Healthcare Commercial Real Estate Finance Veteran Amy Heller Joins Meridian Capital Group

Heller to Revitalize and Grow Meridian’s Leading Senior Housing & Healthcare Group

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Meridian Capital Group, one of the nation’s leading commercial real estate finance, investment sales and retail leasing advisors, today announced that Amy Heller, a veteran leader in the healthcare finance space, has joined the firm’s senior housing and healthcare group as a Senior Managing Director focusing on healthcare related debt brokerage.

Meridian is the leading financial intermediary for commercial senior housing and healthcare properties in the U.S., covering both debt brokerage and investment sales across skilled nursing, senior housing, medical office, and other product types. In 2024 alone, the firm partnered with 38 unique lenders across 34 states to originate a total of approximately $4.7 billion in healthcare-related debt financing for its clients, who include some of the largest owner-operators in the industry.

Heller is an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience in healthcare finance. Most recently, she founded and served as President and co-Chief Lending Officer of the Healthcare and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) lending divisions at Forbright Bank, where she built and led teams responsible for managing nearly $3 billion in healthcare loans. Prior to Forbright, Heller held leadership roles at HealthCare Financial Partners, Heller Financial, and CapitalSource Finance, overseeing portfolios, managing complex workouts and restructurings, establishing diligence teams, and managing new loan origination and underwriting.

"We are thrilled to welcome Amy to our healthcare team. Her extensive experience and proven track record of innovation will be invaluable as Meridian revitalizes and grows our industry-leading healthcare debt brokerage business,” said Brian Brooks, Meridian’s Chairman and CEO. “Amy’s expertise and insights will be instrumental as we work towards closing our multibillion-dollar healthcare loan pipeline. I look forward to collaborating with her to continue to deliver exceptional financing solutions that meet the unique challenges of providing care."

"I am excited to contribute to the firm's continued growth and success in the senior housing and healthcare debt brokerage space. Meridian’s platform and lender relationships provide a unique opportunity to deliver customized financing solutions for clients, and I look forward to leveraging my experience to further strengthen Meridian’s strategic initiatives and deliver outstanding results for our clients," said Heller.

Heller will support the strengthening of Meridian’s senior housing and healthcare group, overseeing the development of new and innovative solutions for clients across the firm’s advisory and underwriting capabilities.

About Meridian Capital Group

Founded in 1991, Meridian Capital Group is one of the nation’s leading commercial real estate finance, investment sales and retail leasing advisors. In 2023, Meridian closed over $27.4 billion in financing in 43 states across 269 unique lenders. Meridian represents many of the world’s leading real estate investors and developers and the company’s expansive platform has specialized practices for a broad array of property types including office, retail, multifamily, hotel, mixed-use, industrial, and healthcare and senior housing properties. Meridian is headquartered in New York City with offices in New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio, Florida, and California. Learn more at www.meridiancapital.com.