Gantry Promotes Loan Producers to Director Roles in Southern California and Upstate NY

Austin Ridge in Los Angeles and Zach Wagner in Buffalo Take on New Roles as Loan Production Leaders at Nation’s Largest Independent Commercial Mortgage Banking Firm

Gantry, the largest independent commercial mortgage banking firm in the U.S., has promoted two of its Associates to the role of Director with the firm’s market facing loan production staff. In their new roles, Austin Ridge and Zach Wagner will directly focus on developing, navigating and closing client assignments while remaining engaged in collaborative financings as part of Gantry’s national production team.

“Gantry prides itself on fostering a collaborative culture focused on developing commercial real estate finance professionals for a career as independent producers,” said Amit Tyagi, Principal and Partner with Gantry overseeing the firm’s Associate mentorship program. “We have succeeded in creating what we consider a best-in-class support system for talent to thrive within our team structure, with the goal of developing individuals with the autonomy to take the lead on assignments and develop new business. Both Austin and Zach continue to excel in this environment, and we look forward to their future contributions as Directors.”

Austin Ridge is based in Gantry’s Los Angeles (El Segundo) office. Since joining Gantry as an Associate in January 2020, Austin has been involved in successful financings for more than $1billion of commercial real estate transactions across the full range of asset classes. He works with a variety of capital sources, including Gantry’s esteemed roster of institutional life insurance companies, CMBS lenders, banks, credit unions, and debt funds.

Zach Wagner is based in Gantry’s Upstate New York (Buffalo) office. Since joining Gantry as an Associate in 2022, has assisted in the production of more than $325 million of real estate transactions across various commercial property types throughout the Northeastern markets. He works with a variety of capital sources, including Gantry’s impressive roster of life insurance companies, agency lenders, banks, credit unions, and debt funds.