Dominant Southern California Investment Sales Team Joins Berkadia

SAN DIEGO--()--Berkadia, an industry-leading commercial real estate company, announced today that one of the top multifamily investment sales teams in the Western U.S. has joined Berkadia. The additions include two Managing Directors, Ed Rosen and John Chu, who previously served as executive directors for Cushman & Wakefield. At Berkadia, Rosen and Chu will lead a team of three additional members in the company’s newly expanded regional San Diego office. Combined their team has completed the sale of more than 80,000 units with a value in excess of more than $12 billion. Collectively the five–person team brings with them more than 70 years of multifamily sales experience.

Rosen and Chu are known as the dominant multifamily advisors in the San Diego marketplace, where they have been ranked as top producers for the past 20 years. Rosen and Chu specialize in the representation of large, institutional-sized deals and have completed sales in excess of $1.6 billion over the past 36 months.

“The addition of Ed and John demonstrates Berkadia’s continued commitment to bring the best advisors to its integrated mortgage banking, investment sales and servicing platform,” said Brent Long, President of Investment Sales at Berkadia. “We are thrilled to welcome them to our investment sales team in San Diego as we continue to grow our presence and service offerings in the Southern California commercial real estate market.”

Team member, Kyle Pinkalla, joins Berkadia as a Director and will concentrate on the larger institutional grade assets. He has been active in the multifamily sector for more than 10 years.

Erin Dammen, Vice President, will assist with marketing and client relations. She has been in the real estate industry for more than seven years.

Tyler Sinks, Associate Director, will assist the team on mid- to large-size private capital assets in the greater San Diego area.

Across the company’s 70 offices, multifamily investment sales and mortgage banking production exceeded $17 billion in 2014. Sales and finance volumes are on pace to surpass this number for the current calendar year.

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Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Leucadia National Corporation, is an industry-leading commercial real estate company providing comprehensive capital solutions and investment sales advisory and research services for multifamily and commercial properties. Berkadia is among the largest, highest rated and most respected primary, master and special servicers in the industry.

As a Freddie Mac Program Plus lender, Fannie Mae DUS(r) Multifamily Seller/Servicer, insurance company correspondent, and HUD, MAP and LEAN originator and servicer, Berkadia provides access to capital and flexible, customized lending and servicing solutions for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation and refinance of multifamily and commercial properties. Berkadia also provides interim and short-term financing through its Proprietary Bridge Lending Program. To learn more about Berkadia, please visit www.berkadia.com.

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Bliss Integrated Communication on behalf of Berkadia Real Estate Advisors LLC
Zoe Proom, 212-584-5485
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Contacts

Bliss Integrated Communication on behalf of Berkadia Real Estate Advisors LLC
Zoe Proom, 212-584-5485
zoe@blissintegrated.com