Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Arbor Appoints Two Originators in New York City Office


Michael Zysman

UNIONDALE, NY (May 14, 2013) – In conjunction with its sustained origination volume growth, Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC (“Arbor”) today announced the appointment of Michael Zysman as Director and Ben Levine as Originator in the company’s New York City office.

Mr. Zysman and Mr. Levine are responsible for originating loans under all of Arbor’s multifamily and commercial product lines, including Fannie Mae, FHA, CMBS, Bridge, Mezzanine and Preferred Equity. They will both report to Ken Fazio, Senior Vice President, National Production Manager.

 Prior to their current roles, both Mr. Zysman and Mr. Levine were Senior Underwriters at Arbor. 

Ben Levine
Prior to joining Arbor, Mr. Zysman was a Vice President at the New Dawn Companies, where he led a team responsible for the acquisition, capital raising, underwriting and structuring of more than 4,500 multifamily units with a total capitalization of $450 million.  He has also held acquisition and asset management roles at Reckson Strategic Venture Partners, LLC; Time Equities, Inc.; The Bainbridge Companies; and LNR Partners LLC.

 Mr. Zysman has more than 12 years of commercial real estate experience and has been involved in more than $1.5 billion of closed transactions across most product types, including multifamily, office, retail, industrial, student housing, condo conversion and ground-up development. 

 Mr. Zysman holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Hofstra University and a Master of Science degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University. 

Ken Fazio
 Prior to joining Arbor, Mr. Levine was an Assistant Vice President at Hudson Housing Capital, where he served as lead underwriter for low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity investments in affordable housing properties across the country.

 Mr. Levine has more than 13 years of commercial real estate experience as an underwriter and a consultant and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California at San Diego. 

 For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Christopher Ostrowski
costrowski@arbor.com

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