Stuart W. Berg

Partner

914.993.6059

sberg@kelaw.com

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Stuart W. Berg is a Partner and the Chair of Kurzman Eisenberg’s Real Estate practice group. Stu’s practice focuses on transactional real estate work, including the acquisition, leasing, development, and financing of commercial properties and multifamily housing, construction contracts and loan portfolio acquisitions, as well as the representation of numerous cooperative apartment corporations and condominium associations throughout the Metropolitan area. In the past three years, Stu has been the lead counsel on approximately 40 transactions for the purchase of blocks of “unsold” cooperative and condominium units occupied by rent regulated tenants from existing sponsor entities and involving nearly 1,500 units in total.

In addition to his Real Estate practice, Stu has substantial experience in all aspects of real estate litigation, including complex commercial landlord-tenant disputes, commercial mortgage foreclosure actions, land valuations, mechanic lien litigation, and construction related disputes.

Prior to joining Kurzman Eisenberg, Stu was a partner in the real estate group of Brown Raysman Millsetin Felder & Steiner, LLP and Baer Marks & Upham.

Education

St. John's University School of Law (J.D.)
Baruch College of the City University of New York (B.B.A.)

Admissions

New York
New Jersey
U.S. District Courts of the Southern and Eastern District of New York
United States Courts of Appeals for the First and Second Circuits

Memberships

N.Y.S. Bar Association
- Real Property Section

Honors & Awards

Super Lawyers – Real Estate (2014-2023 and 2025)

Recent Significant Transactions

$100M acquisition of portfolio of 300 unsold condominium units in 12 buildings on the Upper Westside of Manhattan
$135M sale of 85% interest in office building in Flatiron District
$75M acquisition and mezzanine financing of four NYC apartment buildings and unsold shares
$200M of securitized mortgage refinancings (Borrower Representation) in the past 12 months
$20M acquisition of retail master leases in Gramercy Park district
18,000 sq. ft. Lease for premier venture capital fund in the Union Square area of Manhattan
Renegotiation of ground lease on midtown cooperative building
$10M loan between Bank Leumi and our client, secured by membership interest in development properties
$200M loan modification between Bank Hapoalim and our client, international real estate developer
40,000 sq ft Office lease in Greenwich, CT
Best Buy lease in Quakertown, PA