Rob Rubano

Executive Managing Director

Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

THE LATEST: Rubano is based in Cushman & Wakefield's West L.A. office where he leads the group's National Debt Placement & Structured Finance platform. In the six-month period from June 2019 through the end of 2019, he completed 24 financings for more than $4.6 billion. The transactions included the $1.4 billion acquisition financing of 30 Hudson Yards in New York, the $450 million refinancing of a national hotel portfolio, $365 million in construction financing for luxury hotel and Class A office and retail destination Robertson Lane in West Hollywood, the $115 million refinancing of Marriott Burbank, and the $182 million construction financing of multifamily project AVA Arts District.

BACKGROUND: Rubano joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2018. He was previously with Eastdil Secured. In his career, Rubano has been involved in transactions totaling more than $50 billion. He works on commercial mortgages and secondary loan sales. Rubano has an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management and a BS in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech. He is on the advisory board of Adopt Together.

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