Newmark Group, Inc. has announced the appointment of Colin Cross as Vice Chairman. With more than 15 years of commercial real estate experience, Cross specializes in the placement of debt and structured finance for conventional and workforce housing properties across the U.S. Dallas-based, Cross will partner with existing Newmark Multifamily Capital Markets investment sales and debt and structured finance teams. He will also partner with the firm's Dallas-based Workforce Housing team. Cross has originated and structured over $2.4 billion in capital through varying executions and capital structures throughout his career.

He provides solutions for the entirety of the capital stack-and all stages of a property's life cycle-including joint venture or preferred equity, interim/bridge financing, construction financing and permanent financing through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA/HUD, CMBS, life insurance companies and banks. Cross joins Newmark from Lument, where he and his Dallas-based team were consistently recognized as the firm's top producers. Cross began his career with Walker and Dunlop's loan production and underwriting group, where he underwrote, structured and negotiated deal terms to successfully originate more than $1 billion in senior agency debt.

Cross is active in the Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Multifamily Housing Council and the Urban Land Institute.