Raphael Toledano, who has had a tumultuous few years as an East Village landlord, is facing foreclosure proceedings on a Chelsea rental,
according to The Real Deal.
Toledano’s Brookhill Properties acquired the 39-unit, 39,000-square-foot property for $41.5 million in 2015. At the time of the purchase, the firm secured $34 million in financing from Madison, including $29.8 million in immediate funds to buy the building. The remainder, to be provided at a later date, was allocated for proposed renovations.
Madison, in its capacity as the lender, filed the summons filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court, to initiate foreclosure proceedings over the building, which has $29.8 million loan.
Toledano reportedly named the West 16th Street building "the Devorah" after his wife.
In previous articles in
The Real Deal, critics have said that Toledano is overleveraged.
Meanwhile, as previous noted, Toledano is
in the process of unloading 13 of the 21 buildings — mostly walk-ups — he owns here.
The Real Deal says that he is in contract
to sell 97 Second Ave. to investor Dominic Gan for $15 million. The 6-story building between Sixth Street and Fifth Street was one of the first East Village properties purchased by Toledano. (Public records show that Toledano paid $4.95 million for it in April 2014.)
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Toledano, 26, has been accused of a variety of predatory practices. In addition, 20 of his buildings were tested for
toxic levels of dust. Last spring, Toledano
agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged that he harassed rent-regulated residents at 444 E. 13th St. He also apparently
ruined Thanksgiving for a few East 12th Street residents.
In December, tenants of more than 20 buildings owned by Raphael Toledano, along with local elected officials and community organizers, went to Midtown to call out Madison Realty Capital and Signature Bank for their role in lending money to Toledano.
