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August 29, 2024

Lenders Tasked with Mitigating Environmental Risk as CMBS Volume Surges

By Wes Skinner, CHMM

Lenders, Buyers, and Sellers Should Know Their Options to Ensure That Environmental Issues Don’t Derail Their CRE Transactions

By Wes Skinner, CHMM, Published on August 29, 2024 in GlobeSt.com

CMBS loans came speeding back as the go-to financing vehicle for commercial real estate investors in 2024, with worldwide issuance volume year-to-date in 2024 vastly outpacing issuance in all of 2023. Due in part to this surge in activity, lenders are seeing an increased number of assets with less-than-perfect environmental conditions being brought for financing.  Lenders are then tasked with quantifying and mitigating the risk associated with these conditions in order to satisfy stakeholders from the sponsor all the way through to the B-piece buyers, and to get the deal closed.  Let’s discuss how Remedial Cost Estimates are a critical component in getting your CMBS loan closed and securitized.

In this Globe St. article, Wes Skinner shares how to ensure that environmental issues don’t derail CRE transactions.

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Wes Skinner, CHMM

Wes Skinner, CHMM

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Wes Skinner, CHMM is a Principal and National Client Manager for Partner, and is responsible for the oversight and management of environmental, engineering, energy, industrial hygiene, valuation, and asset management services. Mr. Skinner focuses on reducing client risk through quality and expedient responses to the demanding environmental, engineering, and regulatory requirements of his clients. In addition to leading operations at the Partner Michigan office, he has served as national client manager and senior project manager for numerous portfolios and thousands of industrial, municipal, commercial, and residential environmental and engineering assessments around the world.

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