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Agency Debt Veteran Vanderpoel Named Co-Lead of JLL’s Freddie Mac Platform

Chicago-based Luke Vanderpoel has been appointed senior managing director and co-lead of JLL’s Freddie Mac platform alongside senior managing drector Steve Henderson. Vanderpoel has nearly 20 years of experience in commercial real estate with a specialization in agency debt and Freddie Mac loan programs.  

Over the course of his career, Vanderpoel has been involved in more than $25 billion of commercial real estate transactions, including Freddie Mac originations. He began his career as a production analyst with HFF, which was acquired by JLL in 2019. 

“As we continue to focus on our multi-housing business and growing our agency lending platform, it was a natural progression for Luke to move into a leadership role within the group,” said Gerard Sansosti, co-lead of JLL’s Debt and Loan Sale platform. “His knowledge, relationships and affable professionalism make him a valuable teammate for our JLL team as well as our multi-housing clients.” 

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