Real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield and commercial real estate finance company Greystone Servicing Company, LLC have added Alex Basile to the firms’ joint capital markets equity, debt and structured finance group. Basile will serve as an executive director based out of Washington, DC.

Basile joins the Greystone Servicing Company, LLC / Cushman & Wakefield alliance from Newmark, where he served as a managing director and primarily focused on arranging debt, preferred equity and mezzanine financing for commercial and multifamily transactions. Prior to his role at Newmark, he spent ten years at Cantor Commercial Real Estate, where he managed production for the Washington, DC office and held positions in the securitization groups.

Throughout his career, Basile has placed over $5 billion of senior mortgage and mezzanine real estate loans across all asset classes.

In December 2021, Cushman & Wakefield finalized its strategic investment of $500 million in Greystone and acquired a 40% stake in Greystone’s agency, FHA and servicing businesses.