Fred Weber is a member of Arbor's Executive Board and is responsible for managing and overseeing the origination, structuring and funding of all structured and principal transactions for both Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC and Arbor Realty Trust. This group originates, structures, underwrites and funds debt and equity financing for various asset types and classes of commercial real estate nationwide. With more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage banking industry, Mr. Weber has extensive real estate finance and acquisition experience as well as substantial expertise in the restructuring and workouts of troubled loans. His development and implementation of the creative technologies used with mezzanine and preferred equity products has served as an industry model. Since joining Arbor in May, 1999, Mr. Weber has structured in excess of $5 billion of sophisticated real estate and finance transactions.
Mr. Weber is a member of the Real Estate Finance Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York, the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Mortgage Bankers Association of New York. He is also a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, the Real Estate Lenders Association, the Urban Land Institute, the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association and the RealShare Structured Finance Advisory Board. He has lectured at the International Council of Shopping Centers and other industry conferences. Before joining Arbor, he was a partner and co-head of the real estate department with Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman. He was also a partner with the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. |