Lenders

Analysis: Hersha privatization, lower rates foreshadow rise in REIT M&A activity 

An expected 25-basis point rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s next meeting will be pivotal as private equity funds seek to deploy dry powder.

3650 REIT brings on Burstein to bolster special servicing function 

The Miami-based alternative lender anticipates a rise in distressed transactions – but in a way that is very different than in past cycles.

Cale Street, Farallon fund $985m Manhattan condo refi

The financing for Zeckendorf, Atlas and Baupost will fund the construction of the luxury 80 Clarkson development.

EQT Exeter taps New York Life, State Farm to finance core industrial play

The insurers financed two warehouse buys by the manager’s non-traded REIT.

City National Bank of Florida seeks to build alternative lender partnerships 

Real estate debt specialists say the partnering of lender types is a means of necessity rather than innovation.