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Newmark Expands OC Debt/Finance Team

Charles Christensen Named Executive Managing Director, Based in Irvine

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.

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Parimal Rohit
Parimal Rohit
Parimal M. Rohit has nearly two decades of experience in journalism and recently covered Texas real estate for CoStar News and Austin Business Journal. He was also the editor of The Log, covering Southern California's and Northern Mexico's maritime and environmental spaces. Throughout his career, Rohit has also covered the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Bollywood and California politics. Rohit won 12 reporting awards from the San Diego Press Club, including best environmental reporting and best essay/commentary, and the Fort Worth chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. His hobbies include photography, podcasting, travel and filmmaking. He is also the recipient of several fellowships, including one through the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and another through the RK Mellon Foundation.
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