How do I find owners of property-owning entities in NY state?
Our client is seeking to acquire industrial properties in NY state and we're running into some roadblocks finding some owners of entities that aren't showing up on Costar. 

We're using the NY State entity search, [https://www.dos.ny.gov/corps/bus\_entity\_search.html](https://www.dos.ny.gov/corps/bus_entity_search.html), but some entities don't show details such as registered agents. Any help would be much appreciated!
[{"id": "gfecp53", "text": "I'm not certain I'm clear on your question, but I'll answer what I think you're asking. \n\nCostar lists owner as Entity A. \n\nYou search the business directory and don't find Entity A. \n\nIn those cases, they're likely out of state Entities. You might want to check your local county property appraiser's records (or whatever they're called in NY State) and see if there's an address listed in another state. If so, check those states entity searches for names of register agents.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gfel9vg", "text": "It's a pain, and not always possible in my experience, at least not for NY.  I believe Congress is actually considering legislation to stop people from being able to play the \"shell game\", but that's besides the point.\n\nMy tactic in the past has been to make a lot of phone calls.  When there's an address associated with the entity, figure out what's there or who owns that property.  Sometimes it just dead ends at a lawyer's office and that's about as far as you can go.  But other times someone gets careless somewhere in the chain.  \n\nThere's some intuition to this.  If you get an address for the entity that has a tenant that you think might own the property, it's usually worth a call.  If the address traces back to a medical building, and you're looking at a smaller property, dentists and doctors are good candidates. \n\nGood luck; it can be a painstaking process that yields no results or ends up not being worth it a good amount of the time.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gfem0ve", "text": "Did you confirm the state of formation on the deed transferring ownership to the entity? Usually it'll say that the entity is, e.g. a New York Limited Liability Company or a Delaware Limited Partnership which will let you know which state you need to search for entity information.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gfhol0l", "text": "I\u2019m a commercial real estate agent in Rochester. Email me at jmaurer@pyramidbrokerage.com", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gfib4k2", "text": "Maybe this\n\nhttps://opencorporates.com/", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gfltba9", "text": "Google the county and find the website. They may have a property info portal.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gfta6hi", "text": "Have you tried the tax bill? I've been successful searching the mailing address to find real estate investors. I've also found likely owners by searching part of the entity name if it's not property specific e.g. if it's GS Investors IV try (using quotes) \"GS Investors\". If you know when the property was last sold sometimes the 1st tax bill after the event is still in the investors name before it is changed to a management companies. Lastly, if the note was recorded and the doc available (unsure about NY State on this) there may be a \"warm body\" signature on the document.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ggfvm7a", "text": "If any of your clients need financing drop my company name. [TransFinancial Services ](transfinancialservices.com)", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ggfvmpc", "text": "If any of your clients need financing drop my company name. TransFinancialservices.com", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ghuvxcb", "text": "Depends where, in the city area many are private, and will go to great lengths to remain that way", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]