Chicago Banking Executive Joins Bridger Commercial Funding

Bridger Commercial Funding announced today the addition of a veteran Midwest commercial real estate lender to head its Chicago office.

William (Bill) Schlesser, who formerly held senior lending positions with major banks in Chicago, has joined Bridger as its Vice President responsible for cultivating and managing relationships with Midwest banking institutions. Schlesser joins Bridger following a 20-year career as a construction and permanent lender with major national and international banks.    

Bridger is extremely fortunate to have an individual of Bills caliber join our company," said Peter Grabell, Senior Vice President of Relationship Management. Bills extensive experience in commercial real estate finance will prove to be tremendously valuable to our bank customers in helping them profit from opportunities and strategies relating to the commercial real estate capital markets." Bridger provides banks with access to the commercial real estate capital markets through its CMBS loan origination program and its BankXchangeTM loan-trading platform.

The Chicago office of Bridger Commercial Funding is located at 101 West Grand Avenue, Suite 200, Chicago, Illinois, 60610. Mr. Schlesser can be reached at (312) 923-9699, or via e-mail at wschlesser@bridgerfunding.com.

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Bridger Commercial Funding (www.BridgerFunding.com) is the U.S. banking industry's leading provider of commercial real estate capital and balance sheet management services, delivering permanent loan origination and seasoned debt trading capabilities to over 1,200 banks and 3,000 loan officers nationwide. Bridger gives banks ready access to the secondary mortgage market as a balance sheet management strategy that efficiently reallocates risk. Through the companys CMBS loan origination program, banks boost financial performance by generating substantial fee income while retaining and enhancing borrower relationships. In addition, Bridgers BankXchangeTM platform optimizes banks loan portfolio risk profiles and returns by facilitating purchases and sales of loan portfolios, whole loans and participations.