Bio
Chris Albano is a Managing Director in Citi’s Institutional Clients Group leading Citi’s syndication and distribution efforts with the firm’s commercial real estate finance group in the Americas. Mr Albano also lead’s the firm’s CRE Data Center balance sheet activities and overseas Citi’s CRE secured finance activities in Mexico, Central and South America. Mr. Albano leads Citi’s commercial real estate sustainable finance efforts including their focus on CPACE. Mr. Albano spends his time working with the firm’s Institutional clients (REITs, Private Equity firms, large CRE Developers), Senior Loan investors as well as other industry participants from around the world connecting capital needs with capital providers. Mr. Albano has placed or advised on over $300 billion in CRE loan products to investors from around the globe. Since joining Citi in 2000, Mr. Albano has held several positions ranging from the origination of new debt and equity investments, advisory work on M&A and other strategic opportunities, working out real estate owned, executing investment strategies for real estate investment vehicles as well as the sale of investments at the end of their hold period. Working across a wide range of financing alternatives including corporate credit facilities, bridge financing, M&A, LBO and IPO related financing, CMBS financing and property-level fixed and floating rate financing, Mr. Albano is well versed in nearly all capital alternatives. Mr. Albano covers all commercial real estate subsectors including the data center, lodging, office, industrial/logistics, gaming, retail, healthcare, life science, self-storage, manufactured housing, multifamily and single-family rental sectors.