Personnel News From Walker & Dunlop, DLA Piper, CBRE

Walker & Dunlop, Bethesda, Md., hired John Ducey as Affordable Chief Production Officer. He will lead the firm’s affordable housing financing efforts across all capital sources, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and private capital providers.

CRE Lending Showing Resilience

The improving economy created a favorable capital markets environment for commercial real estate lending in early 2021 despite continuing challenges in office and retail loan underwriting, said CBRE, Dallas.

Personnel News From Gantry, CBRE

Gantry, San Francisco, expanded its origination and production team with two new professionals working from its Phoenix, Ariz. and Newport Beach, Calif. offices.

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.