Thomas Lavin
Executive Vice President Portfolio & Asset Management
RFR Holding
(RFR Realty)
Owner
Private Equity
375 Park Ave 10th Floor New York, NY 10152
RFR Holding NYC portfolio
$3.1 billion -office 73%, condo 10%, hotel 8%; Manhattan 97%, Brooklyn 2%*
63th largest portfolio by dollar value
2,647,094 sqft – office 71%, hotel 12%, condo 10%; Manhattan 96%, Brooklyn 3%
178th largest by SF
33 properties – Manhattan 98%, Brooklyn 1%
289th largest
155 residential units – Manhattan 100%
1370th largest by residential units
36 foreclosures, 0 bankruptcies, 18 other court cases.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Seller signatory: 2 for $167.1 million
Developer (new building or major alteration): 16 for 13,139 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
M&T Bank (1), Citibank (1), Charney Companies (1), Tavros Capital (1), Blackstone Group (1), Rialto Management Group (1), NYS Teachers’ Retirement System (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Samuel Charney (1), Jonathan Roberts (1), Michael L. Morrell (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• RFR Holding sold 219 East 67th Street, Lenox Hill, Manhattan for $3.1 million to Blackstone Group and Rialto Management Group on July 18, 2025.
• RFR Holding sold 168 2 Street for $164 million to Charney Companies and Tavros Capital on April 30, 2025.
• RFR Holding borrowed $55.6 million from Citibank for 37 East 51 Street on October 10, 2023.
• RFR Holding borrowed $168 million from NYS Teachers’ Retirement System for 26 East 45 Street on November 10, 2022.
• Thomas Lavin filed plans for new building for 647,353 sqft in Gowanus, Brooklyn, on March 01, 2022.
• RFR Holding borrowed $9.5 million from M&T Bank for 425 5th Avenue, Garment District, Manhattan on May 10, 2021.
Latest Stories:
• Blackstone, Rialto acquire Lenox Hill retail from RFR under threat of foreclosure (July 25, 2025)
• Charney, Tavros, pay $164M to RFR for dev site in Gowanus (May 14, 2025)
• RFR signs $82.4M refi with Madison Realty Capital for Gowanus dev site (November 07, 2024)
• RFR assigns $32M in first mortgage debt to Brookfield’s mezz at 350 Madison (November 17, 2022)
• RFR signs $9.5M refi with M&T Bank for retail condo in Garment District (June 28, 2021)
• RFR Holding obtained financing of $198M from CITIBANK (July 12, 2019)
• RFR Holding paid $155M to J.A.B. MADISON HOLDINGS (July 12, 2019)
• RFR Holding paid $103M to 477 MADAVE HOLDINGS (July 12, 2019)