The ARA Finance platform leverages ARA’s on-the-ground multihousing brokerage expertise and CWCapital’s full suite of debt products including Fannie Mae DUS, Freddie Mac, and FHA Programs.

The venture marks the beginning of a new era for ARA which has, since its inception in 2003, focused solely on the brokerage of multihousing properties on behalf of an array of institutional, REIT, and private client sellers – a highly successful formula that has established them as the second largest national multihousing brokerage firm. It was a natural expansion of ARA’s platform to enhance the delivery of services to ARA clients beyond the brokerage of multihousing assets to include the very critical financing component.

ARA Finance loan originators are located in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Irvine, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.
 
 
 
 
Tom MacManus
President and Chief Operating Officer
  

In his capacity as President and COO of ARA Finance, Tom is responsible for the strategic development of the venture's national multifamily lending platform, which provides service through ARA offices located across the country. Formed in 2009 to provide a full range of mortgage finance services to ARA clients, ARA Finance combines the strengths of ARA's national multifamily investment sales platform with CWCapital's national multifamily lending platform. Tom is also responsible for expanding lending relationships and sources beyond the venture's current Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA platform. Tom joins ARA Finance with 30 years of industry experience. He previously served as Executive Vice President and head of New York City-based Cushman & Wakefield's Debt & Equity Finance practice. He served in a leadership role in the firm's acquisition of Sonnenblick Goldman in July of 2007 and was subsequently appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman - the New York-based investment banking group. Prior to his positions at Cushman & Wakefield, he held various senior leadership positions during his nine year career with GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp. (GMACCM) and seventeen years at Midlantic Bank ( now PNC).

From 2003-2006 he served as President of GMACCM and CEO of its North American Operations where he managed seven lending platforms and a mortgage banking group with a $10 billion balance sheet and $22 billion in annual originations. These businesses provided customized solutions for the entire capital stack on virtually all asset classes of commercial real estate.

Prior to joining GMACCM, Tom was a senior vice president at Midlantic Bank headquartered in New Jersey. Tom was a member of the senior management team in Real Estate Banking with responsibilities covering all aspects of commercial real estate financing including mortgage warehousing.

Tom MacManus    ARA Finance 750 Park of Commerce Boulevard Suite 230 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Tel: 561-988-8800 Fax. 561-988-8810 info@ara-finance.com ARA Finance Brochure