Avatar Financial Group LLC (“Avatar”), a leading Seattle-based national bridge lender specializing in commercial real estate, has closed an $11.24-million bridge loan secured by the Latitude Apartments in Corpus Christi, Texas. Read Article

By Jerry Zevenbergen & T.R. Hazelrigg IV Commercial real estate investors will face some difficult days ahead and savvy lenders will need to apply the lessons learned through previous cycles of the credit crunch. Fifteen years ago, cheap credit and lax lending standards fueled a housing bubble that set off…

A Seattle lender is providing $30 million in financing to upgrade a three-building Plano office park. The bridge loan from Avatar Financial Group LLC (Avatar) will be used to repair and improve City-View Corporate Center on West 15th Street near U.S. Highway 75 and provide capital for build-out of office…