Carey, Kramer, Pettit, Panichelli & Associates, Inc. (“CKPP”) is a founding member of Real Estate Finance Associates, a national organization of independent mortgage banking firms. Created in 1979, REFA evolved from the pioneering James W. Rouse & Company, the commercial mortgage banking affiliate of the prominent regional mall developer.
Through membership in REFA, CKPP and its personnel share information on a real time basis concerning capital market investors and can obtain current real estate market information throughout much of the country. The REFA member firms frequently assist one another when real estate owners from one market own properties in different markets.
There are currently six REFA companies, or groups of companies, nationally with twelve offices in all, with representation in key cities across the United States . With nearly 66 originators, the combined offices produced $7.9 billion in more than 900 financings in 2006, and serviced loan portfolios totaling more than $22 billion at year end.
Members include:
The Churchill Companies - Los Angeles & San Diego, CA
Churchill Commercial Capital - Phoenix, AZ
Columbia National Real Estate Finance - Baltimore, MD & Washington, D.C.
The Goedecke Companies – Boston, MA & Westport, CT
Trinity Real Estate Finance - San Antonio & Austin, TX
Carey, Kramer, Pettit, Panichelli & Associates - Philadelphia, PA
