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Healthcare REIT’s are Healthy

Demand for Healthcare Property Remains Vibrant…The Problem is Finding New Properties, Thanks ObamaCare! by Kevan McCormack It is March 21, 2010, and after a year of contentious debate, backroom deals, hardline negotiating, and outright confusion of what the bill really contained, more »

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CMBS 3.0; TO BE OR NOT TO BE

By Todd McNeil In an effort to reignite the CMBS Securitization market and broaden the buying pool of investors, CMBS issuers have returned to public bond offerings. Most, if not all, of the latest CMBS issues have come to market with more »

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Metropolitan Capital Advisors, a Commercial Real Estate Finance intermediary, Featured in Dallas Business Journal

The April 20-26, 2012 edition of the Dallas Business Journal recently featured Metropolitan Capital Advisors, a leading commercial real estate finance intermediary, focusing on how the company has thrived, even during the recent downturn in the real estate market.  The more »

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Full Service and Self Service Pumps

Why Relationships Matter Even More in Today’s  Commercial Real Estate Lending Environment By Brad Donnell Prior to the 1970s, most gasoline pumps were full service.  For a few extra cents, someone would come out to your car, stuff the pump’s nozzle more »

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Top 10 Reasons to Use a Finance Intermediary: Proven by the Sunwest Portfolio

Post by Sunny Sajnani Metropolitan Capital Advisors (“MCA”) recently closed a very difficult transaction:  the refinance of the Sunwest Portfolio—a collection of 25 single and multi-tenant properties scattered across eight states.  Of the 25 properties, 20 were owned fee-simple while the more »

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From the Analyst Chair: The Value of a Mentor in Commercial Real Estate Finance

by Gabe Gonzalez As the newest Senior Analyst at Metropolitan Capital Advisors, I have been handed the torch to shed some light on the inner workings of the Firm from the analyst’s perspective. The analyst role at MCA is unique in more »

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Local & Regional Banks Step Up Appetite for CRE Loans

-Post by Scott Lynn Two years ago, local and regional banks were not retuning our phone calls about new commercial real estate loan (CRE) opportunities. Our friends in the banking community gave us a standard response: too busy dealing with loan more »

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Metropolitan Capital Advisors Closes a $19.5 Million Permanent Financing Package

Dallas-Based Commercial Real Estate Finance Intermediary Completes Deal for a 25 Property Retail Portfolio DALLAS, March 12, 2012 — Dallas-based Metropolitan Capital Advisors (MCA), a real estate financial intermediary specializing in the exclusive representation of investors, developers and property owners more »

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The 24/7 Money Raiser

By Hook Harmeling, Senior Director Raising money in your professional career rarely translates to your personal life. We may live and breathe our profession, but generally I like to try and have some time to decompress. While I may do that more »

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Metropolitan Capital Advisors Closes $8,050,000 Bridge Loan for Two Multifamily Complexes in Midland/Odessa, Texas

Dallas-based Metropolitan Capital Advisors closes two deals acting as the real estate financial intermediary. Dallas-based Metropolitan Capital Advisors (MCA), a financial intermediary specializing in the exclusive representation of investors, developers and property owners in the commercial real estate capital markets, has arranged more »

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