Sarah Marx
The move to bring Sujan Patel aboard follows the departure of real estate co-head Paul Brennan.
German lender pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank provided two facilities to the UK manager.
Receivers sold the Camden Yard scheme three years after construction halted.
The $921m acquisition will give Savills greater exposure to the US market and accelerate its ambition to offer clients investment banking services.
Around €100m of seed capital will be invested in the firm's fledgling debt business.
Owners CBRE IM and Brookfield in February lined up a $215m refinancing for the property via Nuveen and Torchlight Capital.
The financing will back the redevelopment of Deutsche Bank’s former London HQ into a sustainability-focused office scheme.
The debt secured on the 36-storey office building is due to be repaid in January 2025.