KBS stands out as one of the country’s largest owners and operators of commercial real estate and as a registered SEC investment adviser, combining platform scale with a disciplined, cycletested capital markets strategy. Since 1992, the firm has completed more than $45 billion in transactional volume, consistently structuring financings that balance risk and reward, preserve value across cycles, and anticipate evolving capital needs in sectors ranging from office and industrial to multifamily, retail, and hospitality.
A sophisticated internal infrastructure underpins this performance, including inhouse finance, compliance, and asset management teams that have navigated multiple real estate cycles and built deep relationships with lenders and investors. Led by EVP Robert Durand, the finance team specializes in revolving credit lines, construction loans, loan syndications, and complex portfolio financings and workouts. At the same time, CEO and Eastern U.S. Regional President Marc DeLuca oversees firmwide operations and Easternregion acquisitions and asset management, including experience with two Singapore IPOs and the associated U.S. debt financings.
Throughout the past three years alone, KBS has executed more than $9.5 billion in financing and interestrate hedging across owned and clientmanaged assets, spanning acquisition loans, refinancings, modifications, extensions, and 26 interestrate hedging transactions totaling $2.19 billion. Signature deals include an $802.9 million refinancing across major office assets in Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas, Emeryville, San Jose, and Plano, as well as a $550 million refinancing for a Singapore REIT combining a $400 million term loan and a $150 million revolving facility, plus targeted financings such as $38.35 million for Crossroads Distribution Center in Charlotte and $120 million for a threeproperty portfolio in Utah and Texas for a sovereign wealth fund.
KBS also channels its influence into ESG and community initiatives, reinforcing its view that financial performance and social impact are intertwined. The firm supports causes such as Orange County Coastkeeper and Wreaths Across America, logged 279 volunteer hours in 2024, and, through the Green Team established by DeLuca in 2022, is executing an ESG program aimed at achieving a 5% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by the end of 2025, demonstrating how a leading capital markets player can also drive measurable environmental and community outcomes.
Story first published in GlobeSt.