Profiles
For over 30 years The Bond Street Capital Companies have provided financing to real estate owners and developers. We have sourced equity and debt for real estate projects nationwide. As an Advisor, integrated into your team, we focus on bringing the right capital for each project. We are there for our clients before, during, and after the transaction has closed. It is the long term commitment to our client’s success that sets Bond Street apart from the crowd.
Joseph Forman, educated as an Attorney, was admitted to the California Bar in 1979. Shortly thereafter he elected to pursue a career in business landing a job at one of the premier commercial real estate investment banking firms in the Los Angeles area. He spent the next several years representing Borrowers placing debt and equity on a wide variety of commercial property types.
In the early 1980’s Forman moved over to the capital side of the business joining a Los Angeles financial institution in what would be called today “the Structured Finance Group.” In the five years as the senior executive, he developed a team of forty professionals managing investments with the best in breed developers in Southern California with total assets in the group exceeding one billion dollars.
In the late eighties he left the institutional world and formed a company to purchase and operate a wide variety of properties with financial partners. In the early nineties the company began to represent financial institutions and borrowers originating debt and equity for properties located throughout the United States.
Since 2001 he has focused his efforts on developing The Bond Street Capital Companies, Inc. The company initially began as a direct lender with a CMBS program and ultimately grew to represent multiple sources providing capital for a wide variety of property types. Forman continues to represent a select group of clients in his capacity as an Integrated Advisor to these firms. His current clients owns assets in excess of two billion dollars representing property types from hospitality, multi-family, Self Storage, Industrial and Retail to name a few. Forman has originated over three billion dollars in financings during thirty
Jeff attended at Cal State Northridge and the San Diego Golf Academy, where he studied business and played College Golf. He aspired to play professional golf until an injury caused him to focus on his business career. Graduating in 1992 Jeff Spent the next 10 years building golf courses and working in the golf business.
Jeff joined Bond Street as a commercial loan originator in 2003. While he has financed nearly every kind of commercial real estate, he is a specialist in Mobile Home Park finance. For the past 15 years Jeff has developed a loyal client base that he takes great pride in servicing.
In addition to a strong background in MHP finance, Jeff finances all other asset classes and has strong capital relationships with a wide variety of capital sources. Taking the time to find the right loan and lender to fit his client’s needs is of the utmost importance and always working closely with his clients from start to finish. This has been the key to his success over the last 18 years as commercial real estate professional.
Jeff lives in Newbury Park Ca. with his wife Kimberly along with 2 dogs, Gracie and Saul. They have a daughter Malia who is a completing her training as a nurse.
