ACORE Capital announced that Kyle Jeffers and Tony Fineman have been promoted to Co-Heads of Origination. In this role, Jeffers and Fineman will oversee all of ACORE’s origination activities and report directly to Co-Chief Executive Officers Warren de Haan and Chris Tokarski.

“Kyle and Tony are two of the most knowledgeable and respected commercial real estate debt professionals in the United States,” said De Haan. “Their ability to consistently source and originate high quality loans is second to none, making them the perfect fit for this role.”

Jeffers and Fineman previously served as Senior Managing Director, Head of West and Southwest Originations, and Senior Managing Director, Head of East and Midwest Originations, respectively. Their time working with De Haan and Tokarski as well as ACORE’s two other Founders and Managing Partners, Boyd Fellows and Stew Ward, dates back to 1996. Over this period, and while at ACORE, Jeffers and Fineman have been responsible for originating thousands of commercial real estate loans.

Tokarski added, “Kyle and Tony are proven talents who maintain deep relationships with leading intermediaries and borrowers. We have no doubt that their contributions will continue to have an outsized positive impact on ACORE’s long-term success.”

Prior to joining ACORE, Jeffers was a Managing Director at Starwood Property Trust, Inc., where he managed west coast loan originations. Before that, he held senior finance roles at Coastal Capital Partners, LLC, Countrywide Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. and Nomura Securities. Jeffers began his career as an accountant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP and KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP.

Before his time at ACORE, Fineman was an Executive Vice President with Brickman and a Principal at Hillcrest Finance, where he was responsible for originating, underwriting, structuring and closing equity and debt investments. Prior to that, Fineman held senior commercial real estate finance roles at Wachovia Bank, Nomura Securities, Centres Inc. and Terranova Corporation. He began his career as an attorney representing institutional and private clients in commercial real estate transactions.

ACORE Capital, LP is a leading commercial real estate finance company and debt fund manager with approximately $17 billion of assets under management. ACORE is focused on originating, acquiring and managing first mortgages, B-notes, mezzanine debt and preferred equity throughout the United States. ACORE, which is an acronym for Alpha Commercial Real Estate, specializes in providing borrowers with customized financing solutions at competitive rates and flexible terms.