Western Alliance Bank has hired Matthew Leivian as senior managing director of its Institutional Commercial Real Estate Finance team, based in Phoenix. Leivian brings 22 years of banking experience, including 15 focused on CRE lending, and will lead a team building a high-quality institutional loan portfolio. He will originate and structure construction, acquisition, bridge and mini-permanent financing for commercial real estate clients nationwide. Leivian previously spent nearly two decades at National Bank of Arizona, where he handled large, complex commercial real estate transactions. The hire supports the bank’s continued expansion of its national CRE lending platform.
Western Alliance BancorporationHiring a senior managing director to expand national CRE lending platform is a strategic investment in growth.