Capital Markets

Last year, the top deals closed at Berkadia were done by female mortgage brokers. We sat down with some of the firm's female leaders to find out more about the big impacts that women are making in commercial real estate.

Once you turn 60, your perspective gets different, and you want to be in a place where, if there is another downturn, you can recover from it. Those words were from William Shoppoff, CEO and president of Shopoff Realty Investments LP, at the Crittenden Conference last week.

“We are seeing a lot of opportunities across our bank footprint and nationally, our multifamily lending base continues to be robust,” says Paul Woodworth, senior vice president and head of agency lending for SunTrust.

San Diego had a record-breaking $594 million in venture capital investment in the first quarter, and most of it went to life science companies.

Some 8% of the portfolio has been at or near underwater condition up until this point, according to Mizuho REIT analyst Richard Anderson.

Cavache Properties, based in Pompano Beach, FL, reports that prior to securing the construction loan, Roberts Equities LLC of Boca Raton, FL invested $6 million of equity into the project.

Martha Heric and R. Benjamin Zapp have joined the new office as managing director and director, respectively.

Mortgage REITs will be the primary beneficiary of this change to the GSE's benchmark Connecticut Avenue Securities structure.