Walker & Dunlop Hires Managing Director John Montakab

Walker & Dunlop Inc. recently hired John Montakab as a managing director in its capital markets group, which focuses on sourcing and structuring financing for all commercial real estate asset classes through its vast network of capital providers. Montakab is based out of the company’s Irvine office and will partner with managing director Mark Grace to further strengthen Walker & Dunlop’s capital markets brokerage operations on the West Coast, with a special focus on the Southern California region.

“We recently laid out our Drive to ’25 growth objectives, which includes growing our debt financing volume to $60 billion by 2025. Included in this goal is a focus on growing debt brokerage volumes by hiring top talent like John. These additions will not only be a value-add in our debt brokerage space but will create synergies throughout our entire platform to make us more valuable to our clients,” Grace says.

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Montakab was responsible for multifamily brokerage at CBRE. During his career, he has led the sale of properties with an aggregate value in excess of $3 billion in the Inland Empire, Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties.

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