Tom Traynor, CFA

Vice Chairman | Co-Head of U.S. Large Loans

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Tom Traynor, CFA is a Vice Chairman and Co-Head of U.S. Large Loans in Debt & Structured Finance at CBRE focusing on institutional debt advisory, with specific expertise in originating, structuring and negotiating large commercial real estate finance transactions.

His performance demonstrates a deep and broad command of commercial real estate financing. Since joining CBRE in August of 2016, Tom has arranged more than $44 billion in large fixed- and floating-rate financing transactions ranging from single assets to large portfolios. To date, Tom has originated more than $75 billion in commercial real estate loans throughout the United States, spanning all property types.

Prior to CBRE, Tom was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank where he spent 20 years within the commercial real estate loan origination and capital markets group.

245 Park Avenue
HNA
New York, NY
Office
Refinance
$1,768,000,000
Project Defender
Blackstone
Various
Industrial
Acquisition
$1,700,000,000
Project Falcon
Blackstone
Various
Industrial
Refinance
$1,630,000,000
Terminal Warehouse
L&L Holdings
New York, NY
Office
Construction
$1,248,734,000
Net Lease Portfolio
Stonemont
USA (20 States)
Various
Acquisition
$1,074,100,000
St. Johns Terminal
Oxford Properties
New York, NY
Office
Construction
$972,000,000
Project Silver
Medical Properties Trust
Various
Hospital
Recapitalization
$919,000,000
Space Center Portfolio
Blackstone
Various
Industrial
Acquisition
$910,000,000
28 Liberty
Fosun International
New York, NY
Office / Retail
Refinance
$792,000,000
Modera Portfolio
Rockwood Capital
Various
Multifamily
Refinance
$700,000,000
Terminal Stores
L&L Holdings
New York, NY
Office / Retail
Acquisition
$647,000,000
PG&E Headquarters
Hines
San Francisco, CA
Mixed-Use
Acquisition
$629,085,000

Seaport Labs
WS Development
Boston, MA
Life Sciences
Syndication
$575,000,000
Black Rock
Harbor Group International
New York, NY
Office
Acquisition
$558,000,000
345 Park Ave South
Deerfield Management
New York, NY
Life Science
Acquisition
$540,000,000
Gainesville Crossing Data Campus
USAA / Patrinely Group
Northern Virginia
Data Center
Construction
$530,000,000
655 New York
Brookfield
Washington, DC
Office / Retail
Refinance
$494,000,000
1440 Broadway
CIM
New York, NY
Office
Acquisition
$360,000,000
Haus25
Veris Residential
Jersey City, NJ
Multifamily
Refinance
$343,000,000
Two Blue Slip
Brookfield
Brooklyn, NY
Multifamily
Refinance
$337,500,000
Project Watt
Blackstone
Northern Virginia
Data Center
Refinance
$318,500,000
Mexico Industrial Portfolio
PSP
Mexico
Industrial
Acquisition
$314,000,000
401 N. Michigan
Walton Street
Chicago, IL
Office
Acquisition
$251,936,000
521 Fifth Avenue
Savanna
New York, NY
Office
Acquisition
$242,000,000

Affinius
Ares
Beacon Capital
Blackstone
Brookfield
CBRE Investment Management
CIM
DivcoWest
Harbor Group International
Investcorp
JPM Asset Management
KKR

Nuveen
Oaktree Capital
Oxford Properties
PGIM
SL Green
Starwood
TA Associates
Tishman Speyer
Trammell Crow Company
Vornado Realty Trust
Walton Street Capital
WS Development

Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group

The Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group was formed in 2016 by Tom Traynor and James Millon^[1], who joined from Deutsche Bank, and is currently led by industry veterans and debt experts Tom Traynor and Tom Rugg, another Deutsche Bank alumnus. The team specializes in arranging complex financing solutions for its clients. The team sits in New York City and represents a wide array of institutional investors and owners of institutional real estate.

Since joining CBRE in 2016, the Group has arranged over $49 billion in property-level financings for its clients. Mr. Traynor and Mr. Rugg's experience as principal lenders, having structured capital stacks for many of the industry’s top participants, informs the Group’s ability to advise for its clients today.

The Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group is unique as it serves its clients as advisors, bankers and transaction managers on some of the largest and most complex loans in the market. The Group covers all asset classes (Office, Industrial, Multifamily, Data Center, Life Sciences, Retail, Self-Storage, Hospitality, Healthcare, etc.), geographies (including International) and execution types (CMBS, Bank Balance Sheet, Life Insurance Company, Debt Fund and Agency). The Group’s deep relationships with Commercial and Regional banks, Life Insurance Companies, GSEs, Wall Street & Investment Banks, CMBS lenders, Debt Funds, Mortgage REITs, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and Pension Funds allow the Group to provide its clients with direct lines to capital in delivering creative and efficient financing solutions. The Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group augments its platform and reach through its strategic partnerships with many of CBRE’s top-performing professionals across the globe, ensuring superior client service and outcomes.

[1] James Millon currently serves as President of Debt & Structured Finance at CBRE.