Restaurateur Vittorio Antonini pays $10.5M to long-time owners for 9-unit walkup in Greenwich Village

Vittorio Antonini through the entity 3 E 9th LLC paid $10.5 million to Robert Belenky through the entity Garden-Bel LLC for the nine-unit residential walkup building (C5) at 3 East 9th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The expected use is cash flowing.
The deal closed on January 30, 2026 and was recorded on February 20, 2026. The property has 5,302 square feet of built space and 3,768 square feet of additional air rights for a total buildable of 9,064 square feet according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The sale price per built square foot is $1,979 and the price per buildable square foot is $1,157 per the PincusCo analysis. (The price per square foot analysis is the transaction price divided by square feet as reported in public records and assumes no air rights have been sold.)
The signatory for Robert Belenky was Charles R. Stark . The signatory for Vittorio Antonini was Vittorio Antonini. The contract date was June 16, 2025. Vittorio Antonini is a restaurateur and son of Carlo Antonini, founder of Lanterna. The Belenky family has owned the property since at least 1966.

Prior sales, articles and revenue

Prior to this transaction, PincusCo has no record that the buyer Vittorio Antonini had purchased any other properties and has no record it sold any properties over the past 24 months.
The seller Robert Belenky had not purchased any other properties and had not sold any properties over the same time period. The former owners according to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development includes Robert Belenky, head officer and Michael Belenky, officer. The business entity is Garden-Bel Llc.

The property

The residential walkup building with 9 residential units in Greenwich Village has 5,302 square feet of built space and 3,768 square feet of additional air rights for a total buildable of 9,064 square feet according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The parcel has frontage of 25 feet and is 105 feet deep with a total lot size of 2,635 square feet. The zoning is R7-2 which allows for up to 3.44 times floor area ratio (FAR) for residential. The property is in the Greenwich Village Historic District. The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $6.9 million.

Violations and lawsuits

There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the property for the past 24 months. In addition, according to city public data, the property has received $1,250 in ECB penalties and $1,350 in OATH penalties in the last year.

Development

There are no active new building construction projects or major alteration projects with initial costs more than $1 million on this tax lot.

The block

On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of seven of the 13 commercial properties representing 48,283 square feet of the 83,840 square feet. The largest owner is Argo Real Estate Registered, followed by Jaroslaw Leshko and then Amirian Group.
There are no active new building construction projects on this tax block.

The majority, or 48 percent of the 83,840 square feet of built space are walkup buildings, with elevator buildings next occupying 37 percent of the space.

The buyer

The PincusCo database currently indicates that Vittorio Antonini owned at least three commercial properties with seven residential units in New York City with 10,073 square feet and a city-determined market value of $8.4 million. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) The portfolio has $18.1 million in debt, with top three lenders as LMF Commercial, New York Community Bank, and Flagstar Bank respectively. Within the portfolio, the bulk, or 75 percent of the 10,073 square feet of built space are mixed-use properties, with retail properties next occupying 25 percent of the space. The bulk, or 68 percent of the built space, is in Brooklyn, with Manhattan next at 32 percent of the space.

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