Arman Samouk

Associate Vice President

Contact

Professional Experience

Associated Office

Location

200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166

Get Directions

Contact

+1 212 984 8000

Arman Samouk is an Associate Vice President in the Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group, led by Tom Traynor and Tom Rugg. Since joining the group in 2020, Arman has directly supported the execution of more than $21.0 billion in fixed- and floating-rate transactions, ranging from single assets to large portfolios, across all major asset classes. Arman’s responsibilities include deal management, deal support, financial modeling, preparation of presentation materials, due diligence as well as interfacing with the lending community and clients.

The Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group arranges property-level financing for institutional investors and owners of institutional real estate. The group covers all asset classes (data center, industrial, multifamily, office, self-storage, retail, hospitality, life science, healthcare, etc.), geographies (including international) and execution types (CMBS, bank balance sheet, life insurance company, government agency and debt fund).

Member, Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)
NY Real Estate Salesperson License (#10401368968)

Deal Name	Clients	Location	Asset Class	Type	Loan Amount
Terminal Warehouse	L&L Holding Co. / Columbia Property Trust / Confidential Financial Client / Allianz	New York, NY	Office	Renovation	$1.250B
Project Solar	Blackstone	Various	Multifamily	Refinance	$1.075B
Project Monster	Affinius	Northern Virginia	Data Center	Construction	$530,000,000
One Park Avenue	Vornado Realty Trust / CPP Investments	New York, NY	Office	Refinance	$525,000,000
Haus25	Veris Residential	Jersey City, NJ	Multifamily	Refinance	$343,100,000
Two Blue Slip	Brookfield Properties	New York NY	Multifamily	Refinance	$337,500,000
South End Life Science Campus	Blackstone	Boston, MA	Life Science	Acquisition	$332,000,000
The Gateways	Onyx Equities / Taconic Capital / Axonic / Garrison Investment Group	Newark, NJ	Office	Refinance	$325,000,000
Project Smile	Investcorp	Various	Multifamily	Refinance	$323,600,000
Project Watt	Blackstone	Northern Virginia	Data Center	Acquisition	$318,500,000
55 Hudson	Tishman Speyer	Jersey City, NJ	Multifamily	Construction	$300,000,000
Denver/Boulder Industrial Portfolio	Starwood Capital Group	Denver, CO	Industrial	Acquisition	$263,000,000
Greater Philadelphia Industrial Portfolio	Partners Group / MRP Realty	Philadelphia, PA	Industrial	Acquisition	$171,000,000
Hudson Crossing Industrial Park	Partners Group / Onyx Equities	Rockland County, NY	Industrial	Acquisition	$164,600,000
StorQuest Self-Storage Portfolio	CBRE Investment Management / William Warren Group	Various	Self-Storage	Acquisition	$114,000,000
325 Hudson Street	DivcoWest	New York, NY	Office	Acquisition	$112,000,000
345 Seventh Avenue	Empire Capital Holdings / Namdar Realty	New York, NY	Office	Acquisition	$85,000,000

Affinius Capital
Allianz Real Estate
American Real Estate Partners
Arcapita
Arden Group
Blackstone
Brookfield Properties
CBRE Investment Management
Columbia Property Trust
CPP Investments
DivcoWest
Etude Capital
Harrison Street Asset Management
Investcorp
KKR & Co., Inc.

L&L Holding Company
Northland
North Palisade Partners
Oxford Properties Group
Partners Group
Spartan Investment Group
Starwood Capital Group
TA Realty
T5 Data Centers
Tishman Speyer
Vanbarton Group
Veris Residential
Vornado Realty Trust
Wentworth Property Company

Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group

The Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group was formed in 2016 by Tom Traynor and James Millon[1], who joined from Deutsche Bank, and is currently led by industry veterans and debt experts Tom Traynor and Tom Rugg, another Deutsche Bank alumnus. The team specializes in arranging complex financing solutions for its clients. The team sits in New York City and represents a wide array of institutional investors and owners of institutional real estate.

Since joining CBRE in 2016, the Group has arranged over $65 billion in property-level financings for its clients. Mr. Traynor and Mr. Rugg's experience as principal lenders, having structured capital stacks for many of the industry’s top participants, informs the Group’s ability to advise for its clients today.

The Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group is unique as it serves its clients as advisors, bankers and transaction managers on some of the largest and most complex loans in the market. The Group covers all asset classes (Office, Industrial, Multifamily, Data Center, Life Sciences, Retail, Self-Storage, Hospitality, Healthcare, etc.), geographies (including International) and execution types (CMBS, Bank Balance Sheet, Life Insurance Company, Debt Fund and Agency). The Group’s deep relationships with Commercial and Regional banks, Life Insurance Companies, GSEs, Wall Street & Investment Banks, CMBS lenders, Debt Funds, Mortgage REITs, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and Pension Funds allow the Group to provide its clients with direct lines to capital in delivering creative and efficient financing solutions. The Global Institutional Debt Advisory Group augments its platform and reach through its strategic partnerships with many of CBRE’s top-performing professionals across the globe, ensuring superior client service and outcomes.

[1] James Millon currently serves as President of Debt & Structured Finance at CBRE.