NEW YORK CITY—Add commercial real estate loans to the array of services offered by the Moinian Group. The company has launched Moinian Capital Partners, a formal lending division that will provide commercial real estate loans starting at $25 million.

Leading the new lending arm will be Jonathan Chassin, most recently an executive with Morgan Stanley's principal transactions group. Chassin has originated more than $3 billion in commercial real estate loans and been responsible for the execution of over $25 billion of commercial real estate loans in the capital markets.

Moinian Capital will seek to finance large institutional assets within the hotel, office, retail, land and residential sectors throughout the US. It will seek to provide a full spectrum of debt products from senior mortgages to mezzanine loans, preferred equity, and construction loans. The initial focus will be on the firm's core markets, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas as well as New York City, where the Moinian Group is headquartered.

In its own backyard, Moinian Capital has already closed on more than $300 million of financings in Manhattan and New York City's outer boroughs. The division is in the process of arranging several other loans.

Chassin says Moinian Capital will bring “flexible financing solutions at all levels of the capital structure. The infrastructure and operational capabilities here at the Moinian Group, allow us to move quickly and decisively to provide capital solutions to the most complicated assets.”

Joseph Moinian, the Moinian Group's founder and CEO, says his company “has always looked to the next frontier of real estate,” adding, “We have tremendous relationships and standing throughout the market and continue to see the need and opportunity for strong, stable, private lenders. We are perfectly positioned to provide financing.”

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Moinian Group Branches Out into Finance

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