We interviewed Mr. Lowe at the 2011 GreenPearl
Distressed Real Estate Event held in Los Angeles. For more event
information go to www.GreenPearlEvents.com
Raymond Lowe manages the Downtown Los Angeles
offices of Wells Fargo’s Commercial Real Estate Banking Group, a
commercial real estate lender for medium and larger-sized
customers.
Mr. Lowe joined Wells Fargo in 1985, and held prior positions in
both the Pension Advisory and Non-Recourse Real Estate Lending
Groups.
The Real Estate Banking Group provides a broad range of real
estate financial products to well-capitalized commercial and
residential real estate developers, operators, and investors, such
as privately held companies, real estate funds, and public and
private real estate investment trusts.
These products include senior secured and unsecured debt on a
recourse and non-recourse basis, as well as mezzanine debt and
structured debt products.
Ray has been in commercial real estate since 1976. He began his
career with a west coast-based developer of industrial parks and
strip retail centers, where he learned construction management,
leasing, and property management.
In 1985, he joined Wells Fargo Realty Advisors as an asset
manager in the pension advisory group, managing a diverse portfolio
of equity and debt investments for third-party institutional
clients. He eventually became head of the asset management
department. In 1995,
Ray transferred to the then-newly formed Asset Origination Group
of Capital Markets as an underwriter and originator. Renamed Real
Estate Merchant Banking (REMB).
That group became Wells Fargo's non-recourse commercial real
estate lender for senior and junior balance sheet bridge loans,
with more than $8 billion in commitments nationwide. In 2009, REMB
merged with the Real Estate Group into what is now called REBG.
Ray holds a B.A. in music and a teaching credential from the
University of California, Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from California
State University, Northridge. He is active with local community
non-profit groups, including serving on the board of directors for
the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Ray lives in Chatsworth, Calif.,
with his wife Ann. They have two grown children.
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