Mesa West Capital
Mesa West Capital is a privately held portfolio lender with a capital base of more than $3.5 billion with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Mesa West has an established debt platform that continues to provide flexible and reliable capital for real estate acquisitions, re-financings and re-capitalizations on office, retail, industrial, multifamily and hotels across the United States. With a decade of lending under our belt, and over $8 billion and counting of loans originated, Mesa West has cemented itself as one of the largest privately held portfolio lenders in the industry.
Real Estate Specialization
| Multifamily |
| Office |
| Industrial |
| Retail |
| Hotels |
Investment Type
| Acquisition/Fee Simple |
| Debt |
| Loan Assumptions |
Investment Style
| Core |
| Value-add |
Jeff Friedman
- 310.806.6302
- jfriedman@mesawestcapital.com
Mr. Friedman is a co-founder of Mesa West Capital. Prior to co-founding Mesa West in 2004, Mr. Friedman spent three years at Maguire Partners as a principal and was in charge of capital market activities which included the restructuring of the firm’s debt, the buy-out of partners and the firm’s eventual $800 million initial public offering. Mr. Friedman transitioned into real estate finance in 1994 initially as a Vice-President originating large loans at Nomura Asset Capital Corporation and later as a Director at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. Mr. Friedman began his career as a corporate lawyer, working initially in Tokyo, Japan for an affiliate of Sidley & Austin and then in New York for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Mr. Friedman graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a master’s degree in Applied Economics and a law degree from the University of Michigan.
Mark Zytko
- 310.806.6303
- mzytko@mesawestcapital.com
Mr. Zytko is a co-founder of Mesa West Capital. Prior to co-founding Mesa West in 2004, Mr. Zytko spent five years with Credit Suisse First Boston as a Director and Head of its West Coast office located in Los Angeles. Mr. Zytko was responsible for relationship management of major accounts in the Western United States and for originating a variety of real estate debt products for the firm, including balance sheet debt and equity, CMBS and mezzanine loans for securitization and sale. Previous to CSFB, Mr. Zytko was a Vice President with GE Capital Real Estate. Mr. Zytko spent three years with GE Capital, having successfully opened and run their Seattle office. Previous to GE Capital, Mr. Zytko was a Manager of mortgage lending with SunAmerica Investments in Los Angeles. For five years at SunAmerica, he originated mortgage loans for the insurance company’s portfolio, made RTC portfolio acquisitions and was involved in the issuance and purchase of commercial mortgage backed securities. Mr. Zytko began his career as a Senior Real Estate Analyst with CB Commercial in their Investment Banking Services unit. Mr. Zytko is a graduate of Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics.
Ryan Krauch
- 310.806.6323
- rkrauch@mesawestcapital.com
Mr. Krauch is a Principal with Mesa West Capital and is active in all areas of the company’s operations. Prior to joining Mesa West in 2007, Mr. Krauch headed the joint venture equity acquisitions platform for Somera Capital Management, a West Coast-based value-add real estate equity funds manager. In addition to his primary responsibilities in acquiring office, industrial, retail, hotel, multi-family and specialty assets, Mr. Krauch was a management executive contributing to the growth of the company from a single-office, west coast syndication firm to a nationally oriented multi-office funds manager. Previous to Somera Capital, Mr. Krauch was a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (now IBM Global Services). Mr. Krauch received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College. Mr. Krauch currently serves on the Board of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM), is the Chair of the PREA Rising Leaders Committee, and is actively involved in the Urban Land Institute.
Matthew Cohen
- 212.871.8907
- mcohen@mesawestcapital.com
Mr. Cohen is a Principal with Mesa West and is responsible for capital markets including the structuring, acquisition and distribution of commercial real estate loans and the management of Mesa West’s balance sheet. Prior to joining Mesa West in 2011, Mr. Cohen spent seven years at Natixis North America, a U.S. subsidiary of a French Investment Bank. As a Managing Director of Natixis’ Real Estate Group, Mr. Cohen was responsible for debt distribution, which included whole loan sales, securitizations, syndications and subordinate debt. Previous to Natixis, Mr. Cohen was at Genworth’s Stamford, CT office from 2002 to 2004. As a Vice President, Mr. Cohen sourced, structured, negotiated, and closed over $500 million of debt originations. Mr. Cohen began his career at Fortis Advisers (now known as Assurant) in the New York office. As a Vice President, Mr. Cohen focused on loan origination for the life company’s balance sheet. Mr. Cohen received his MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
Brandon Bachner
Jeffrey Begley
Jason Bressler
Brett Burns
Raphael Fishbach
Russell Frahm
Steve Fried
Ronnie Gul
Brian Hahn
Edward Laurance
David Myers
Emily Roehr
Devin Sheeks
Matt Snyder
Andrew Steele