David Ridini
dridini@canyonpartners.comDavid J. Ridini is a Managing Director for Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund and Canyon Capital Realty Advisors (collectively "Canyon").
Mr. Ridini is based in New York and is responsible for identifying and overseeing new acquisition opportunities in the Northeast region.
Mr. Ridini has over 19 years of real estate experience. Prior to joining Canyon, Mr. Ridini was a Managing Director in the Global Commercial Real Estate Group of Lehman Brothers, Inc. He was responsible for originating and structuring capital for real estate investments on a national platform. David has sourced, structured, and managed the credit underwriting and closing of 180 transactions with a total market capitalization of $13 billion. In this capacity, he invested equity and provided debt (large loan CMBS, syndicated loans and mezzanine loans) for the acquisition, redevelopment and reposition of opportunistic commercial real estate. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, David spent 7 years at GE Capital Corporation where he held various positions in the commercial real estate group including REO portfolio management, RTC acquisitions and Florida District Manager. David holds a BA in economics from Harvard University.
