MCR and BLT completes USD 632Mln refinancing of 53-hotel portfolio

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MCR, and Building and Land Technology (BLT), a premier real estate firm that has developed more than 25 million square feet of real estate across commercial and residential properties, have closed a $632 million, three-year, fixed-rate financing on a portfolio of 53 hotels across the United States. “This refinancing is a validation of the quality of assets […]

Walker & Dunlop secures USD 120Mln refinancing for a project in Nashville

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $120 Million Refinancing for Class A Mixed-Use Multifamily Project in Nashville’s Gulch Neighborhood

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced that it recently arranged $120,000,000 in financing for 1111 Church, Nashville’s newest Class A mixed-use multifamily community located in the heart of the vibrant Gulch neighborhood. The Walker & Dunlop Capital Markets team, led by Keith Kurland, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Michael Diaz, and Michael Ianno acted as exclusive advisors to repeat client, […]

Reshaping Skylines: The evolving real estate landscape in APAC

The evolving real estate landscape in APAC(Image used for illustrative purpose. Image by evening_tao on Freepik)

The real estate industry in Asia Pacific (APAC) is seeing a substantial shift due to the US Federal Reserve’s sequence of swift interest rate hikes that have been in place since mid-2022, in a region where finance is readily available. While most Asia Pacific markets, with the exception of China, started to recover from the […]

CDPQ onboards new Executive-VP and Head of Real Estate

Rana Ghorayeb, Executive-VP and Head of Real estate

CDPQ today announced the appointment of Rana Ghorayeb as Executive Vice-President and Head of Real Estate. In her new role, she will be responsible for leading the overall Ivanhoé Cambridge portfolio and investment team, which has assets of over USD 77 billion. Rana Ghorayeb has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Otéra Capital, a CDPQ subsidiary specialized in real […]

Calque welcomes Michael Bremer as CEO

Michael Bremer, Chief Executive Officer, Calque

Calque, the leader in enabling traditional lenders to offer ‘buy before you sell’ programs and champion of The Trade-In Mortgage™, has announced the appointment of Michael Bremer as Chief Executive Officer. Bremer has over 25 years of experience in the mortgage, real estate, insurance, and risk management sectors. Most recently, Bremer was at CoreLogic, where […]

SolarEdge inks an investment agreement with AMPEERS ENERGY

SolarEdge to Invest in German Software Start-Up Aiming to Decarbonize the Multi-Dwelling Sector

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global leader in smart energy technology, yesterday announced that it has signed an agreement to invest in and partner with AMPEERS ENERGY (“AMPEERS”), a German based software start-up that designs and operates solutions for decarbonizing entire portfolios of multi-dwelling buildings and serves a broad spectrum of real estate companies across Germany […]

Antenna Group welcomes as Chad Krulicki as SVP, Executive Creative Director

Chad Krulicki, Antenna Group Senior Vice President, Executive Creative Director

Antenna Group, a global marketing communications agency focused on climate, mobility, real estate, and health, announced yesterday that Chad Krulicki has joined its team as Senior Vice President, Executive Creative Director. Antenna is the primary resource for world-class brands leading sustainability conversations in the Age of Climate Adoption, providing its clients a range of creative services […]

Michael Fritz joins Dorsey & Whitney as a partner

Michael Fritz, Partner in the Real Estate group in Phoenix, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Michael Fritz has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a Partner in the Real Estate group in Phoenix, the law firm announced. Michael concentrates his practice on commercial real estate and capital market transactions as well as general corporate counseling. Michael regularly advises national and multinational clients in connection with their high-value commercial real estate and […]

Wedbush appoints Kevin D. White as Executive VP and Senior Advisor

Kevin D. White, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor, Wedbush Financial Services

Wedbush Financial Services, a diversified financial services holding company, welcomes Kevin D. White as Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor. In his new role, Kevin will collaborate with leadership across Wedbush’s varied lines of business, introducing and exploring new commercial and capital partnerships. Additionally, he will be responsible for the formation of an Investment Management […]