NEW YORK CITY — Commercial real estate advisory firm Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has expanded its seniors housing team, hiring Heidi Brunet and Lisa Lautner as executive managing directors.
Brunet and Lautner both come from Berkadia and join New York-based NKF’s existing seniors housing team, which the company hired from HFF in February. That team includes Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender, Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders and Sarah Anderson.
With nearly 40 years of combined experience, Brunet and Lautner have originated over $8 billion in combined seniors housing-related financings in the last seven years. Their business grew to become the No. 1 Fannie Mae and No. 3 Freddie Mac volume lender in 2018.
“This sector has boasted an average annual investment sales volume of over $17 billion over the past five years,” says Mike May, head of NKF’s Multifamily Debt & Structured Finance. “The demographics fueling healthcare investment and the significant push from institutional capital to focus on specialty property types and alternative assets reaffirms why we are so committed to the healthcare and seniors housing space as a long-term growth sector for the firm.”