Industrial, Office and Retail Investment Real Estate “Are Banks Back Lending on Commercial Properties?”
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 | Omni Hotel, San Francisco
$75 for members $85 for guests and walk-ins
Special: $60 for members age 35 and under
11:30am-12pm Networking
12-1:30 Lunch and panel discussion
Please join us for BAMA’s November Event, a lunch panel with three major bank lenders’ perspective on the commercial real estate market. Is there a relaxing of credit that is now contributing to the flow of debt for commercial properties? Multifamily lending seemed to continue even through the bleakest times of 2008-09 but commercial real estate lagged; are banks committed to industrial, office and retail properties? Have their risk profiles changed? Are there any new property types (hospitality, senior housing and self-storage) that are being considered? How are new Borrowers being evaluated vs. 5 or 10 years ago? Does the CMBS market fallout have an impact on your business? After the panel, we will have a Q & A session and invite the audience to participate in the discussion.
MODERATOR
Scott Buser | Attorney, Mayer Brown
Scott Buser is a senior associate in Mayer Brown’s Real Estate practice. His primary focus is counseling clients on the acquisition, financing and development of property for office, retail and industrial purposes. He has substantial experience in representing equity investors in joint venture arrangements and in assisting foreign investors with in-bound US real estate investments. Scott’s recent experience includes counseling clients on the acquisition of distressed debt, including portfolio recapitalization and the navigation of CMBS loan consent processes with special servicers and rating agencies. He also has represented conduit and construction lenders in the making of loans for the development and redevelopment of retail, residential and office properties. Scott negotiates office, retail and industrial leases for property managers, landlords and tenants.
Scott has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and attended Emory University School of Law.
PANELISTS
Richard Westwood | Senior Loan Consultant, J.P. Morgan Chase
Raised in Pittsburg and Chicago, Dick moved out to San Francisco after active duty with the Navy in 1966 and took his first finance job as a loan officer with Bank of America until 1970. From 1970 to 1978 he was a 50% owner in an apartment syndication firm before shifting his focus solely to income property lending where he worked at a variety of institutions over the years: Fidelity Savings (Citicorp), Central Bank (Bank of the West), Beverly Hills Savings (CoAmerica), Glendale Federal Savings (Cal Fed), Cal Fed (Citicorp), Wells Fargo, B of A and most recently at WaMu/Chase since 2001. Dick holds both a BA and MBA from the University of Michigan.
Jay Murray | Vice President, River City Bank
Jay Murray has been involved in commercial real estate lending in the Bay Area for over 25 years. He has experience as a mortgage banker, a mortgage broker and a direct lender. Prior to joining River City Bank, Jay worked for Washington Mutual, Union Bank, the Harding-Fletcher Company and BankAmerica Mortgage & International Realty Corporation. Jay received his MBA degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
David Moehring | Senior Commercial Real Estate Officer, Union Bank
Dave is a member of the Union Bank Commercial Mortgage Operations Team with the sole responsibility of spearheading the division’s multi-tenant retail and multi-tenant industrial permanent financing program. Dave has more than 30 years of commercial income property lending experience with lenders such as Foothill Capital, Fremont Investment and Loan, GMAC Commercial Mortgage, Pacific Capital Bank and most recently with the FDIC. Dave earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Springfield College and his Master’s Degree in Policy Analysis from UCLA.
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