Thru the Lens: Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC and Massey Knakal Realty Services host panel event: Perspectives on Investment: Property Sales and Financing Markets"

Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC and Massey Knakal Realty Services recently brought their respective commercial real estate market expertise and insight to the Harvard Club by hosting a special panel event titled "Perspectives on Investment: Property Sales and Financing Markets." Moderated by Daniel Geiger, Real Estate Weekly's senior staff reporter and online editor, the event also featured panelists Robert Knakal, Massey Knakal's chairman and founding partner; Robert Ivanhoe, the chairman of Greenberg Traurig's Real Estate Practice and New York office as well as the co-chairman of the firm's REIT practice; and Ivan Kaufman, chairman and CEO of Arbor Commercial Mortgage and president and CEO of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. On a collective basis, the panelists noted that commercial real estate liquidity is now returning to the market in earnest, with trophy and multifamily properties specifically exhibiting the strongest demand and fundamentals. Shown (from left) are: Robert Knakal, Massey Knakal Realty Services; Robert Ivanhoe, Greenberg Traurig; Ivan Kaufman, Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC; and Daniel Geiger, Real Estate Weekly.

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