Lindsey Z. Parker

Co-Head, CMBS and Real Estate Capital Markets
305-350-7291
Area of Focus: Real Estate, CMBS
Lindsey Z. Parker
Co-Head, CMBS and Real Estate Capital Markets
305-350-7291
  • OVERVIEW
  • EXPERIENCE
  • INSIGHTS
  • CREDENTIALS
  • PRACTICES
GET TO KNOW LINDSEY

Lindsey Parker’s practice is concentrated on the representation of two of the largest special servicers of commercial mortgage-backed securities in the country. She has a depth of expertise in all areas of loan servicing including assumptions, equity transfer consents, cash management issues, workouts, forbearances, modifications, discounted payoffs, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and REO transitions, management, leasing and sales.

Lindsey also serves as a primary liaison between her servicer clients and national hotel franchisors. For over a decade, she has managed the transition of hotels to REO, negotiating franchise agreements and leading lender and owner related franchise discussions.

In connection with the disposition of REO properties, Lindsey has worked on the sale of many types of commercial properties including hotel, office, retail, multifamily, storage facility and mixed-use assets.

Lindsey’s command of organizational process matches her commitment to ethical practice, both of which work to the benefit of her client relationships.

Q & A
How has your experience in the hotel sector been valuable to your clients?
Hotels are unique assets which require servicers to address multiple considerations as either a lender or owner. By working extensively with each franchisor in these capacities, I have helped our clients cultivate deep relationships and establish protocols to foster efficiency in the handling of future hospitality loans and properties. 
How did the last downturn impact your practice?
My broad experience with a large number of foreclosures, loan workouts and restructurings enables me to fully appreciate the needs of servicers when faced with assets struggling to perform in order to meet their obligations to lenders. By gaining an awareness of these issues, I am more aptly suited to prevent these same problems from recurring during a future downturn.
What makes the hospitality sector unique?
With hotel transactions, you are not just dealing with the lender-borrower role found in office and retail properties. I have a strong understanding of both an operating business and the role that a franchise plays in that business.
EXPERIENCE
Experience
Oversaw the servicing of over $6 billion worth of hotel loans involving sales and loan assumptions, restructurings, mergers, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, forbearances and other workouts, changes in franchises/ flags, operating/ master lease issues, private equity takeovers, changes in management, e...
Experience
Representation of Rialto Capital Advisors in the assumption of a portfolio of four hotel loans totaling $65 million, the collateral of which was sold to a private investment firm. Representation included modifying the loan documents to accommodate a REIT structure and addressing operating lease, man...
Experience
Representation of LNR Partners on a complex loan assumption for a $24 million hotel in Carmel, California. Handled major restructuring of the loan to accommodate a REIT structure and addressed operating lease and management issues as part of the transaction.
Experience
Handled the sale of over 2,000 REOs, with aggregate purchase prices in the billions of dollars, through both the negotiation and closing of individual sales and the structuring and sale by auction of multiple properties. The largest was approximately $216 million, which was the sale of a major hotel...
Experience
Handled billions of dollars in distressed debt related to modifications, extensions, forbearances, discounted payoffs, and deeds in lieu of foreclosure.
Experience
Representation of LNR Partners, the largest special servicer of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans in the country. LNR services 145 pools of CMBS loans, totaling more than $220 billion in principal and relating to real property interests in all fifty states. We have handled over $4.2...
INSIGHTS
New Miami Blog September 16, 2015
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New Miami Blog January 21, 2015
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New Miami Blog October 22, 2014
Lincoln Road property values are soaring to new heights with tenant rents and property prices at record highs. Dating back to the 1920s, Lincoln Road has seen its share of transitional decades, but experts say this time it’s noticeably different:“[i]n the realm of commercial real estate, Linco...
New Miami Blog August 15, 2014
The Port of Miami Tunnel’s opening on Sunday, August 3, 2014 marked a rousing day for Miami. Not just because police cruiser sirens, motorcyclists and tractor trailers inaugurated new, underwater lanes for thousands of vehicles to soon follow, but because it signaled a great accomplishment in ...
New Miami Blog April 10, 2014
An exciting announcement was recently made in South Florida - between May 2011 and today more than 200 new condo towers east of I-95 in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties have been scheduled to be built.  Yes, this is no April Fool’s joke, you read that correctly.  New condo buildings...
CREDENTIALS
  • University of Florida, J.D., Levin College of Law, cum laude, 2007
    Vanderbilt University, B.S., summa cum laude, 2004
  • Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)
    Member, 2010 - 2016
    Children's Bereavement Center
    Board Member, 2022 - Present
    CRE Finance Council (CREFC)
    Member
    Junior League of Miami
    Member
    Spotlight Miami
    Board Member, 2021 - present
    The Florida Bar
    Member
  • Florida
  • Florida Super Lawyers, Florida Rising Stars, 2013 - 2018

    Book award recipient in Legal Accounting