Friedman joins Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

Uniondale, NY Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. appointed David Friedman, executive vice president, syndicated markets & institutional venture lending management.

Friedman will lead Arbor’s loan syndicated lending platform, as well as develop strategic joint-venture lending partnerships that will allow Arbor to expand upon its existing loan origination capabilities. Further, he will manage those platforms as a member of Arbor’s executive committee, helping to grow upon another record-setting year of loan production.

Previously, Friedman was at Greystone as a senior managing director for multifamily loan production, placement and sales. Prior to Greystone, he served as a regional director and senior vice president at TD Bank within its Commercial Real Estate Banking group. Friedman has also been a director within Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s RE Syndicated Capital Markets group and served in loan origination support and underwriting roles within PNC Bank, N.A.’s RE Finance group.

“David comes to Arbor with over two decades of experience in real estate finance, multifamily loan production and managing capital markets,” said Ivan Kaufman, chairman and CEO of Arbor Realty Trust. “His expertise in these areas will help support our corporate growth strategy and we look forward to the many contributions he is certain to make during his tenure at Arbor Realty Trust.”

Friedman holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Finance & Investment from NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Babson College.