Commerce Street Capital Announces a Strategic Growth Initiative in Real Estate

DALLAS - Jan. 5, 2016 - PRLog -- Commerce Street Capital, LLC (https://www.commercestreetcapital.com/Root/commercestreet/index.asp) (“CSC”), a premier investment banking firm serving financial institutions and middle-market companies, has announced the formation of a dedicated real estate team.  CSC’s Real Estate Investment Banking Group (https://www.commercestreetcapital.com/Root/commercestreet/real-estate-investment-banking.asp) (“REIB”), a strategic initiative launching at the beginning of 2016, is a focused team of experienced managing directors with a proven track record in structuring real estate debt, equity and other complex financial transactions.

“We are pleased to bring this new offering that will complement the respective strategies and objectives of our clients,” said Dory Wiley, president and CEO of CSC. “We’re confident that the deep and broad real estate experience of our new team will bolster the success of our clients.”

CSC’s REIB group prides itself on its extensive knowledge of the real estate capital markets. REIB consists of managing directors Claudia Betancourt, John Dienes, Michael Hunter, James H. Polk, III and vice president and principal research analyst, George Kirchwey.

The deep and broad real estate expertise of CSC’s real estate team complements the needs of the firm’s banking clients, family offices, institutional associations and high net worth individuals. With access to such diverse sources of investment capital, CSC has the resources to facilitate a variety of transactions that encompass all property types and financial products, including but not limited to construction loans, fixed and floating rate acquisition financing, mezzanine debt, bridge loans, credit facilities, equity and joint venture equity investments.

About Commerce Street Capital

Commerce Street Capital, LLC (“CSC”) is a private investment banking firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Led by veterans of the banking industry, CSC specializes in investment banking services (mergers and acquisitions, valuations and regulatory issue advising) and bank development (on-site consulting, sales and management of bank capital raises, market assessments and the bank regulatory application process). The firm provides tailored solutions for all or part of a financial institution's business lifecycle.

For more information, visit www.commercestreetcapital.com or call 214-545-6800. CSC is a member of FINRA/SIPC.