Derek Kirma is a vice president based in Arbor’s San Diego, California office. He is responsible for originating all of Arbor’s loan offerings, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, CMBS, Bridge, Mezzanine and Preferred Equity transactions.
Mr. Kirma has a decade of experience in commercial real estate lending. Immediately prior to his current position at Arbor, he served as a multifamily loan originator for Banner Bank. Previous to that, he was a senior vice president of commercial real estate lending at Bank of the West where he built loan production teams and financed multiple commercial real estate asset classes.
Mr. Kirma received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Oregon.