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2018 Top Direct Lenders

David Bodamer, Executive Editor, Investments

March 11, 2021

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The numbers encompass direct loans, credit lines, CMBS loans and other forms of direct investment in the commercial real estate industry.

2018 Top Direct Lenders

The numbers encompass direct loans, credit lines, CMBS loans and other forms of direct investment in the commercial real estate industry.

The rankings reflect total dollar volume financed in calendar year 2017. The numbers encompass direct loans, credit lines, CMBS loans and other forms of direct investment in the commercial real estate industry.

The figures were collected via an online survey pushed out by NREI and reviews of company reports.

Rank

Company

Address

Address (Cont.)

Phone

Website

Officers

Total Financed

1

Wells Fargo

www.wellsfargo.com/realestate

Perry Pelos, Sr. EVP, Wholesale Banking; Mark Myers, Head of Commercial Real Estate 

$53,408,000,000 

2

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

388 Madison Ave.

New York, NY 10179

www.jpmorgan.com

Jamie Dimon, President, Chairman & CEO

$42,069,000,000 

3

KeyBank Real Estate Capital

127 Public Sq.

Cleveland, OH 44114

800.439.2968

www.key.com/rec

E.J. Burke, EVP & Head of Key Bank Real Estate Capital

$34,815,000,000 

4

Capital One Financial

299 Park Ave.

New York, NY 10171

646.356.8240

www.capitalone.com/commercial/

Ricky Lyon, EVP & Head of Commercial Real Estate; Grace Huebscher, President of Multifamily Finance

$34,316,000,000 

5

Walker & Dunlop

7501 Wisconsin Ave., Ste. 1200E

Bethesda, MD 20814

301.215.5515

www.walkerdunlop.com

Willy Walker, Chairman & CEO; Howard Smith, President; Don King, EVP 

$24,948,267,533 

6

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

100 Tryon St.

Charlotte, NC 28256

800.432.1000

www.corp.bankofamerica.com/business/smb/real-estate

Ron Curtis, Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate Banking

$23,951,000,000 

7

Deutsche Bank

60 Wall St.

New York, NY 10005

212.250.2500

www.db.com

Matt Borstein, Head of Commercial Real Estate

$23,687,000,000 

8

U.S. Bank

800 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, MN 55402

www.usbank.com

Andy Cecere, President & CEO; Rex Rudy, EVP & Head of Commercial Real Estate

$19,500,000,000 

9

Morgan Stanley

1221 Ave. of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

www.morganstanley.com/realestate

James Flaum, Global Head of Commercial Real Estate Lending

$18,884,000,000 

10

CBRE

Los Angeles, CA

Brian Stoffers, President; Jeff Majewski, Executive Managing Director; , 

$17,890,000,000 

11

Berkadia

521 Fifth Ave., 20th Fl. 

New York, NY  10175

646.600.7800

www.berkadia.com

Justin Wheeler, CEO; Ernest Katai, EVP, Head of Production; Hilary Provinse , EVP, Head of Mortgage Banking

$17,423,093,460 

12

PNC Real Estate

300 Fifth Ave., The Tower at PNC Plaza

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412.762.2000

www.pnc.com

William S. Demchak, Chairman, President & CEO; Robert Q. Reilly, CFO; Diana Reid, EVP, Head of PNC Real Estate

$15,434,000,000 

13

PGIM Real Estate Finance

655 Broad St.

Newark, NJ 07102

www.pgimref.com

David Durning, President & CEO; Paige Warren, COO; Paige Hood, Chief Investment Officer

$14,840,250,833 

14

Goldman Sachs

6001 Connection Dr.

Irving, TX 75039

972.369.2200

www.goldmansachs.com

$14,158,000,000 

15

MetLife Real Estate Investors

10 Park Ave.

Morristown, NJ 07960

973.355.4000

www.metlife.com/realestate

Robert Merck, Head of Metlife Real Estate Investors

$12,248,000,000 

16

Citigroup

399 Park Ave.

New York, NY 10043

800.285.3000

www.citigroup.com

$12,124,000,000 

17

Greystone & Co.

152 W. 57th St.

New York, NY 10019

917.421.4575

www.greyco.com

Stephen Rosenberg, Founder & CEO; Curtis Pollock, Corporate Co-COO; Robert Barolak, Corporate Co-COO

$9,500,000,000 

18

Nuveen

730 Third Ave.

New York, NY 10017

www.nuveen.com

Michael Sales, Global Head of Debt TH Real Estate; Chris McGibbon, Head of Americas, TH Real Estate; Jack Gay, Global Head of Debt, TH Real Estate

$6,936,000,000 

19

Arbor Realty Trust

333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Ste. 900

Uniondale, NY 11553

516.506.4200

www.arbor.com

Ivan Kaufman, Chairman, President & CEO; Paul Elenio, CFO; , 

$6,306,000,000 

20

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital

200 South College St., Ste. 2100

Charlotte, NC 28202

704-332-4454

www.grandbridge.com

Thomas S. Dennard, Chairman of the Board/Chief Executive Officer; Matthew G. Rocco, President/National Production Manager; John W. Randall, Senior Vice President/Deputy National Production Manager

$3,130,000,000 

21

M&T Realty Capital Corp.

25 S. Charles St., 17th Fl.

Baltimore, MD 21201

800-737-2344

www.mandtrcc.com

Tari Flannery, President & EVP; Mark Gould, National Production Manager; Robert Kaplan, Assistant National Production Manager

$2,546,228,065 

22

Bellwether Enterprise

1360 E. 9th St. Ste. 300

Cleveland, OH 44114

216.820.4500

www.bellwetherenterprise.com

Ned Huffman, President; Deborah Rogan , EVP

$2,069,582,248 

23

PCCP

555 California St., Ste. 3450

Chesterfield, MO 63038

415.732.7645

www.pccpllc.com

Brian Heafey, Partner; Yon Cho, Partner

$1,547,000,000 

24

Lancaster Pollard

65 East State St., 16th Fl.

Columbus, OH 43215

614.224.8800

Nick Gesue, CEO; Kass Matt, President; Bob Kirkwood, COO& CFO

$1,135,650,952 

25

Pillar Financial, a Division of SunTrust Bank

711 Fifth Ave., 6th Fl.

New York, NY 10022

212.362.3134

www.pillarfinance.com

Anand Gajjar, Business Head; Manny A. Brown, SVP, Head of Production; Ed Hussey, SVP, Head of Multifamily Production

$540,240,700 

26

Sharestates

11 Middle Neck Rd., Ste. 314

Great Neck, NY 11021

212.201.0750

Allen Shayanfekr, CEO; Raymond Y Davoodi, Co-Founder & Principal; Radni Davoodi, Co-Founder & Principal

$439,250,200 

27

Mosaic Real Estate Credit

23975 Park Sorrento

Calabasas, CA 91302

310.929.4600

www.mosaicrei.com

Ethan Penner, Managing Partner; Vicky Schiff, Managing Partner; Bruce Davidson, Managing Director/Head of Asset Managment

$305,000,000 

28

Latitude Real Estate Investors

350 South Beverly Dr., Ste. 300

Austin, TX 78701

310.234.2100

www.lmrei.com

Glenn Sonnenberg, President; Chip Sellers, EVP; Craig Oram, Head of Originations

$300,000,000 

29

Alliant Credit Union

1600 Golf Rd.

Rolling Meadows, IL 60008

773.462.2000

www.alliantcreditunion.org

Charles Krawitz, Vice President, Commercial Lending; David De Bauche, Manager, Commercial Lending Credit Administration; Lawrence Silberman, Manager, Commercial Loan Originations

$260,000,000 

30

Pembrook Capital Management

485 Madison Ave

New York, NY 10022

212.906.8688

www.pembrookgroup.com

Stuart Boesky, CEO; Paul Mullaney, Chief Credit Officer; Rober Hellman, Head of Asset Management

$200,000,000 

31

Highland Commercial Mortgage

242 Inverness Center Dr. 

Birmingham, AL 35242

205.383.5677

www.hcmd4.com

Susan M. Hall, CEO; Chip Moore, President; Pete Hodo, CFO

$188,780,000 

32

Paramount Specialty Finance

201 W. 5th St., 11th Fl.

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

512.341.3892

www.paramountfin.com

Brian Barrow, Managing Partner; Joel Waxman, Managing Partner; Matt Valdez, Director of Business Development

$180,000,000 

33

RCN Capital

75 Gerber Rd. East

South Windsor, CT 06074

860.432.5858

www.rcncapital.com

Matt Ferrigno, Senior Loan Officer; Chris Dorin, Loan Officer; Jeffrey Mallas, Loan Officer

$146,150,187 

34

Red Star Mortgage Corp.

8703 West Chester Pike, 2nd Fl.

Upper Darby, PA 19802

610.578.0715

Gary Polao, President; Vito Piche, EVP

$130,000,000 

35

Money360

999 Corporate Drive, Ste. 110

Nashville, TN  37205

949.528.3607

www.money360.com

Evan Gentry, CEO & Co-Founder; Gary Bechtel, President; Paul Cleary, COO

$115,000,000 

36

Onyx International Group

4322 Harding Pike Ste. 417

Northbrunswick, NJ 08902

844.506.4159

www.onyxintgroup.com

$100,000,000