CHICAGO, IL - American Street Capital (“ASC”), announced today that Alexander F. Rek has joined as Assistant Vice-President. He brings to ASC experience and expertise in multiple facets of marketing and business development as well as real estate.
Previously, Mr. Rek served as the Director of Marketing at Chicago Financial Services, Inc., a residential mortgage bank for four years. In that capacity, Mr. Rek created, developed, and refined the marketing materials, procurement strategies and branding for the entire sales division.
Mr. Rek holds a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from the University of Colorado-Boulder and is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Illinois.
Igor Zhizhin, Principal of American Street Capital, said, “Alexander is a valuable addition to our team, having demonstrated a strong track-record of innovative and impactful marketing campaigns in the residential mortgage industry. We are very confident his extensive relationships in the residential mortgage industry will allow him to immediately establish himself as a leading resource for commercial lending solutions among our valued residential mortgage referral sources. Alexander will also play a critical role in executing American Street Capital’s national marketing strategy as the firm positions itself to establish franchises in other markets. His combination of business development and marketing skills will undoubtedly serve a great benefit for our staff, referral sources, and clients as the firm aggressively expands its scope outside of Illinois in 2014.”
About American Street Capital: American Street Capital (“ASC”) is a Chicago-based national boutique commercial real estate finance firm with correspondent lending relationships specializing in securing balance sheet and CMBS loans for multi-family, mixed-use, student housing, mobile home parks, assisted living, hospitality, retail, office, owner-occupied properties, and traditional investment properties. With its diverse correspondent relationships ranging from private individuals to government agencies, ASC offers a consultative, customized approach to sourcing commercial real estate debt that is unique among its competitors. Focusing primarily on the more challenging transactions in the small balance segment for loans up to $30MM, ASC has established a national reputation of offering best in class customer service and loan structures that historically were exclusively available to large balance institutional clients. Further information is available at www.amstcap.com. Follow ASC on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/amstcap and Twitter at www.twitter.com/amstcap