Sam Charney
(Samuel Charney)
Founder
Principal
Charney Companies
Charney Companies NYC portfolio
$1.5 billion -industrial 44%, development 37%, office 7%; Brooklyn 54%, Queens 41%, Manhattan 4%*
144th largest portfolio by dollar value
297,811 sqft – specialty 26%, industrial 22%, elevator 21%; Brooklyn 46%, Queens 27%, Manhattan 26%
1195th largest by SF
20 properties – Brooklyn 65%, Queens 30%, Manhattan 5%
500th largest
1,276 residential units – Brooklyn 91%, Queens 5%, Manhattan 3%
268th largest by residential units
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Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 2 for $168.2 million
Borrower signatory: 2 for $195 million
Developer (new building or major alteration): 19 for 91,127 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Madison Realty Capital (3), Santander Bank (1), RFR Holding (1), Silver Point Capital (1), Dean Maltz (1), Arbor Realty Trust (1), Jonathan Holman (1), Riverside Church in the City of New York (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
David Speiser (1), Thomas Lavin (1), Steven Weiser (1), Dean Maltz (1), Susana Iannicelli (1), Jonathan Holman (1), Natalie Fein (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• 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.
• Riverside Church in the City of New York sold 101 Claremont Avenue for $38 million to Charney Companies on March 18, 2024.
• Samuel Charney filed plans for new building for 161,253 sqft in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, on October 20, 2023.
• Charney Companies borrowed $30 million from Arbor Realty Trust for 10-14 50 Avenue on March 31, 2023.
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)
