NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC (“NewPoint”) announces the hiring of Sean Huntsman as Senior Managing Director, Seniors Housing Originations and Katherine Stewart as Managing Director and lead for NewPoint’s Seniors Housing Agency Platform. The new hires expand NewPoint’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare lending platform, which aims to meet the capital needs of investors and operators across the full continuum of care.
The team will target expansion into the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seniors housing space in addition to originating proprietary bridge loan solutions for independent and assisted living properties. Huntsman and Stewart will be based in NewPoint’s new Southern California office.
With a career origination volume totaling more than $5 billion, Huntsman brings more than 30 years of experience originating Agency, bridge and construction loans for multifamily and seniors housing communities. He joins NewPoint from M&T Realty Capital Corporation, where, as Executive Managing Director, he expanded the bank’s West Coast Healthcare Lending Group. Prior to that, Huntsman was an Executive Managing Director with Barings Multifamily Capital, working to establish the firm’s Seniors Housing Platform. He has also held roles with PNC Real Estate and ARCS Commercial Mortgage.