Faisal Ashraf got his taste for international waters at an early age, moving around the globe with his diplomat parents, Raheela and Sajjad Ashraf. He was born in Kenya, before moving to Mozambique, ...

New York-based Lotus Capital Partners helped arrange $400M in financing for Via Mizner, a mixed-use project in Boca Raton, last year. Lotus is currently arranging another $200M for the project. “We’re ...

Brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald launched its CCRE lending platform four years ago to fill the vacuum as big banks curtailed their lending. And last July, Faisal Ashraf came on board to build the ...

Penn-Florida Companies just closed on nearly $400 million in financing for Via Mizner, a mixed-use project in Boca Raton. New York-based Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies is the lead lender, ...

“Ours is a story of career bankers and career distribution people that have come together to build a real estate capital markets advisory shop,” says Lotus Capital founder Faisal Ashraf. NEW YORK CITY ...

Commercial Observer caught up with Faisal Ashraf, Lotus Capital’s founder and managing partner, at the CREFC conference in Miami to learn more about the launch. I’ve never seen so many happy people in ...