Thomas Saykaly joins Carofin to lead its commercial real estate banking efforts
18 Abril 2024 - 8:06AM
Carofin and Carolina Financial Securities (collectively “Carofin”)
are pleased to announce that Thomas Saykaly has joined the firm as
a Managing Director to lead Carofin’s commercial real estate
banking efforts.
“Carofin offers capital solutions to private commercial real
estate operators, developers, corporate owner/occupier, and CRE
investment funds, whether debt, equity, or hybrid capital
opportunities through our broad network of high-net-worth
accredited investors, family offices and institutions,” noted Bruce
V. Roberts, Carofin’s C.E.O. “Thomas will draw upon his real estate
capital markets expertise to deliver both domestic and offshore
investors the potential for above market returns relative to the
associated risks that these investments can often provide.“
“Carofin’s competitive advantage is its ability to raise capital
at the operating company, portfolio, project and fund level,”
commented Mr. Saykaly. “I intend to leverage the firm’s
broker-dealer syndication capabilities and try to custom-tailor the
optimal capital stack. This will enable CRE clients to pursue their
objectives, whether that funds company growth, portfolio expansion
and acquisitions, developments and recapitalizations, or new
investment funds.”
Over the past 20 plus years, Mr. Saykaly has advised on and
executed over $3 billion in commercial real estate, operating
company, and start-up venture capital assignments with firms such
as CBRE, the Kuwait Investment Office, Lakefront Futures and
Options, and C5 Advisors. He has spent much of his extensive career
in the real estate sector evaluating and implementing investment
and capital transactions – often in complex situations with
multiple moving pieces that do not fit nicely into any standard
capital funding box.
Mr. Saykaly received an MBA in corporate finance from Bentley
Graduate School of Business.
Carolina Financial Group (CFG), Carofin’s and CFS’s parent
company, is a private investment bank that structures investments
and raises critical capital for small to medium-sized businesses
seeking growth capital, as well as CRE financings, in the U.S.
Carofin and CFS have raised over $1.1B since 1997 across more than
200 private transactions.
Media contact:
Nash Robertsnroberts@carofin.com828-393-0088 x602