Zaremski and Shmuely bring over 20 years of experience to multi-housing debt advisory team

NEW YORK, N.Y., July 29, 2021 — JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has hired 12-year industry veteran Michael Zaremski and 10-year industry veteran Michael Shmuely as Managing Directors with the firm’s New York Capital Markets team. Zaremski and Shmuely will focus on multi-housing debt advisory, working alongside Michael Gigliotti and Christopher Peck, Senior Managing Directors and Co-heads of the New York Capital Markets team.

Zaremski and Shmuely, both former Senior Directors with a commercial services firm, bring a deep understanding of bridge financing, GSE financing, debt brokerage and mortgage originations across all property types with a specialized focus on multifamily. In addition to their industry leading expertise in agency lending, they have experience creating financing solutions for clients by utilizing third-party capital sources, including life insurance companies, CMBS, banks and debt funds.

Zaremski graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University and earned his certificate in Real Estate Finance and Investment from New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate.

Shmuely graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Michigan. He has also served as a board member for Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans and UJA’s Real Estate Division as chair on the Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Youth Leadership Group and as vice chair for the American Society for Yad Vashem Young Leadership.

“We are pleased to welcome these two industry leaders to the JLL team,” Gigliotti said. “Their wide-ranging knowledge and expertise will provide a powerful asset to our clients. Most important, they are an exceptional cultural fit for JLL, and we look forward to working with them to expand our market share in the multi-housing debt space.”

“I am excited to bring my experience to the JLL platform,” Zaremski added. “The company’s full suite of services enables it to structure comprehensive solutions for complex projects.”

“We hope to expand on JLL’s collaborative and client-centric approach to capital advisory,” Shmuely said. “Increasing the team’s multi-housing deal flow elevates the platform and our ability to navigate, develop and execute post-pandemic market strategies.”

JLL Capital Markets is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The firm’s in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients — whether investment sales advisory, debt placement, equity placement or a recapitalization. The firm has more than 3,700 Capital Markets specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries.

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