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Recapping CRE Finance Council’s Summit-West

CREFC’s Commercial Real Estate Finance Summit-West, recently held in Los Angeles, covered a variety of industry, market, economic, investment, legal and government-relations issues. The 260-attendees discussed current industry dynamics, as well as key topics affecting the sector including:

  • High-yield asset and debt investing, including both CMBS and non-CMBS product
  • Approaches to shifting commercial and multifamily property fundamentals
  • Changes in real estate law
  • Ongoing dialogue between young CRE professionals and industry vets on experiences and lessons learned

Key Takeaways from Speakers:

Citigroup Global Markets’ Paul Vanderslice: “Retail exposure has become the new risk retention. That’s what people want to talk about. CMBS issuers don’t want to craft any securitization that has too high a retail exposure.”

Thompson & Knight LLP’s William O’Connor: “There’s been a sea change with the emergence of private equity players in commercial real estate. Increasingly, we see some of the same investors taking equity and debt positions simultaneously, which is a new phenomenon.”

CRE Finance Council’s Lisa Pendergast: “Bank and securitized lending regulations, and more conservative loan underwriting, have fueled the growth in alternative and high-yield lenders. The good news for borrowers: Now ample debt capital is looking for a home.”

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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