Commercial Real Estate Lenders Looking to Rebuild Portfolios

The distressed commercial real estate market has made it difficult for potential property owners and opportunistic investors to secure funding for new deals, as widespread losses on such assets have led banks to shy away from extending credit in recent months. But according to new data from Jones Lang LaSalle that tide appears to have turned, with a growing number of lenders to the commercial real estate sector anticipating an increase in loan production this year.