THE CONDO BOOK PROJECT

Empire Builders & Development

Held the general construction permit on the New Building job for 5 New York City condominiums, as the Department of Buildings records it. Each building below links its DOB job. A contractor replaced partway through still counts for the building.

Buildings
5
Residential units
23
Average $/unit
$984,092
Years
2002–2025
ManhattanBrooklynQueensBronxStaten Island 598 Sterling Place Condominium, 598 Sterling Place1236 42nd Street Condominium, 1236 42nd Street1232 42nd Street Condominium, 1232 42nd Street120 Division Avenue Condominium, 120 Division AvenueWhitman Condominium, 431 7th Avenue

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Recent Growth

Empire Builders & Development's buildings and units by year for the last 6 years, and whether the pace is rising or falling.

1 building accepted in 2024–2026 (2026 to date), against 0 in 2021–2023. 33% of all 3 dated buildings are from the last 3 years.

Year acceptedBuildingsUnits
2026 to date0—
202517
20240—
20230—
20220—
20210—

Latest: 598 Sterling Place Condominium, accepted Dec 22, 2025. 2 plans without an acceptance date aren't counted.

Strongest Relationships

The firms named most often on the same buildings as Empire Builders & Development, at least 2 in common.

Sponsor's counsel

Construction lenders

  • Bayport Funding2 shared buildings · 40% of Empire Builders & Development's · 2025

From the same offering plans as the table below. A firm's own affiliates aren't counted.

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CondominiumAcceptedUnits$/unit
598 Sterling Place Condominium598 Sterling Place · Brooklyn · new constructionNamed as Empire Builders Group NY · Sponsor: Empire On Sterling LLC · DOB NOW job B01047928 · permits 2024–202520257$984,286
1236 42nd Street Condominium1236 42nd Street · Brooklyn · new constructionSponsor: First Choice Development LLC · DOB job 301164246 ↗ · permits 200920024$383,750
1232 42nd Street Condominium1232 42nd Street · Brooklyn · new constructionSponsor: First Choice Development LLC · DOB job 301165584 ↗ · permits 200920023$533,333
120 Division Avenue Condominium120 Division Avenue · Brooklyn · new constructionSponsor: Elezer Epstein Yoel Grunbaum & Isac Waldman · DOB job 302234268 ↗ · permits 2011—3—
Whitman Condominium431 7th Avenue · Brooklyn · new constructionNamed as Empire Builders Group NY · Sponsor: Empire On Seventh LLC · DOB NOW job B00669824 · permits 2025–2026—6$2.04 million

$/unit is the offering price on the AG record divided by the residential units; the average is across the plans with both. Different spellings of one contractor's name are counted together.