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BofA, GS, MS and CS (more so for gaming, lodging and leisure), JPM. BBs really dominate landscape because of financing dynamics of real estate type assets.
Houlihan and Baird do well on the MM circuit.
Would consider bofa to be top.
MS, JPM, BofA, Citi, Barclays
Barclays RE is apparently a super chiller culture
GS, BofA, CS, JPM. Barclays and Citi are much weaker IMO
Why do you say that? CS doesn’t have the balance sheet to really compete in traditional RE deals. GS has a very small group. Also, Citi arguably has the best exits to REPE (based on LinkedIn search). Barclays is solid as well and growing tremendously.
As a poster correctly mentioned above, CS does well in areas such as lodging and gaming, data centers etc. but you are correct they are not as strong with traditional REITs. I have buddies at Barclays and they say the group is quite weak so not sure where your info is from. Citi does solid in REITs but not much else in RE.
DB is top for REGLL as well
MS, Eastdil, and GS are the ones I see most often on big ticket M&A / portfolio deals. BofA, DB, and CS are good too but more-so on the financing side and particularly on the gaming / leisure side.
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