
New York, NY Meridian Capital Group arranged a total of $68.5 million in construction financing for a mixed-use development in Brooklyn.
The three-year floating rate loan features interest-only payments. This transaction was negotiated by Meridian vice president, Eli Finkel, vice president, Steve Edelstein, and senior managing director, Rael Gervis, who are all based in the company’s New York City headquarters.
At completion this project, located at 210 Clarkson Ave., will include 165 units across eight stories totaling 165,000 s/f with the ground floor allocated for commercial.
New York tri-state multifamily investors are increasingly reallocating capital to less-regulated markets across the U.S. as rent control and legislative risk erode returns at home. With over 60% of New York City’s rental housing stock classified as rent-stabilized, the traditional value-add model — buying under-performing buildings,