Rice is the founder of The Berkeley-Essex Group, which provides advisory and consultant services to the commercial and multi-family real estate industry. The Berkeley-Essex Group provides specialized real estate solutions to a range of clients including institutional investors, real estate investment trusts (REITs), developers, corporations, opportunity funds, private equity groups, banks, financi
al organizations, public and nonprofit entities and high net worth individuals. markets. We provide specialized real estate solutions to clients throughout the real estate lifecycle to develop and execute sophisticated real estate strategies aimed at improving operations as well as preserving and increasing property values
K. Craig Rice is a seasoned real estate professional with strong credit analysis, loan underwriting, portfolio management, mortgage lending and investment experience in the real estate finance industry, and has served as a senior vice president, a portfolio manager, and a real estate underwriter in the real estate departments of Berkshire Mortgage Finance, Westinghouse Credit Corporation, Aetna Realty Investors and John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. He also has been a commercial mortgage broker. Rice has been involved in over $2,500,000,000 in real estate transactions. He has originated and underwritten over $1,500,000,000 in real estate loans for the aforementioned lenders on all types of commercial and multi-family properties. Rice is an experienced Underwriter and Risk Assessment Consultant with a proven record of accomplishment with all types of properties. He has strong analytical skills and extensive experience in analyzing and underwriting all types of complex real estate investments. We provide specialized real estate solutions to clients throughout the real estate lifecycle to develop and execute sophisticated real estate strategies aimed at improving operations as well as preserving and increasing property values.
