Akiva Kurland
(Akiva J. Kurland)
Ceo
Yellow Jacket Ventures
Owner
Yellow Jacket Ventures portfolio
(NYC’s “Market Value,” 50% or less of actual value)
$5.3 million – walkup 83%, development 16%; Bronx 51%, Brooklyn 48%
3642th largest portfolio by dollar value
48,490 sqft – walkup 85%, development 14%;
2875th largest by SF
4 properties – Bronx 50%, Brooklyn 50%
153th largest
108 residential units – Bronx 65%, Brooklyn 34%
690th largest by residential units
2 foreclosures, 1 bankruptcy, 0 other court cases.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 3 for $7.8 million
Seller signatory: 0 for $0
Borrower signatory: 1 for $16 million
Lender signatory: 0 for $0
Developer (new building or major alteration): 0 for 0 square feet
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Northeast Community Bank (1), Eloi Francis estate (1), Aulder Capital (1), Amalgamated Bank (1), Brenda Elishis (1), Citibank (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Susan Sykes (1), Lewis I. Knopf (1), Robert Johnson (1), Jacob Nimmer (1), Brenda Elishis (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Brenda Elishis sold 540 Ocean Avenue, Flatbush, Brooklyn for $4.2 million to Akiva Kurland on November 20, 2024.
• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $16 million from Amalgamated Bank for 19-21 Mount Hope Place, Mt Hope, Bronx on January 12, 2024.
• Aulder Capital sold 390 East 21st Street, Flatbush, Brooklyn for $1.4 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on August 28, 2023.
• Eloi Francis estate sold 2102 Newkirk Avenue, Flatbush, Brooklyn for $2.2 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on April 19, 2023.
• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $12.2 million from Northeast Community Bank for 21 Mount Hope Place, Mt Hope, Bronx on March 29, 2022.
• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $5.5 million from Citibank for 494 Jackson Avenue, Mott Haven, Bronx on September 28, 2021.
Latest Stories:
• Akiva Kurland pays $4.2M for 40-unit walkup in Flatbush November 21, 2024
• Yellow Jacket Ventures signs $16M refi for newly built 55-unit rental in Mt Hope January 15, 2024
• Yellow Jacket Ventures pays $1.4M to Aulder Capital for 15-unit walkup in Flatbush August 29, 2023
• Yellow Jacket Ventures pays $2.2M for 22-unit walkup in Flatbush April 20, 2023