In 2025, SPE Specialists served as independent director, independent manager, or springing member on $1.2 billion in loan transactions across structured finance, private credit, and our first aviation deal. Sponsors continue to choose us for speed, cost-efficiency, and deep transactional expertise—and many first-time users are already repeat clients. More announcements coming soon.

Via Mizner’s return to Chapter 11 headlines — this time involving the Mandarin Oriental hotel and residences — highlights a recurring lesson in complex real estate projects. While the multifamily component exited bankruptcy earlier this year, unresolved structural vulnerabilities remained elsewhere in the platform. This case underscores how distress that is not properly isolated can resurface, even after a project appears “resolved.”

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Independent directors safeguard bankruptcy remoteness across CMBS, ABS, project finance, CTL, and private credit. They protect cash flows, meet rating agency standards, and bolster lender confidence. SPE Specialists provides experienced directors who ensure structures remain compliant, credible, and resilient.

In today’s fast-moving commercial real estate debt markets, timing is everything and the checklists are daunting. At SPE Specialists, we don’t just promise rapid execution, we deliver it. Last week, a sponsor came to us with a last-minute closing deadline and zero margin for error. In under 24 hours, our team had everything in place to keep the deal on track.