"This new initiative will significantly strengthen CBRE's Capital Markets platform," notes Ron Halpern, managing director of CBRE's Multihousing Group in a prepared statement, adding that it will enable the company "to offer our clients the full range of HUD/FHA-insured mortgages for new construction, substantial rehabilitation, refinancing or acquisition loans on apartments, senior housing and health care facilities."
Halpern, nor his colleagues were able to be reached by deadline to provide further details regarding the new lending initiative, however a spokesperson for CBRE tells GlobeSt.com that this initiative has been in the works for sometime. "CBRE realized that there was a need to expand in late 2006 when we hired [Peter] Donovan and Ron [Halpern]," the spokesperson explains. Halpern, a 30-year veteran of the financial services and multihousing industries, will continue to assist in the oversight of the day-to-day operations of CBRE's Multihousing Group while also spearheading the company's HUD/FHA initiative. He will based in the Boston office and will be joined in this endeavor by two recent additions to the CBRE team: industry veterans Jayne Hulbert, who will be based in the San Francisco office and Thom Cooley out of Atlanta.
In their new roles, Hulbert will focus on leading the production efforts of CBRE's HUD/FHA initiative while Cooley will serve as the chief underwriter for FHA and will be assisting in the expansion of this new capability.
Hulbert has more than 30 years of experience in the origination, development, construction, financing, underwriting and asset management of multifamily residential, health care and commercial income property loans. Prior to joining CBRE, Hulbert was a loan officer at Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage.
Cooley has more than 25 years of experience in commercial development, and for the past 17 years has primarily worked in the multifamily housing area. Prior to joining CBRE, Cooley held senior-level positions at Prudential Huntoon Paige and ARCS Commercial Mortgage Co. LP.
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