{"id":1004150044,"date":"2016-08-12T03:29:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T11:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004150044"},"modified":"2020-05-18T15:51:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T23:51:02","slug":"berkadia-taps-new-director-in-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/berkadia-taps-new-director-in-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkadia Taps New Director in Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004150046\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/John-Bray.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004150046\" data-attachment-id=\"1004150046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/berkadia-taps-new-director-in-atlanta\/john-bray\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/John-Bray.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"John Bray , Senior Managing Director, Berkadia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;John Bray , Senior Managing Director, Berkadia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/John-Bray.jpg?w=300\" class=\"wp-image-1004150046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/John-Bray.jpg\" alt=\"John Bray , Senior Managing Director, Berkadia\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/John-Bray.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/John-Bray.jpg?resize=150,150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004150046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>John Bray , Senior Managing Director, Berkadia<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Atlanta<\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkadia.com\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Berkadia<\/a> has recently announced the hiring of John Bray as senior managing director. Bray will be co-leading the growth of Berkadia\u2019s production in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/atlanta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta market<\/a> alongside Richard Levine, senior managing director, and will report to Warren Higgins, executive vice president &amp; head of mortgage banking with the firm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn fortifies our already strong and knowledgeable mortgage banking team in Atlanta with his deep industry experience,\u201d said Higgins in a statement. \u201cThis addition to our Atlanta office positions Berkadia and our clients to close more deals in the coming months and years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bray brings more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience to Berkadia. Together with Levine, he will expand the Atlanta team\u2019s mortgage banking group and will focus on leveraging the firm\u2019s integrated investment sales and servicing platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that Berkadia Atlanta has the best functioning mortgage banking and investment sales platform in the industry,\u201d said Levine. \u201cAdding a veteran like John positions us to serve more market share in this cycle and the next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Berkadia, Bray acted as regional managing director of JLL\u2019s Atlanta Markets Capital Group. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance.<\/p>\n<p>Berkadia recently secured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/berkadia-secures-20m-financing-for-florida-office-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">$20 million in financing<\/a> for an office park in Orlando and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/berkadia-adds-three-senior-executives-to-its-hospitality-group\/\" target=\"_blank\">added three senior executives<\/a> to its Hotels &amp; Hospitality Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Bray, former JLL regional managing director, joins Berkadia, growing the company&#8217;s Southeast mortgage banking footprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1269,"featured_media":1004150046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,21742,21744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004150044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atlanta","category-latest","category-people"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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