The Little Lending Company That Could

Beech Street Capital looks very different from most lending partners. Since its founding in late 2010, the Bethesda, MD-based firm has made its mark in the multifamily sector. With more than $4 billion in originations in just over two years, Beech Street is now the number-three Fannie Mae lender nationwide and is rapidly accelerating its Freddie Mac and FHA business.

Flanked by seasoned, well-capitalized investors and an entrepreneurial team, president and CEO Grace Huebscher has converted strong market fundamentals and historically low interest rates into record volume. But sustained economic volatility and uncertainty surrounding the agencies pose strategic questions for Huebscher and the firm’s chairman, banking veteran Alan Fishman.