Newmark Group Inc., a commercial real estate advisory firm based in New York City, announced it hired a new executive managing director to lead the company’s multifamily debt and structured finance practice in Orange County.
Charles “Chuck” Christensen joins Newmark’s Irvine office with three decades of experience in multifamily and commercial real estate finance. He specialized in origination of debt products nationwide, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mezzanine and bridge loan executions.
Christensen joins Newmark after specializing in multifamily debt financing as a managing director at Berkadia. He was also a senior vice president of originations at Capitol One Multifamily Finance.
The former Berkadia and Capital One executive was involved in the origination of more than $10 billion of debt finance deals nationwide. He now joins Newmark executive managing directors Vince Punzi and Lowell Takahashi as part of the company’s multifamily debt and structured finance practice in Irvine.