"There are a lot of banks and dealers ramping up deals, and borrowers who have traditionally looked to the bank market for loans are now looking at CMBS lenders."

March 26, 2004 12:00 am

--Jonathan Pollack, head of CMBS trading and syndication at Deutsche Bank, commenting on the booming CMBS market in Europe.

"There are a lot of banks and dealers ramping up deals, and borrowers who have traditionally looked to the bank market for loans are now looking at CMBS lenders."--Jonathan Pollack, head of CMBS trading and syndication at Deutsche Bank, commenting on the booming CMBS market in Europe.

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