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The US commercial real estate debt markets continued to grapple with high interest rates, falling valuations and macroeconomic and geopolitical forces in a year when transaction activity dropped steeply. Find out which organizations and deals were voted the best in 2023.

Opportunities in dislocation and capital being deployed into structured investments were among key themes for this year's award winners.

Higher interest rates continued to stall the US commercial real estate market in 2023, but alternative lenders and their investors are hopeful that opportunity will knock in 2024.

Walker & Dunlop's chairman and chief executive takes a deep dive on the commercial real estate market and discusses the growth of the firm.

The optimism comes as the commercial real estate debt markets gear up for an estimated $930bn of refinancing.

As banks seek to address commercial real estate exposure, alternative lenders are stepping in to acquire or help restructure loans.

The Chicago manager is looking to expand its single-family rental portfolio with a second $250m investment in the specialist platform.

Private credit lenders and other alternative sources of capital are already stepping in to work with national and regional banks to restructure loans.

The executives will be the New York-based asset manager's first dedicated heads of real estate since Marcus Sperber departed in 2019.