January 27, 2025 9:00 AM
Newmark announces it has hired Charles (Chuck) Christensen as Executive Managing Director, based in the firm’s Irvine office. Christensen will team with Executive Managing Directors Vince Punzi and Lowell Takahashi.
Christensen brings three decades of multifamily and commercial real estate finance expertise to Newmark, specializing in the origination of debt products nationwide, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA/HUD, CMBS, life company, bank, mezzanine and bridge loan executions. Christensen has been involved in the origination of over $10 billion of debt financing throughout the nation.
“Newmark remains committed to building the industry’s most dynamic and experienced multifamily debt origination team,” said Sharon Karaffa, President, Multifamily Debt & Structured Finance. “Chuck’s collaboration with Vince and Lowell represents a powerful combination that will continue to drive exceptional results and reinforce our leadership in the region.”
“I’m incredibly excited to join Newmark and bring my clients access to its industry-leading debt and investment sales business,” said Christensen. “Reuniting with Vince and Lowell will allow us to provide a truly unique and powerful service offering for our clients.”
Christensen joins Newmark from Berkadia, where he served as Managing Director and specialized in multifamily debt financing. Before that, he was Senior Vice President of Originations at Capital One Multifamily Finance, where he played a pivotal role in the origination of multifamily and commercial real estate debt nationwide.
About Newmark
Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (“Newmark”), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark’s comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform’s global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, Newmark generated revenues of approximately $2.6 billion. As of that same date, Newmark’s company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operated from nearly 170 offices with more than 7,800 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.
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