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BayBridge Real Estate Capital Announces Addition


Posted on January 28, 2021

NEW YORK, January 28, 2021 – BayBridge Real Estate Capital, a company of Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs, today announced that 40-year real estate and capital markets veteran Mark Niman has joined the firm as executive managing director.

Niman has a wealth of experience executing transactions and representing clients throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Europe and the Middle East in all asset classes.  His career has been built on strong lender relationships and his clients are in all sectors of commercial real estate, including multi-family, student housing, hotels and resorts, casinos, industrial, self-storage, retail and office buildings.

Director of BayBridge Real Estate Capital Jay Miller commented, “I’ve known Mark most of my career and I know he will be a great asset to the firm. The fact that he recently secured a $32.5 million hotel bridge loan, in this highly challenging market, is indicative of his abilities. This loan was sourced, underwritten, and funded in 30 days.”

Niman’s accomplishments during his career include twice procuring financing for one of the largest malls in North America, structuring and obtaining more than $4 billion in hotel financings throughout the United States and the Caribbean, and securing multi-billions in acquisition, construction, bridge and permanent financings for all real estate asset classes.  Most notably, Niman has brokered one of the largest transactions of all time when he arranged a $3.1 billion loan for his client’s acquisition of Aztar Corp. the then-parent of Tropicana Hotels and Casinos.

He will be based in the firm’s New York City office.

About BayBridge Real Estate Capital

The BayBridge Real Estate Capital team has a long history of bringing institutional capital to markets across the U.S.

An affiliate of Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs, BayBridge helps developers and investors find the financing they need for a broad range of commercial real estate projects, with a focus on structured finance. The firm has offices in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and New York City.