ATLANTA–HFF is making personnel moves in a heated and competitive Atlanta commercial real estate market. Patrick Arnold has joined the firm as associate director in its Atlanta office. Arnold will serve on HFF's national loan sales team and focus on evaluating and identifying loan sale opportunities across the country.

"Consistent with all of HFF's new hires, we strive to find the best and brightest in the industry whom also closely align with our firm's principals and culture," says Gerard Sansoti, executive managing director and co-head of HFF's national loan sales program. "Patrick is a perfect example of this and he will be a key addition to our loan sales and REO team."

Arnold comes to HFF from Mission Capital Advisors where he served as a vice president for the Commercial Mortgage Loan Sales team. During his seven-year tenure at Mission, he was involved in about $17 billion (unpaid principal balance) in loan sales through both stand-alone and multi-loan portfolio transactions.

“He has extensive experience with a wide variety of seller types across the loan sale spectrum as well as a keen understanding of all types of loan sale transactions, performing, sub-performing and non-performing assets,” says Sansosti. Arnold graduated from the University of Virginia.