Pollem New Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC Head of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Ratings and Analytics

Pollem New Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC Head of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Ratings and Analytics.
Kurt Pollem joined Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC as Head of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Ratings and Analytics. He will be responsible for leading Morningstar’s CMBS and other commercial real estate ratings.

Most recently, Pollem served as Managing Director of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Real Estate, securitizing C-PACE loans. Before that, he was a director at Guggenheim Securities, co-managing their conduit platform. Pollem also spent 11 years at Standard & Poor’s chairing rating committees and developing commercial real estate finance ratings criteria.

Red Capital Group Opens San Francisco Office; Hires McAllister
Red Mortgage Capital LLC, Columbus, Ohio, opened a new office in San Francisco and hired Patrick McAllister as Director of Multifamily Originations. He will help expand RED’s footprint in the Bay area as well as the Pacific Northwest.

McAllister most recently served as executive vice president for Jones Lang LaSalle. He has served as a director at several San Francisco-based CRE lending firms including Prudential Mortgage Capital and Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital.

Hilger joins Avison Young in Philadelphia
Avison Young hired industrial brokerage specialist Brian Hilger.

Effective immediately, Hilger becomes a Principal with a mandate to grow the company’s Philadelphia industrial service-line coverage. He will continue to advise new and existing clients on industrial sales and leasing transactions and serve as a member of the company’s national industrial practice group.

Hilger brings 17 years of commercial real estate experience to Avison Young, most recently as a director with Cushman & Wakefield in Philadelphia.