Thursday, August 19, 2010

Robert Beni Joins Meridian Capital Group, LLC as a Vice President in its Originations Group in New York City

New York, NY, Aug.  19, 2010, – Meridian Capital Group, LLC, a leading national commercial real estate finance and advisory firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Robert Beni, Jr.  (top right photo) as a Vice President in its Commercial Originations Group.

 Mr. Beni will be supporting the underwriting and origination efforts of the Commercial Originations Group nationally and will be reporting to Marty Lanigan, (top left photo)  Senior Managing Director of Origination and Strategic Initiatives, and Chad Johnson (lower right photo) , Managing Director. He will be working out of Meridian’s headquarters in New York City.

Mr. Beni has substantial experience analyzing loan applications, sponsors, collateral and performing due diligence for balance sheet and conduit transactions.

 He has held underwriting, credit and risk roles with Amboy Bank, Mezz Cap, Fillmore Financial Services and Prudential Financial. Mr. Beni and Mr. Lanigan previously worked together at Mezz Cap, where Mr. Beni served as Credit and Risk Manager.

“Bob’s strong background as a credit and deal management professional will be of tremendous value in helping us to more effectively manage our growing commercial and institutional mortgage finance activities,” said Mr. Lanigan. “As Meridian continues to expand its mortgage banking and finance platform, talent like Bob’s will be crucial,” he added.

Founded in 1991, Meridian Capital Group, LLC is one of the nation's largest commercial real estate finance and advisory firms.

Meridian is headquartered in New York with offices in New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Florida and California.

Working with a broad array of capital providers, Meridian arranges financing for transactions ranging from $1 million to more than $500 million for multifamily, co-op, office, retail, hotel, mixed-use, industrial, healthcare, student housing, self-storage and construction properties. www.meridiancapital.com

Contact: Jonathan Stern, Meridian Capital Group, LLC, 212/972-3600

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