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Newmark Capital Markets is pleased to announce that it has hired Christopher Kramer as Managing Director of Debt & Structured Finance, where his focus will be the facilitation and execution of the team’s financing transactions. Mr. Kramer will directly report to Vice Chairmen and Co-Heads, Debt & Structured Finance Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub.
Mr. Kramer comes to Newmark Capital Markets from Societe Generale where he originated conduit loans and helped build out the CMBS platform from scratch to nearly $2 billion in volume. Prior to that, Mr. Kramer spent four years with Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) CMBS platform. In that capacity, he worked on more than $3 billion in loan transactions during his time at RBS and Societe Generale and played a key role in several major CMBS deals closed in recent years, including the $1.76 billion acquisition financing for HNA Group’s $2.2 billion purchase of 245 Park Avenue. Mr. Kramer also previously worked at Arbor Realty Trust underwriting bridge, mezzanine, and agency loans.
“We’re thrilled to have the expertise of a dynamic individual like Chris join our team,” said Stolly. “He brings a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge and an entrepreneurial spirit to Newmark Capital Markets.”
“The reputation of the Newmark Capital Markets team precedes them,” said Kramer. “I look forward to working alongside such notable and well-respected colleagues who are leaders in their field.”
About Newmark Capital Markets
Newmark Capital Markets, operated by Newmark Group, Inc., is one of the world’s leading commercial real estate advisory firms. Together with London-based partner Knight Frank and independently-owned offices, our 15,000 professionals operate from more than 400 offices in established and emerging property markets on six continents.
We provide access to a wide range of services, including asset sales, sale leasebacks, mortgage and entity-level financing, equity raising, underwriting and due diligence. The transactions we broker involve vacant land, new real estate developments and existing buildings. We specialize in arranging financing for most types of value-added commercial real estate, including land, condominium conversions, subdivisions, office, retail, industrial, multifamily, student housing, hotels, data center, healthcare, self-storage and special use. For further information, visit www.ngkf.com/capitalmarkets.
Newmark Group, Inc., which is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “NMRK”, is a publicly traded subsidiary of BGC Partners, Inc. (“BGC”), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets. BGC’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “BGCP”. BGC also has an outstanding bond issuance of Senior Notes due June 15, 2042, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BGCA”.
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