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Ease Capital adds Hanson as associate to origination and underwriting team

Trevor Hanson

Manhattan, NY According to Ease Capital (Ease), the technology-enabled multifamily lender, Trevor Hanson has joined the company as an associate in where he will focus on the origination and underwriting of new lending opportunities. His addition comes as the platform continues to expand, building on the announcement of its $450 million partnership with Taconic Capital Advisors in November 2023. 

Prior to joining Ease, Hanson was an associate at a residential-focused lending platform where he spent the past five years working in business development and underwriting for multifamily, mixed-use and single-family assets, including construction, adaptive reuse, redevelopment, acquisition and permanent financing. During his tenure there, Hanson closed more than 285 transactions totaling over $1.5 billion in loan volume. 

At Ease, Hanson will report to Tina Frey, head of credit and asset management, and work alongside Barclay Lynch, head of originations, as Ease ramps up its lending activity in the eastern U.S. where the company is focused on deploying capital for bridge-to-bridge, construction takeout and floating-rate senior financing opportunities.

“We are proud to welcome Trevor to Ease at this pivotal time in our growth. His experience and real estate lending acumen perfectly complement Ease’s origination strategy and proprietary underwriting technology in a way that will build on the strengths of the platform as well as benefit our borrowers and capital partners,” said Charlie Oshman, CEO and co-founder of Ease.

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