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Developer of 190,000-SF Multifamily Project Closes $56-Mil Loan

NEW YORK CITY-The first major post-Sept. condominium loan to close in Manhattan provides $56 million in construction financing for Grand Beekman, a 32-story apartment tower currently under construction at 51st Street and First Avenue.

By Glen Thompson | Updated on January 23, 2002

NEW YORK CITY-A 32-story East Side residential tower that has been in development for nearly 12 years is one step closer to completion with the closing of $56 million in construction financing. The developers say it is the first major condo loan closed since the World Trade Center bombings.

Andrew J. Singer, chairman and CEO of the Singer & Bassuk Organization, arranged the loan for the 190,000-sf Grand Beekman on behalf of developers Izak Senbahar and Simon Elias. Assisting in the transaction was Singer & Bassuk senior managing director Kathleen McSharry. “This financing is the first major condominium loan to be committed and closed in Manhattan after Sept. 11,” says Singer. “It shows the great faith that the developers and the banks have in the luxury condo market in New York.”

The $85-million property is under construction at 400 E. 51st St. Designed by Costas Kondylis & Partners, it will have three full-floor penthouses and 89 one-, two- three- and four- bedroom units ranging in size from 806 sf to 3,700 sf and priced from $575,000 to $4.75 million. Aggregate sale price of the 89 apartments is $150 million, According to Senbahar. Roughly 40% of the apartments are sold and delivery is scheduled for October.

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