Personnel News From CBRE, NorthMarq

CBRE, Dallas, announced Charlie Knudsen and Julie Cook joined the firm’s investment banking division, CBRE Capital Advisors, to scale up its private placement bond finance business for Credit Tenant Lease financings and other types of asset-backed and leased-backed private placement securities.

News in Brief from Eastern Union, CBRE, Luxury Mortgage Corp.

With a demand for a second round of federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that will inevitably exceed supply, real estate finance company Eastern Union, Brooklyn, is urging pandemic-wracked small businesses nationwide to get a head start on the loan approval timetable by immediately pre-applying for the program.

Hotel Development Slips But Remains Robust

The U.S. hotel construction pipeline dipped during the third quarter but remains “robust,” said Lodging Econometrics, Portsmouth, N.H.