Real Estate Forum: Forum 100
Berkshire Capital Financial, LLC
Finance | Honorable Mention
Company:   Berkshire Capital Financial, LLC    
Address: 369 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor    
City: New York    
State: NY    
Zip:   10017    
Phone: (212)986-9751    
Fax: (212)986-9863    
Email: dsoares@berkshirecapital.net    
Website: www.berkshirecapital.net    
Key Executive      
1. Name: David R. Soares    
    Title: Managing Director    
2. Name: James McCarthy      
    Title: SVP- Chief Underwriter    
3. Name: Andrew Choe      
    Title: VP- Underwriter    
4. Name: Mimi Nyugen    
    Title: AVP- Business Development    
*Number of Offices: 1    
*Number of Employees: 15    
*Gross Revenues Fiscal Year 2006: 4.2 million    
*Projected Revenues Fiscal Year 2007: 9.0 million    
Selected Areas of Specialization: High Yield first mortgage Bridge Financing starting at 30 day LIBOR plus 5.5%. Will do B piece financing in senior debt, including non-recourse land loans and construction loan. We buy discounted performing & non-performing commercial mortgage pools    
Company Overview: Berkshire is a privately held direct lender who finances nationwide both bridge and permanent financing.    
*Total Number of Financing Transactions
Arranged or Committed in 2006:
112    
*Total Value of Financing Transactions
Arranged or Committed in 2006:
320.0 million    
Percentage by Financing Type:      
Public Debt: 25 %    
Private Debt: 50 %    
Public Equity: %    
Private Equity: %    
Hybrid: 25 %    
Value by Financing Type:      
Public Debt: 80.0 million    
Private Debt: 160.0 million    
Public Equity: .    
Private Equity: .    
Hybrid: 80.0 million    
Percentage by Property Type:      
Office: 8 %    
Industrial: %    
Retail: 12 %    
Apartments: 23 %    
Hotels: 27 %    
Other: 30 %    
(Please specify) Land Loans    
Percentage by Geographic Area      
Northeast: 47 %    
Southeast: 27 %    
Midwest: 27 %    
Southwest: 27 %    
West: 27 %    
International: 27 %    
Percentage by Rate Types:      
Fixed: 62 %    
Floating: 38 %    
Interest-Only: %    
Percentage by Loan Types:      
CMBS: %    
Construction: %    
Mezzanine: %    
Permanent: %    
Bridge: %