (1), Natalie Fein (1), Thomas Lavin (1), Steven Weiser (1), Jonathan Holman (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Charney Companies borrowed $17 million from BH3 Management for 3 Hope Street on June 29, 2026.
• Calmwater Capital sold 3 Hope Street for $20 million to Charney Companies on June 29, 2026.
• Charney Companies borrowed $81.8 million from Madison Realty Capital for 97 Rockwell Place on June 05, 2026.
• Jonathan Holman sold 83 2 Place for $4.2 million to Charney Companies and SB Development Group on October 17, 2025.
• Charney Companies borrowed $85 million from Madison Realty Capital for 97 Rockwell Place on May 02, 2025.
• RFR Holding sold 168 2 Street for $164 million to Charney Companies and Tavros Capital on April 30, 2025.
• Charney Companies and Tavros Capital borrowed $110 million from Silver Point Capital for 168 2 Street on April 30, 2025.
• Samuel Charney filed plans for major alteration for 91,127 sqft in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, on March 04, 2025.
• Charney Companies borrowed $8.2 million from Madison Realty Capital for 101 Claremont Avenue on March 18, 2024.
• Charney Companies borrowed $49.5 million from Madison Realty Capital for 101 Claremont Avenue on March 18, 2024.
Latest Stories:
• Charney, Tavros, pay $164M to RFR for dev site in Gowanus (May 14, 2025)
• Charney Companies files plans to create 240 dorm rooms in Morningside Heights (March 12, 2025)
• RFR signs $82.4M refi with Madison Realty Capital for Gowanus dev site (November 07, 2024)
• Charney Companies pays $3.8M to Flatiron Real Estate for rental in Park Slope (December 14, 2021)
• Charney Companies gets new $21M construction loan for additional LIC dev site (August 17, 2020)