A group of commercial real estate and banking veterans have formed New York-based SLB Capital Advisors. The newly launched real estate advisory firm will be focused on sale-leaseback and merger-and-acquisition-related real estate transactions.

SLB's founders include RBC Capital Markets and Stan Johnson Company alum Scott Merkle, Leggett & Platt and Stan Johnson Co. veteran Matt Wrobleski, Oppenheimer, RBC Capital Markets and Stan Johnson Co. alum Stephen Cheng, former CFO of First Capital REIT Malik Franklin, Stan Johnson Co., LBMC and Ernst & Young veteran Stewart Riggs and Santander, Janney Montgomery Scott and RBC Capital Markets alum Dave Rosenberg.

"In this current market environment, sale-leasebacks are even more topical, as businesses seek attractive means of raising capital," Cheng says. 

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.