Arrow Real Estate Advisor

What Arrow Real Estate Advisor does

Arrow Real Estate Advisors is a privately held commercial real estate capital markets advisory firm founded in October 2024 by Morris Betesh, formerly Senior Managing Director at Meridian Capital Group, who departed with 12 team members to establish a new debt and equity placement platform. Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan with regional offices in Lakewood, New Jersey and Boca Raton, Florida, and an announced Philadelphia/Mid-Atlantic expansion, the firm sources and structures financing for commercial real estate developers and investors across office, multifamily, hospitality, industrial, retail, and mixed-use property types throughout the United States.

The firm operates as a relationship-driven intermediary between borrowers and a nationwide network of capital providers that includes commercial banks, life insurance companies, debt funds, CMBS lenders, agency lenders (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac), and alternative capital sources such as Blackstone, Starwood Property Trust, Citigroup, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Madison Realty Capital, S3 Capital, and HPS/BlackRock. Its core competency is structuring complex transactions — including construction financing, bridge loans, recapitalizations, adaptive reuse and office-to-residential conversions, and multi-tranche debt packages — often sourced off-market, with demonstrated execution on transactions ranging from approximately $8M to $350M.

The business model is professional services: Arrow earns transaction-based placement or success fees, typically calculated as a percentage of loan amount arranged, with no recurring or subscription revenue component. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales, driven by individual banker relationships, repeat clients from the leadership's prior careers, off-market deal sourcing, industry press coverage (Commercial Observer, The Real Deal), and selective event presence such as Commercial Observer's National Finance Forum. The firm has scaled from 12 founding members to 30+ team members in approximately 18 months through repeated hiring waves largely drawn from Meridian Capital Group, with senior additions from JLL, Greystone, Cushman & Wakefield, and other institutional shops.

Name

Arrow Real Estate Advisor

Legal name

Arrow Real Estate Advisors

Website

https://arrowrea.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arrow Real Estate Advisors is a privately held commercial real estate capital markets advisory firm, founded October 2024, that sources and structures debt and equity financing for developers and investors across all major property types nationwide via a transaction-based placement fee model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory

NAICS

Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers (52231), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Loan Brokers (6163)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing) (BPAJANAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate Investment Advisory (Acquisitions/Dispositions, Capital Allocation) (BPAJANAA), Real Estate Capital Markets Brokerage (Debt & Equity Placement) (FSAEAJAK), Debt & Structured Finance / Mortgage Brokerage (BPAJABAK)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate financing
• Capital markets advisory
• Debt placement services
• Construction loan brokerage
• Equity placement services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Capital Markets Advisory Fees: Arrow Real Estate Advisors earns fees for arranging debt and equity financing for commercial real estate transactions. As an intermediary between borrowers (developers, investors, property owners) and capital providers (banks, life insurance companies, debt funds, CMBS lenders, agencies), the firm earns success fees or placement fees typically calculated as a percentage of the loan amount. Revenue is generated on a transaction basis, not recurring.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Arrow Real Estate Advisors is a capital markets advisory firm that arranges debt and equity financing for commercial real estate developers and investors. Acting as an intermediary between borrowers and capital providers (banks, life insurance companies, debt funds, CMBS lenders, agency lenders), the firm structures and places financing for acquisitions, refinancings, construction loans, bridge loans, and recapitalizations across office, multifamily, hospitality, industrial, retail, and mixed-use properties nationwide.

Product overview

Arrow Real Estate Advisors operates as a single, unified capital markets advisory platform rather than a modular product suite. The firm specializes exclusively in sourcing and structuring debt and equity financing solutions for commercial real estate transactions nationwide. Their core offering centers on connecting investors and developers with optimal financing by leveraging a deep network of capital providers, delivering customized financing strategies tailored to each opportunity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Capital Markets Advisory Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Morris Betesh has financed over 1,000 buildings and closed more than $20 billion in financings throughout his career
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Meridian Capital Group: Direct peer and Arrow's progenitor firm — Morris Betesh and the majority of Arrow's senior team departed Meridian in October 2024. Meridian is one of the largest privately held commercial real estate finance intermediaries in the U.S., placing debt and equity for the same customer base (developers, owners, investors) across all major property types using the same lender relationships.
• Walker & Dunlop: Public commercial real estate finance company with a large investment partners debt placement platform. Arrow has visibly arranged financings with Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners as a capital source, and the firm competes directly for the same multifamily and CRE debt placement mandates.
• Berkadia: Joint venture between Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies focused on commercial real estate debt placement and investment sales. Berkadia competes directly with Arrow for institutional-quality CRE debt mandates across multifamily, office, industrial, and hospitality.
• Greystone & Co. Commercial real estate finance firm with debt capital markets, agency lending, and structured finance capabilities. Thomas Wayda joined Arrow from Greystone, where he led the non-agency debt capital markets team — direct confirmation of product and customer overlap.
• B6 Real Estate Advisors: Capital markets advisory firm founded by former Meridian executives, with similar focus on CRE debt placement across all property types. Michael Wlody joined Arrow from B6 as CFO & COO, confirming direct overlap in business model and customer base.

Broad incumbents

• JLL Capital Markets: Global real estate services platform with a large debt advisory business competing for the same CRE financing mandates Arrow pursues. Eliott Zeitoune joined Arrow from JLL Capital Markets, Americas, where he spent seven-plus years originating debt and equity — confirming direct overlap in product and customer.
• Newmark Group: Public commercial real estate services firm with a substantial capital markets debt placement practice serving the same developer, owner, and investor customer base. Competes for CRE debt and equity advisory mandates across all major property types and geographies where Arrow operates.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global CRE services firm with an integrated capital markets debt and equity advisory practice. Several Arrow senior team members (Wlody, Ferreira) previously worked at Cushman & Wakefield, confirming product and customer overlap in commercial real estate debt placement.
• CBRE Capital Markets: Largest global commercial real estate services platform with the broadest capital markets debt and equity advisory capability. CBRE competes for large, complex CRE financing mandates including the marquee transactions where Arrow has been visible (e.g., Greenwich $350M, Blackstone $220M).
• Eastdil Secured: Premier real estate investment bank with a debt placement practice focused on large, complex CRE financing transactions. Competes with Arrow for the upper end of the market including the $100M+ construction, recapitalization, and structured financings Arrow has closed.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arrow-real-estate-advisors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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