Our team

Better people make better lending

We lend billions of dollars to commercial real estate projects every year. But it’s not just capital that distinguishes us. It’s the empowered nature of our workforce. Our advisors are experienced experts whose sole focus is to deliver financing strategies that enable you to achieve greater success.

Our Better Lending culture – three decades in the making – is built on the skill that comes from pure mortgage lending. Because we start from a position of knowledge about you, your project, and your market, we can design solutions that are fit for your purpose. And because accountability is in our nature, we meet our commitments.

Better by design, better by nature, better for you in every corner of the country.

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Team Gidney and Barda

Action and strategy. Charisma and resourcefulness. Intensity and stealth.

As a team, we thrive on challenge. The bigger the challenge, the deeper our passion. We relish the complicated deals that require expertise, ingenuity and inventiveness. Barry Gidney is a relentless connector, always proactively reaching out and looking to make deals happen for clients. He personifies energy, drive and originality and harnesses those qualities to benefit his clients. As a property owner, he brings a unique perspective to client relationships and has a commonality of experience that makes a difference. Ilan Barda is an advisor and a relentless decipherer, finding solutions to tough situations that elude others. He proactively establishes relationships, developing a deep understanding of his clients’ needs to deliver unique strategies to maximize value for his clients. Together, Barry and Ilan bring a unique combination of boldness and vision, action and strategy, charisma and resourcefulness. It’s that textured balance that enables them to go deep with clients and get deals done right.