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Robert J. Meister
Vice President | Production
Robert J. Meister joined Grandbridge Real Estate Capital under the Collateral Real Estate banner in 2004. As a vice president in the Milwaukee, Wis., office he is responsible for debt and equity originations. Mr. Meister holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing and finance from the University of Wisconsin, and a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in real estate, finance and sports management from Ohio State University.
He began his real estate finance career in 1992 at PNC Bank in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he completed the bank’s corporate training program before becoming a commercial real estate lending officer with geographic responsibility in upstate New York and New England. Following his time with PNC, Mr. Meister joined Heitman Capital in Los Angeles, Calif., the finance arm of Heitman Financial, a large Chicago-based pension fund advisor. In this position Mr. Meister arranged debt and equity transactions as a fiduciary on behalf of Heitman’s advised clients.
Mr. Meister then joined Fremont Investment & Loan and opened Fremont’s first loan production office in the Pacific Northwest. Located in Seattle, Wa., this office had geographic responsibility from Anchorage, Alaska to Salt Lake City, Utah. In this position he was responsible for all aspects of the office’s day-to-day management and production.
Immediately prior to joining Collateral Mr. Meister was a vice president with Glacier Real Estate Finance in Bellevue, Wa. At Glacier, a boutique correspondent mortgage banking firm, Mr. Meister was responsible for debt and equity originations. Throughout his career, Mr. Meister has had direct involvement in closed transactions well in excess of $1 billion.
Mr. Meister may be reached at 262.785.8445 or rmeister@gbrecap.com.
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