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As reported by Commercial Observer's Cathy Cunningham, JMH Development and Mettle Property Group have secured $56 million in construction financing to for the development of a 143-unit building in Long Island City, Queens. "Scale Lending—the financing arm of Slate Property Group—provided the three-year debt in a deal arranged by Newmark Knight Frank’s Jordan Roeschlaub, Dustin Stolly, Daniel Fromm and Josh Egert. Jason Halpern’s JMH Development teamed up with Gerard Longo’s M

National Food Distributors hosted its annual Power Buy Day at Citi Field in Flushing, Queens this past Wednesday, March 20th, 2019. The event served as an opportunity for supermarket retailers and others to buy in on exclusive deals in produce, meat, seafood, and much more. Vendors provided free food and NFD allowed attendees to enter multiple contests for vacation getaways. Vendors in attendance ranged from meat suppliers, real estate and retail service providers. The event

The Castellana Foundation proudly supports Calvary Baptist Church of Jamaica, Queens

Cactus Holdings raises $15,000 for Red Cross hurricane relief efforts.

On Tuesday, November 27th, 2018, National Food Distributors announced that it was in talks with Metro Holdings and Development to explore a possible build out over 800,000+ square feet for their food distribution and cold storage facility in Ridgewood, Queens which will also include space for self-storage. NFD is exploring plans to expand their facility so they compensate for the recent growth of the company. The growth has pressured NFD to find a logistics solution which wo

A rendering by Marin Architects As part of a massive mix-use project, Western Beef, subsidiary of Cactus Holdings Inc., is coming to Jamaica, Queens. The incredible project is being financed by the city’s Housing Development Corporation. In total, the loan amount is $169.8 million which was secured by Omni New York. Omni was selected by the New York Economic Development Corporation (NYEDC) to develop the project. Western Beef has a long history with the NYEDC in pioneering fo

On September 16th 2018, Western Beef hosted its 22nd Annual Employee Appreciation BBQ. The event took place from 4 PM to 8 PM EST in Ridgewood, Queens at the Western Beef headquarters, shared with parent company Cactus Holdings Inc. The event offered typical BBQ staples such as burgers, hot dogs as well as a variety of specialty treats such as Mamita’s flavored ice. For children there were carnival rides and games, a climbing wall, live music and for the employees there were