Gregg Winter, President

Gregg Winter formed Winter & Company Commercial Real Estate Finance in 1989 with a focus on the placement of cooperative underlying mortgages and lines of credit for co-op corporations throughout the New York metropolitan area. Within a few years, Winter & Company had also become a major provider of commercial mortgages for a wide variety of property types including apartment buildings, office buildings, shopping centers, mixed-use, retail, industrial and net-leased properties.In its capacity as mortgage broker, Winter & Company has primarily originated and placed commercial mortgages with conventional lending institutions such as banks, conduits, pension funds and insurance companies. In addition, Winter & Company has also originated and serviced many direct, private commercial real estate loans including bridge and mezzanine financing. In 2003, Mr. Winter formed a new entity, W Financial address the need and the opportunity in the market place to provide special situation, direct private real estate financing. The fund now provides quarterly distributions of interest to dozens of accredited investors with a diversified portfolio of cash-flowing private mortgage investments. This Winter & Company affiliate is a direct private lender capable of closing many of the deals that cannot be placed with conventional lenders.

Gregg has often been quoted in publications such as The New York Times, Crain's New York Business, The Wall Street Journal, The Real Deal, Commercial Mortgage Insight, Northeast Real Estate Business, Newsday, Money Magazine, Diversion and Dan's Papers. He has been consulted for articles that have appeared in Habitat Magazine and he is also a contributing author of the book Co-op & Condo Ownership. Mr. Winter has more than 17 years of real estate experience and is recognized as a leading commercial mortgage broker and lender in the New York metropolitan area. He is familiar with all facets of real estate financing, investment and management.

Prior to forming Winter & Company, Mr. Winter was a principal of W & W Associates, Inc., a family-owned mortgage investment business established in 1963 by his father Jack Winter. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Long Island University, serves on the Finance Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York, is a member of both the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Real Estate Lenders Association, and is a New York State Licensed Real Estate Broker.

Henry Berliss, Executive Vice President

Henry joined Winter & Company in 2000. He has been active in real estate finance and development since 1972. He brings three decades of expertise to bear on every financing assignment including owner-occupied, office/industrial real estate, mixed-use, development and construction financing, retail, hotel and net-lease transactions. Henry also arranges debt and equity on a nationwide basis.

In 2006, Henry closed a $104,000,000 loan package on a 497,000 SF shopping center development shadow anchored by Wal-Mart in Mesa, Arizona. Henry had previously arranged a $34,000,000 loan for the same developers for an 185,000 SF shopping center in Chandler, Arizona. Other recent loans have included $8,000,000 on a mixed-use retail/residential building in Manhattan, $7,200,000 and $6,600,000 for the construction of condominiums in Brooklyn, New York and $19,000,000 and $6,900,000 for the construction of Manhattan condominiums.

Henry's extensive Lender contacts include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, capital markets, pension funds, and private Lenders. He has taught in the Diploma Program at the New York University Real Estate Institute, is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and the International Council of Shopping Centers, and has held a New York State Real Estate Brokers License since 1973.

Steven Silverberg joined Winter and Company in 2007 to focus on increasing loan production through an integrated marketing strategy and by utilizing his many contacts in the fields of real estate, law, accounting, investment  banking and academia. 

Steven has over 20 years of experience in real estate and real estate finance.  He structured and arranged financing  for real estate syndications for various sponsors from 1982-1986.  Thereafter he formed and operated a textile import/export firm with an international clientele.  In the mid 1990’s Steven once again turned his attention to real estate, specializing in debt and equity placement utilizing non-traditional sources of capital on behalf of his clients.  In 1998 he joined Legg Mason Real Estate Services (acquired by Northmarq Capital in September 2003) as Vice President of the Greater Westchester NY/CT regional office.  His responsibilities included debt and equity placement for insurance companies, Wall Street investment banks, pension investors and commercial banks represented by the company.  Steven was the resident expert for transactions that were either non traditional or difficult to structure and place.

Mr. Silverberg graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1979 (B.S. Economics) and holds a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of law (1982).  Steven is a licensed Real Estate Broker in New York and is very active in numerous professional and alumni associations.