Chris Apone is Managing Director of Mortgage Banking at Berkadia, based in the Miami, FL office. With 20+ years of commercial real estate finance expertise, Chris specializes in providing capital solutions for a variety of asset types, with a particular focus on multifamily and office properties throughout the country. Chris has extensive experience working with a variety of lender types including agency lenders (Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae), structured finance sources, life insurance companies, CMBS/Wall Street, and non-recourse bank lenders. With extensive experience in both the underwriting and marketing of commercial real estate assets, he brings both a technical and creative approach to each deal. Chris has been involved in the sale and financing of commercial and multifamily properties totaling approximately $25 billion.
Prior to joining Berkadia, Chris served as Senior Vice President within CBRE’s Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance Division. Chris started his career as a market research analyst at Cushman & Wakefield and shortly after was recruited by CBRE to work with a top producing capital markets team where he was involved in over $5 billion of office and industrial investment sale assignments on behalf of institutional clients.

















