Report|9 Jun 2026

CREFC June Conference 2026: Day 1 Recap

The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) returned to New York City for its annual June conference, bringing together commercial real estate (CRE) finance professionals to discuss key issues affecting the market and the forces likely to drive investment activity throughout the remainder of the year.

Conference co-chairs Amber Sefert, Senior Managing Director, Credit & Asset Management at Trimont, and Kelly Wrenn, Partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, opened the day’s events by welcoming attendees and previewing the conference agenda. Jay A. Neveloff, Partner and Chair of Real Estate U.S. at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, who served as CREFC President and CEO appointee to the committee, also participated in the opening remarks. The speakers highlighted programming focused on private credit and debt markets, borrower perspectives, government policy, servicing, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation, and capital formation across the CRE finance industry.

The presenters recognized…

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