Capital Markets

Where transactions and capital structure meet

Our capital markets practice advises owners and investors on dispositions, acquisitions, and the full spectrum of debt and equity capital — underwritten with the same discipline institutional buyers expect.

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Practice Areas

Capital markets services

Each mandate is led by a senior advisor from underwriting through close. We scope the engagement to the asset, the capital stack, and the ownership objective.

Investment Sales

Single-asset and portfolio dispositions across office, industrial, retail, multifamily, and specialty property types. Marketing processes designed to create competitive tension among qualified buyers.

Debt Placement

Sourcing senior, mezzanine, and bridge financing across a lender network spanning banks, life companies, debt funds, and specialty lenders.

Equity Placement

Introducing joint-venture and preferred equity partners for acquisitions, recapitalizations, and development capital stacks.

Structured Finance

Recapitalizations, note sales, and complex capital stacks requiring bespoke structuring across multiple capital sources and risk layers.

Portfolio & Note Sale Advisory

Advisory on portfolio dispositions and note sales for lenders and special servicers managing non-core or distressed positions.

Underwriting & Valuation

Institutional-grade underwriting, market analysis, and broker opinions of value supporting acquisition and disposition decisions.

Market Context

Capital markets move in cycles — positioning matters

Transaction volume and capital availability move together across the cycle. We help clients position assets and capital stacks for the phase they are in.

Trough
Selective capital, opportunistic buyers, stressed assets, wider spreads.
Recovery
Improving liquidity, returning institutional appetite, narrowing bid-ask.
Expansion
Strong volume, competitive bidding, accessible leverage, tight pricing.
Peak
High valuations, aggressive underwriting, late-cycle risk management.
Process

How a capital markets engagement runs

A structured, transparent process from first conversation to closing — with senior accountability at every stage.

Underwriting

Financial analysis, market positioning, and valuation range established before going to market or approaching capital sources.

Marketing & Outreach

Targeted outreach to a qualified pool of institutional and private capital sources — not a broad, unfocused blast.

Negotiation

Structuring and negotiating terms to protect ownership’s objectives through to signed agreement or committed capital.

Diligence & Close

Hands-on coordination through due diligence, financing contingencies, legal documentation, and closing.

Coverage

Capital markets by property type

We advise across the major commercial property types, with underwriting and capital-source expertise tailored to each asset class.

Office Industrial & Logistics Retail & Net Lease Multifamily Land Mixed-Use Hospitality Self-Storage Healthcare Specialty
Modern commercial buildings
Engagement Focus

Where capital markets time is typically spent

Process emphasis varies by mandate, but a substantial share of senior time goes to underwriting, capital outreach, and negotiation.

Illustrative allocation of advisory effort

General process weighting for a typical investment sales or capital placement mandate — not a fixed formula.

Underwriting & Strategy
~25%
Outreach & Marketing
~30%
Negotiation
~25%
Diligence & Close
~20%
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Core capital markets workstreams: sales, debt, equity, structured
1:1
Senior advisor accountability from mandate through close
Full
Property-type coverage across major commercial sectors

Have a capital markets need?

Whether it’s a disposition, acquisition, or a capital stack that needs structuring — let’s talk specifics.