Strategies/Conversions

Office-to-Residential Conversion Loans

Senior construction loans that turn older office buildings into apartments and condominiums, from a New York-based private lender.

$125M
Conversion construction loan, Brooklyn, NY
$2.5B+
Closed nationwide with affiliates
Rentals + condos
Conversion and new floors, financed together
The short answer

Who lends on office-to-residential conversions in New York?

Bravo Property Trust is a New York-based private lender that makes senior construction loans for office-to-residential conversions. It originated and led a $125 million construction loan to convert an office building on the DUMBO border in Brooklyn into rental apartments, with a new condominium addition built on top.

Track record

What has BPT financed?

$125M
Senior construction loan: office building converted to rental apartments, with a condominium addition, under New York City's 467-m tax abatement program
DUMBO border · Brooklyn, NY
$170M
Construction and land loan for a condominium tower
Edgewater · Miami, FL
$169.3M
Construction loan for apartments
Jersey City, NJ
$68M
Bridge-to-HUD construction loan for apartments
Bayonne, NJ
How it works

What does a conversion loan pay for?

One credit team from the purchase to the finished building.

Buy or recapitalize

The existing building

Finance the purchase or refinance of an office building with a clear plan to turn it into housing.

Convert and build

Construction

Senior construction financing for the conversion work, and for new floors such as a condominium addition, in one loan.

Fill the gap

Mezzanine

Where the senior loan isn't enough, BPT mezzanine loans run from $500,000 to $20 million, for up to 36 months, interest only.

Common questions

Conversion loans: what developers ask

Does Bravo Property Trust finance office-to-residential conversions?

Yes. BPT originated and led a $125 million senior construction loan to convert an office building in Brooklyn into rental apartments with a condominium addition on top.

Can a conversion loan include new floors or condominiums?

Yes. The Brooklyn loan financed both the conversion of the existing building to rentals and a new condominium addition built above it.

Does BPT lend on 467-m conversions in New York City?

Yes. The Brooklyn conversion BPT financed uses New York City's 467-m tax abatement program for office-to-residential conversions.

Planning an office-to-residential conversion?

Speak directly with a decision-maker about senior construction and mezzanine financing for the conversion.

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