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2024 Upstate New York Apartment Market - by Brian Heine

Two recent high profile court cases illustrate the difficulties facing the real estate business in New York State. Robert Morgan of Rochester settled his long running mortgage fraud case for $16.3 million and a single guilty plea while also admitting to no guilt

Perlman of Largo Real Estate closes $1 million construction loan

East Aurora, NY Ned Perlman, vice president of upstate originations at Largo Real Estate Advisors, Inc., has successfully closed a multifamily construction loan. The planned units will be within walking distance to grocery stores

Perlman of Largo Real Estate secures $12.5 million refinance for permanent first mortgage

Buffalo, NY Ned Perlman, vice president of upstate originations at Largo Real Estate Advisors, Inc. secured a permanent first mortgage to refinance a +/-546,063 rs/f industrial property

Meridian’s Doshi and Mehra sell a 168 unit apartment building in Jamaica Estates for $20.35 million

Queens, NY Amit Doshi and Shallini Mehra recently closed on their exclusive 183-11 Hillside Ave., also known as Park Towers East, situated in Jamaica Estates. Built in 1960’s, this twelve-story

GirlGang announces the launch of a value-driven membership program & virtual community for its 2k+ members

New York, NY GirlGang, a national, women-led and women-focused community of real estate professionals, hosted a launch party to announce the next chapter of the organization. GirlGang, which was founded in 2016

ARD Capital Group closes a $6.7 million refinance for a 24-unit multifamily property

Brooklyn, NY ARD Capital Group, the boutique capital advisory and brokerage firm headed by Simon Dilmanian, closed a $6.7 million refinance for a 24-unit multifamily property in Bushwick

Cohen of Leviathan Capital arranges $1.15 million acquisition and construction loan

Brooklyn, NY According to Leviathan Capital, Peter Cohen successfully arranged a $1.15 million acquisition and construction loan for a 2-family property

Camila Morcos admitted to New York State Bar; begins associate position at Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

Uniondale, NY Camila Morcos was admitted to the New York State Bar on February 5, 2025, thereby beginning her position as an associate in Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP’s tax certiorari

Finding the $10 Bill: Applying Howard Marks' Value Investing to Real Estate - by Todd McIndoo

Imagine finding a $10 bill on the sidewalk. You'd pick it up, right? Howard Marks, co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, argues that successful investing is much the same: finding undervalued assets – that $10 bill – and capitalizing

Southern Land Company opens Florent

Garden City, NY Southern Land Company (SLC), an award-winning national real estate developer of master-planned, single-family, multifamily, and mixed-use communities, has opened the Florent, its new luxury apartment community at 555 Stewart Ave