Jack Cohen Appears on RiskWatch

To kick off CRE Finance Council’s January Conference 2022, Vcheck Global’s Seth Harlan speaks with Jack Cohen, President and Chief Innovation Officer of Stronghill Capital, a subsidiary of ArrowMark Partners, and past Chairman of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council for this episode of RiskWatch. Highlights from this RiskWatch podcast episode include property types to watch this year and Jack’s thoughts on reputational risk and risk tolerance in the lending space.

Jack has 40-plus years’ experience in commercial real estate, beginning his career with Cohen Financial as a loan originator before taking the reins as CEO and holding that leadership position for 25 years. He has been honored with various awards in his career, including the CREFC Founder’s Award for his lifelong contributions to commercial real estate securitization. During this week’s CREFC Conference, Jack is leading the event’s Young Professionals Roundtable and moderating discussion “Lending Time Warp: The Future of CRE Finance”.

0:44 – 2:53 Property types to watch

2:55 – 4:18 Reputational risk issues when vetting borrowers and opportunities

4:19 – 5:11 Considerations when reviewing due diligence findings

5:12 – 7:45 Risk tolerance in the lending industry

7:48 – 11:18 Emerging commercial real estate technology to watch

11:23 – 12:15 How to stay up to date with Jack