Brian Buchhagen – Managing Director
Phone: (310) 234-2103
Email: bbuchhagen@lmrei.com
Mr.
Buchhagen is a Managing Director, founding principal and investment committee
member with Latitude Management Real Estate Investors, Inc. (LMREI), formerly Legg Mason Real Estate Investors, Inc. Mr. Buchhagen leads the LMREI origination team with
responsibility for the sourcing, pricing, structuring, underwriting and closing of
equity and debt investments. Since 2002, Mr. Buchhagen has been directly involved
in the acquisition and origination of over $1.5B in equity and debt investments in
value add, transitional real estate.
Prior to joining LMREI, Mr. Buchhagen was a Principal with Prudential Carbon Mesa (PCM), a subsidiary of Prudential Mortgage Capital Company (PMCC). PMCC acquired PCM from the WMF Group, where Mr. Buchhagen Buchhagen worked as a Managing Director in the structured finance division. At PCM, Mr. Buchhagen was responsible for pricing, structuring, underwriting and managing over $200MM in bridge and mezzanine loan investments. Additionally, he lead the due diligence effort for the $130MM bridge loan portfolio purchase from National Realty Funding.
Previously, Mr. Buchhagen was a Vice President for ING Barings Real Estate Finance (ING). At ING, he worked in both an acquisition and asset management capacity with assets in the United States and Canada. He structured, closed and managed equity and debt investments having an aggregate purchase price in excess of $300MM. In 1997, he was awarded the “deal of the month” within the entire ING Group. Prior to ING, Mr. Buchhagen worked in both an asset management and acquisitions capacity at Lennar Partners, Inc. and the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund. In that role, he was responsible for equity and debt investments in excess of $400MM and participated in the securitization of loan portfolios and “B” piece acquisitions. Mr. Buchhagen began his career as a Leasing Manager for Manulife Real Estate.