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New York & Tri-State  + Finance  |  April 29, 2021
Paul Bubny
By: Paul Bubny

CBRE Global Investors Adds Two Senior Officers to Credit Platform

CBRE Global Investors has expanded its credit platform, adding Michelle Liu in the Americas and Isabelle Brennan in the U.K. Based in New York, Liu has joined the firm as a managing director and senior originator focused on deploying capital on behalf of the Americas Credit Division.

Michelle Liu

Liu brings more than 16 years’ lending experience with banks and specialty finance companies and will be based in New York. Previously, she served in the real estate finance group at CIT Bank.

“Michelle’s proven ability to build and harvest relationships with borrowers and brokers and to originate mortgage loans across asset classes and geographies represents an important extension of our core competencies,” said Todd Sammann, head of Americas credit division.

Isabelle Brennan

Based in London, Brennan has joined the firm as a global investor solutions officer, specializing in global credit solutions to drive global capital-raising efforts for both the U.K./EMEA and Americas Credit Divisions.

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About Paul Bubny

Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).
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