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Willy Walker, chairman and chief executive of Bethesda-based Walker & Dunlop, sees signs of a market recovery.

The Chicago-based manager has so far raised more than $185m for the fund, which will target subordinated debt positions. 

The New York-based private credit manager believes the long-term destruction of value will present lending and recapitalization opportunities.

Higher interest rates and construction costs are making development more expensive, according to Coraly Rodriguez, partner.

The Houston-based REIT believes secular shifts are driving momentum around smaller retail assets.  

The firm has consistently been seeing $1bn-$2bn of new loans coming through every month. 

A group of lenders including Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank is providing a $620m acquisition commercial mortgage-backed securities loan.

The hire is part of a global push to expand its commercial real estate credit platform.

The New York-based multifamily-focused manager will expand its lending via partnerships with other lenders and government-sponsored entities.

Institutional investors are at or near their allocations to commercial real estate, which is also having an impact on capital raising.