PRINCIPAL

Edward K. Sentivany, Jr., ( CRE Retired)

Ed Sentivany has had over 40 years of commercial real estate and finance experience as an institutional lender, capital markets advisor and consultant.  Ed is a retired member of The Counselors of Real Estate*, a professional membership organization established exclusively for leading property advisors.

Ed holds a BS Degree in Real Estate from the University of Connecticut, one of the country’s leading real estate schools.  He has been an institutional lender for the first 20 years of his career, having run the real estate departments for several large New England banks.  He has also been responsible for loan servicing and commercial lending for some of those banks.  The Governor of the State of Connecticut appointed Ed to the Board of the Connecticut Housing Financing Authority where he was later elected Chairman and served in that capacity for several years.  Ed also became the exclusive advisor to six New England banks, providing commercial real estate and commercial lending expertise to the banks both individually and collectively. 

Ed founded his first capital markets company in Hartford, Connecticut in 1985.  In the late 1980’s, Ed became a workout consultant to both borrowers and lenders due to the severe real estate recession, especially in New England.  He relocated his company to Boston, Massachusetts in 1991 when he was recruited by Prudential to become its exclusive advisor with regard to its PruExpress loan program for the northeast.  In 2008 he relocated to the Charlotte, North Carolina area.

*Members are awarded the CRE Designation, bestowed by invitation only, in recognition of their achievements in real estate counseling. To be considered for membership, applicants demonstrate that they provide valuable and meaningful real estate counseling services to their clients or employer; that they hold a senior position in a firm; that they are recognized for their excellence, knowledge, integrity, and judgment; that they have at least ten years of experience in real estate, three of which are in counseling; and that they meet all other basic membership guidelines. For further information, please go to http://www.cre.org/.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Originated or consulted on over $3.0 billion of commercial real estate transactions since 1985.
  
  
• Restructured approximately $1.0 billion in foreclosed or distressed commercial real estate properties for both borrowers and lenders during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.
  
  
• Selected by Prudential, from the majority of mortgage banking firms in New England, to exclusively lead its reentry into the lending market in the northeast after a severe real estate recession. 
  
• Sold The Dock Shopping Center & Marina Complex in Stratford, CT for $50.25 million.
  
  
• Originated and structured $54,000,000 in financing for the strategic repositioning of the 400,000 square foot Ridgeway Shopping Center in Stamford, CT.
  
  
• Originated and structured financing for the Astrodomain Complex in Houston, Texas including the Astrodome (first domed stadium), Astrohall Convention Center, Astroworld Theme Park and Hotel Complex.
  
  
• Client confidence and loyalty that was reflected in repeat business, was the hallmark of the firm with clients spanning over twenty-five years.