Walker & Dunlop, an industry-leading national multifamily and commercial real estate finance firm, has opened a capital markets office in Kansas City. The production team of Joe Platt, Frank Sciara, Doug Bates, Alex Hilton, Jake Pritchard and Jake Frodyma (all formerly with Grandbridge Real Estate Capital) joined Walker & Dunlop earlier this month.

"Our production team is thrilled to join Walker & Dunlop and looks forward to delivering a superior capital market and multifamily GSE lending platform to our clients. It is a remarkable opportunity for us to combine our experience in commercial and multifamily real estate that dates back to the 1970s with the excellence that Walker & Dunlop has built over its 85-year history. We are proud to contribute our deep expertise of originating debt and equity for nearly fifty years in the Kansas City region and nationally," said Joe Platt, managing director of the new Walker & Dunlop Kansas City office.

Walker & Dunlop originates mortgage debt and equity capital for all types of multifamily and commercial real estate and is the largest Government Sponsored Entity (GSE) lender in the US; currently #1 in originations for Fannie Mae, #3 for Freddie Mac, and #2 for HUD-FHA.

With a combined 75-plus years of experience, the Kansas City team produces loans for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA, as well as originates for an extensive capital source base of life insurance companies, CMBS lenders, debt funds, private lenders, equity funds and banks.

“The significance of this transition is the broader platform and additional expertise of Walker & Dunlop that will allow us to offer even more to our network," said Doug Bates, senior director of Walker & Dunlop.

The Kansas City production office was originally founded by Tom Turner in the 1970s as Charter American Mortgage, principally as a life insurance company originator and servicer of commercial and multifamily real estate mortgage loans. Throughout the history of the production team, mergers and significant national growth within their predecessor companies have allowed access to all capacities of commercial and multifamily capital.

For more information, contact Joseph Platt at JPlatt@walkerdunlop.com.

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