Talmage, LLC announced today the hiring of James Evans as Managing
Director. Evans will be responsible for the company’s capital markets
activities with a particular focus on fundraising. In addition to these
roles, Evans will assist with the origination of large loan special
servicing opportunities, development and marketing of future Talmage
offerings and implementation of Talmage’s Investor Relations program.
Edward L. Shugrue III, Chief Executive Officer of Talmage and Evans have
a long-standing relationship that began with the formation of Sam Zell’s
Capital Trust (NYSE: CT) in 1997.
“We are thrilled and delighted to have James Evans on the Talmage team
as we continue to grow our business and expand our footprint,” said
Shugrue.
Evans brings nearly 30 years of experience in the institutional real
estate industry. Over the course of his career, he has led or
participated in capital markets offerings totaling more than $3 billion.
In addition to his capital markets experience, Evans has lent or
invested more than $1 billion of capital in a broad range of real estate
products, markets and structures.
Talmage is an active investor in, and advisor/special servicer on, large
and complex commercial real estate transactions. Since 2003, Talmage has
made in excess of $10 billion of commercial real estate fixed income
investments, acted as the special servicer on $10 billion of
transactions and advised on more than $30 billion of loan restructurings
and modifications. Talmage is independently owned and offers
conflict-free advice to its institutional clients.
