New partnership will help ARCS defease with ease.

Howard Levine, president/CEO of ARCS Commercial Mortgage, announced the creation of a strategic relationship between ARCS and Commercial Defeasance, LLC, America's leading facilitator of commercial real estate defeasances.

"The conduit market boom which started in 1997 has created refinancing opportunities from those same borrowers who are now looking for lower rates and/or more dollars. Most of these new transactions will depend on the defeasance of their existing loan. We can help by offering a smoother and more predictable process in partnership with Commercial Defeasance," remarked Levine.

Known industry-wide by its slogan "Defease with Ease," Commercial Defeasance has developed a strategic network of legal and financial professionals that provide the complete defeasance package at the lowest costs and with the fastest executions.

"By combining our respective skills, ARCS and Commercial Defeasance will be better able to speed a complex transaction along," added Levine, "and to deliver that in a very cost effective way. For us, it's another example of the 'value added' philosophy we try to deliver to each customer."

ARCS is one of America's leading commercial lenders, capable of providing Fannie Mac, Capital Markets, FHA, mezz & bridge financing, and even Freddie Mac in selected regions.

In 2005, ARCS provided more than $2.4 billion for 289 properties nationwide. ARCS has also been Fannie Mac's #1 DUS lender 8 of the last 9 years. The company now services a portfolio valued at nearly $13 billion, representing more than 1,800 loans across 39 states.