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Ari Hirt
Marketing Director, Capital Markets
Ari Hirt is a managing director on the Capital Markets team at Walker & Dunlop, based in New York City, New York. In his role, he is responsible for the firm’s placement and execution efforts for commercial real estate developers, owners and investors nationwide. Mr. Hirt also is responsible for business development, including sourcing and evaluating new financing opportunities.
Throughout his career, Mr. Hirt has completed over $20 billion in debt and equity transactions for institutional and private commercial real estate owners and developers. He has been quoted as a thought leader by numerous industry publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Commercial Observer, The New York Real Estate Journal, and Real Estate Finance and Investment. Earlier in his career, Hirt held senior positions as a lender at Nomura Asset Capital Corporation and Key Bank.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Mr. Hirt founded and co-chaired the Yeshiva University Real Estate Executive Circle (YUREEC), an industry networking group. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University’s Sy Syms School of Business and previously lectured on real estate matters at Columbia University and the Real Estate Board of New York. Mr. Hirt is an active member of AIPAC’s Real Estate networking group and serves on AIPAC’s National Council and is a Vice Chair of its New Leadership Network.
Mr. Hirt earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Yeshiva University and his master’s in business and finance from the New York University from Stern School of Business.