Professional Experience
As Vice Chair of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance Group, Mrs. Leachman leads the Mid-Atlantic Debt & Structured Finance team of 11 professionals based in Washington D.C. Mrs. Leachman’s primary focus is to arrange senior debt, mezzanine debt and equity for a wide variety of apartment/condominium, office, retail, industrial and other properties as well as development projects. Maxi and her partners finance properties nationwide and work collaboratively with the other groups within CBRE to secure funds from a wide range of capital sources including Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, FHA, life insurance companies, offshore and domestic banks, debt funds, mortgage REITS, endowment funds, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices, and other sources. Between 2018 – 2025, Mrs. Leachman and her team closed on over 400 transactions representing volume of over $30 Billion.
In 2025, Mrs. Leachman and her team financed over $3.7B in transaction volume, consisting of $2.7M in debt/equity placements across 66 properties in 20 different states.
Prior to joining CBRE, Mrs. Leachman worked at a large commercial real estate finance firm where she focused on Fannie Mae DUS® and Freddie Mac Program Plus® loan origination and underwriting. During her time there, Mrs. Leachman closed over 80 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transactions representing over $1 Billion in financing for her clients.