$29.0m Construction Funding and Investment Assets Restructure
Private property development group
Victoria
Property Construction & Development Funding & Commercial Property Investment
Chris is responsible for property related deal origination and structuring, across all forms of property asset classes. He has over 20 years’ experience in property finance and transacted over $2 billion in property investment and development deals throughout his career.
A majority of Chris’ career was in senior relationship management roles within ANZ’s Commercial Property Finance division. Prior to joining EMK Thomas Capital, Chris spent six years in senior executive roles within the property funds management industry and responsible for new client acquisition and portfolio management.
Chris’ predominant area of expertise is working with small to large private family businesses providing advice and structuring solutions on:
Co-Founder Jonathan Koziaris brings over 17 years of banking and commercial lending experience to the organization.
Having previously worked at 3 of the major banks in predominantly Senior Relationship Management roles, Jonathan brings a depth of experience in the Emerging Corporate, Property, and SME Diversified Industry segments.
Jonathan’s predominant areas of expertise include:
Adil Basoeki is an experienced finance professional with strong credit and analytical capabilities.
His experiences working in numerous Senior Business Banking Relationship roles over the l10 years at NAB has provided him the rounded skills essential to tailoring finance solutions for customers in various industries.
Adil has extensive experience in the following areas:
Our client was introduced to us seeking an initial requirement to procure finance for the construction of a 43-apartment project in Moorabbin, having already received an expression of interest from a second-tier lender.
They also planned to leverage their existing properties with the same lender to alleviate any additional equity requirements for the project.
After a full review of their financial position, our solution involved putting together a comprehensive funding IM on behalf of the client group that was tendered to the four major banks.
EMK Thomas successfully procured a $16m construction facility with a major bank and restructured their property securities, allowing for the refinance of the majority of their lending from a second-tier lender to a major bank.
At the same time, we leveraged equity from the remaining properties with a non-bank property lender, providing the required equity for the development.
Our client was able to obtain significant benefits from the solutions implemented including: