The Mortgage Bankers Association presented UBS with the 2021 Commercial/Multifamily Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award.
Group Newslink: MBA Commercial/Multifamily NewsLink Feb. 11
Dealmaker: Pacific Southwest Realty Services Closes $95M
Pacific Southwest Realty Services, San Diego, closed $95 million for a medical office building portfolio and an industrial center.
Dealmaker: Mesa West Capital Funds $59M Loan for Silicon Valley Office Building
Mesa West Capital, Los Angeles, provided a $58.7 million first mortgage to a joint venture between Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division and Lincoln Property Co. for a Mountain View, Calif. office building.
Troubled Commercial Mortgage Loan Triage: A Special Servicer Roundtable
With the ebb and flow of 2020 market disruption in the rearview mirror and the vaccine rollout in full swing, MBA NewsLink checked in with a special servicer, a rating agency servicer analyst and Freddie Mac asset management chief to explore what is happening in commercial/multifamily markets, where different parts of the commercial real estate finance ecosystem are today and factors driving the outlook for agency and non-agency CMBS sectors.
CREF21: Bob Broeksmit on ‘The MBA Difference’
Mortgage Bankers Association President & CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, opened the MBA CREF21 Convention & Expo by recapping the “unprecedented challenges” the real estate finance industry faced over the past year and a look at the uncharted waters ahead.
MBA Presents Byron Boston with 2021 CREF Distinguished Service Award
The Mortgage Bankers Association awarded Byron Boston, CEO, President and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Dynex Capital Inc., Glen Allen, Va., with the 2021 Commercial Real Estate Finance Distinguished Service Award at its MBA LIVE CREF21: Lending, Investing, Servicing and Technology Convention & Expo.
CREF21: MBA Chair Susan Stewart on ‘3 Values that Unite the Industry’
Mortgage Bankers Association Chair Susan Stewart said regardless of industry focus—residential or commercial—real estate finance comes down to three values that unite the industry.