What we do...

Walter & Samuels acquires individual properties as well as entire property portfolios, and takes equity positions in select portfolios when we determine that there is potential for long-term appreciation. Where advantageous to all parties, we co-venture with both local and global private and institutional investors.

Walter & Samuels’ highly experienced professional staff – many of whom have long-standing tenure with our firm – provide clients with robust asset management planning and execution. With over 85 years of experience in the New York City market, and under the leadership of chairman David I. Berley, who has been with the firm since 1968, Walter & Samuels offers a depth of knowledge gained from hands-on experience throughout boom, bust, and stable economic cycles. Our expertise ranges from optimizing the performance of healthy properties to successfully repositioning troubled assets with the intent of either keeping them in the client’s portfolio or maximizing their sale value.

Conversion of more than 30 properties over the past 30 years. Pre-war buildings in vibrant Manhattan neighborhoods. Value generated from previously under-performing properties. Walter & Samuels has earned a reputation as one of New York City’s most successful and well-respected cooperative and condominium conversion experts. Over the past 30 years, under the direction and leadership of Chairman David I. Berley, the firm has converted more than 30 properties, almost all of them pre-war buildings in vibrant Manhattan neighborhoods. We expertly address the challenges inherent in conversions – the appropriate scale of renovations, zoning changes, market repositioning, and negotiations with existing residential tenants. The result is a track record of conversions that have returned historic properties to their original beauty, generated value from previously underperforming properties, and created more vibrant neighborhoods.

​Walter & Samuels, Inc. has vast and diverse experience managing residential properties. In addition to managing traditional apartment buildings large and small, we have managed government-funded affordable senior housing complexes. Success with mixed-use properties through diverse set of capabilities.

We manage buildings like an owner because our principals are longtime property owners themselves. Our dedicated property managers analyze and monitor each building to achieve the ideal level of service at the most competitive cost. Our managers also conduct periodic building studies and suggest maintenance and capital improvements that will have a measurable impact on the long-term value of each property. Walter & Samuels has well-established relationships with architects, engineers, and contractors and is able to obtain highly competitive pricing for all repair and improvements.