Mr. Ostroff joined Arbor in October 2009 as Arbor’s DUS® Chief Underwriter. He is responsible for assigning and directing the staff in conformity with sound credit practices and Fannie Mae guidelines as well as running the full spectrum of multifamily product offerings, including market rate acquisitions and refinances, bond credit enhancements, MAH-qualified transactions, seniors housing projects, moderate rehabs and supplemental loan transactions.
During his career, Mr. Ostroff has underwritten properties spanning multiple asset classes and types. Prior to joining Arbor, he served as Vice President/Client Manager and Chief Multifamily Underwriter for Zenta, a third party due diligence and consultancy firm, where he managed the company’s multifamily and affordable housing due diligence and underwriting platform and served as the Senior Underwriter for several CMBS transactions. Before Zenta, Mr. Ostroff spent approximately ten years with Centerline Capital (fka Related Capital/CharterMac) in positions including Assistant Vice President, Vice President and Senior Vice President/Chief Underwriter of Affordable Multifamily Debt and Equity.
Mr. Ostroff holds a B.A. in Political Science from George Washington University and a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law.