JLL Elevates Luke Vanderpoel to Co-lead Freddie Mac Platform

22 September 2021

Vanderpoel will co-lead the platform with Senior Managing Director Steve Henderson

CHICAGO – Sept. 22, 2021 – JLL announced today that Luke Vanderpoel has been appointed Senior Managing Director and co-lead of the company’s Freddie Mac platform alongside Senior Managing Director Steve Henderson.

Vanderpoel has nearly 20 years of experience in commercial real estate with a specialization in Agency debt and Freddie Mac loan programs. Over the course of his career, he’s been involved in more than $25 billion of commercial real estate transactions, including Freddie Mac originations. He began his career as a Production Analyst with HFF, which was acquired by JLL in 2019. 

For the sixth consecutive year in a row, JLL was ranked the #1 Freddie Mac Affordable Housing Lender in 2020. JLL also ranked the #3 Freddie Mac Multi-housing Lender by volume in 2020 with year-end transaction volume totaling $9.9 billion.

“As we continue to focus on our multi-housing business and growing our agency lending platform, it was a natural progression for Luke to move into a leadership role within the group,” said Gerard Sansosti, Executive Managing Director and Co-lead of JLL’s Debt and Loan Sale platform. “His knowledge, relationships and affable professionalism make him a valuable teammate for our JLL team as well as our multi-housing clients.”