Jef L. Elm

Nationally chartered commercial bank

Provides mortgage services

Asset-backed/Mortgage-backed/Structured Finance

Real estate investment firm

Functions as a College/University

Provides mortgages and home equity loans

CBA Mezzanine Capital (Mezz Cap) is a privately owned commercial real estate finance company that acts as a wholesale lender, providing their Strategic Lending Partners with the ability to offer supplemental mezzanine financing in conjunction with their senior conduit loans. Mezz Cap has an array of products (currently Core, Short Term and Core Plus), which allow their Strategic Lending Partners to provide their borrowers with additional leverage of up to 85% of appraised value with their Core and Short Term Products, and up to 90% of appraised value with their Core Plus Product. Mezz Cap's Flow Program, which consists of their Core and Short Term Products, allows their Strategic Lending Partners to offer their borrowers an additional 5% of leverage, up to 85% of appraised value. The entire origination, underwriting and closing process is delegated to their Strategic Lending Partners, which means there is just one underwriting, one approval, one commitment and one closing process, all of which are controlled by their Strategic Lending Partners. Under their Structured Program, their Strategic Lending Partners are able to offer their Core Plus Product, which adds a second mezzanine component secured by partnership interests (a 'C Tranche') to their Core (A/B) structure. Many of the loan process efficiencies and streamlining concepts from their Flow Program remain the same. Mezz Cap will continue to delegate to their Strategic Lending Partners the information aggregation process, including obtaining third party reports, as well as the closing process, while the credit decisions on the C Tranche will be made by Mezz Cap. The Core Plus Product provides for total leverage of up to 90% of appraised value.