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2023 Top Mortgage Brokers and Lenders
California
- Ramsey Daya and Chris Moritz
- Ben Harris, Keith Rosso, Allan Freedman, Anthony Cinquini, George Spadier and Branden McBirney
- Newmark Santa Monica Team
- Val Achtemeier
- Scott Peterson and Bill Chiles
- Malcolm Davies and Zachary Streit
- Tyler Bradford
- Steve Bram
- Evan Kinne and Ed Steffelin
- Jonathan Lee and Shahin Yazdi
- George Mitsanas
- Stephen Stein and D. Scott Lee

Val Achtemeier
$1.7 billion
Closed on 27 deals in 2022
Generated $1.7 billion in deal volume
Val Achtemeier is a Vice Chairman with the CBRE Capital Markets, Debt & Structured Finance team. During her 35-year career, Achtemeier has originated, structured and closed over $55 billion of real estate financing transactions throughout the U.S., with an emphasis on portfolio loans and larger loans, construction loans and JV equity.
Achtemeier is also part of CBRE National Partners, a market-leading industrial/logistics team within CBRE Capital Markets.
Notable 2022 transactions included closing a $135-million construction loan on the speculative industrial Hesperia Commerce Center; a $150-million core loan for Tropical Logistics, an industrial property in Las Vegas; and a $100-million loan on behalf of Conair Logistics in Phoenix.
These are some of the reasons we selected Val Achtemeier for inclusion in the 2023 Connect CRE Top Mortgage Brokers and Lenders Awards. These awards recognize industry professionals who have demonstrated the highest commercial real estate finance standards.