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Aaron Appel

Aaron Appel is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Institutional Advisory at Walker & Dunlop, where he leads nationwide debt and equity financing across commercial property types. He co-founded AKS Capital Partners, whose team reported more than $100 billion of debt and equity originations before its 2020 acquisition by Walker & Dunlop. At JLL, his team placed more than $50 billion, according to the firm.

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Known For

  • Building institutional real estate finance teams at AKS Capital Partners and JLL.
  • Co-founding AKS, acquired by Walker & Dunlop in January 2020, and continuing as a senior leader after the transaction.
  • Advising borrowers and owners on debt and equity capital across property sectors rather than only one asset class.

Career

Appel began his career in commercial real estate finance at CBRE and Meridian Capital before joining JLL, where he became vice chairman and head of the New York debt and equity capital markets practice. He later co-founded AKS Capital Partners with colleagues and joined Walker & Dunlop when it acquired the business in January 2020. Walker & Dunlop says the AKS team originated more than $100 billion in debt and equity financing; its profile separately reports more than $50 billion placed by Appel's JLL team. These are firm-reported team totals and should not be read as Appel's solo production. At Walker & Dunlop, he now co-leads Institutional Advisory and works across debt and equity solutions for commercial real estate clients nationwide.

Related Pages

  • Investor People Hub
  • National Investor Benchmarks Hub
  • Walker & Dunlop
  • Willy Walker

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