Shola Olatoye Exits as CEO of San Francisco Downtown Development Corp. After a Year; Sixth Street’s TJ Wenzel Steps In
Why this matters
Capital markets activity continues to be defined by the rotation from bank balance sheets to non-bank lenders. Private credit funds have raised record dry powder; banks have tightened CRE underwriting standards for the sixth consecutive quarter. The result is a market where well-sponsored deals clear, and marginal credit pays a meaningful spread to do so. San Francisco continues to clear office at the deepest discounts to 2019 basis seen in the cycle, while multifamily fundamentals have stabilized and life sciences in the Peninsula remains active. For LPs, the allocation conversation has shifted decisively toward real estate debt, with equity allocations being deployed more selectively into operator-led platforms.
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Shola Olatoye is leaving the San Francisco Downtown Development Corp. little more than a year after becoming its first chief executive, handing interim control to capital initiatives chief TJ Wenzel as the Lurie-align…
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