Chris Lama

In 1992 Chris joined his brother John and father John G. Lama at New York Urban as a property inspector, assisted in underwriting commercial properties. Through affiliations with national lending sources, NY Urban provides borrowers with Construction, Permanent, Bridge, Mezzanine and Equity for all income producing property types. Since 2000, the firm has originated over $5 Billion in commercial mortgages throughout the country. Chris's responsibilities were expanded to include CMBS originations and loan management for the parent company. Since 2000, Chris has originated over 80 transactions totaling $2.5 billion that encompass the full extent of commercial real estate financing including debt, mezzanine, construction and 1031 financings. Along with his brother John and father John G. they created NY Urban Funding; which is a Bridge and Mezzanine lending platform. Since 2006 the entity has funded over $100 million in high yield mortgages and mezzanine positions.