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Jillian Standish has been named senior vice president and chief equity officer at Merchants Capital new Boston, MA location.

Merchants Capital Opens Boston Office, Names Jillian Standish to Leadership Role

Merchants Capital has opened a regional office location in Boston, MA and appointed Jillian Standish, SVP and chief equity underwriter, to lead its efforts.

The new office, located in the Prudential Center in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, will expand to 20 full-time employees with a primary focus on the firm’s tax credit equity syndication division.

“Since our equity platform launched in late 2020, we’ve made key investments in talent in the Boston market and established our platform as an emerging national leader in tax credit syndications with over $335 million in equity raised in 18 months,” said Julie Sharp, EVP at Merchants Capital. “The success we’ve enjoyed in our equity division is a complement to our robust and nationally-ranked debt platform and has positioned us as a leading full-service financing provider for affordable housing.”

The company’s record includes $7 billion in debt financing closed and over $248 million in tax credit equity raised in 2021.

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About Lisa McDuffie

Lisa McDuffie arrives at ConnectCRE via REALTOR® world, where she served for nearly two decades as communications director for one of the nation’s largest REALTOR® organizations. She supported two membership-elected presidents who were commercial real estate practitioners, and managed the communications initiatives of the organization’s commercial special interest group. When not following the latest commercial real estate news, Lisa is zeroed in on her charismatic off-the-track thoroughbred as she makes the transition from an utterly failed racehorse to a lovely show hunter.

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