CRE financing expert and trailblazer Susan Branscome retires at YE 2021

Branscome will exit the company having first established a platform and team for her successors

CINCINNATI, OHIO (August 30, 2021) -- After more than 38 years in commercial real estate financing, Managing Director Susan Branscome announced her retirement, effective December 31, 2021. Branscome, who co-leads the Cincinnati office, joined NorthMarq in 2014 when the Quest Commercial Capital office she founded in Cincinnati was sold to NorthMarq. At NorthMarq, she has participated on the Production Committee, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and with the Women of NorthMarq network.

Under Branscome's leadership, the Cincinnati office has continually exceeded its previous year's production. Already the office has reached its mortgage loan origination goal for 2021 and is on schedule to possibly double it for the year. With Branscome at the helm, the office grew from two employees to nine. Recent additions on the production team include Jeffrey Dietz, senior vice president/managing director, Christina Grimme, vice president, and Chase Dawson, vice president. Long-time co-managing director Noah Juran will manage the office with Dietz.

"I feel very good about leaving this office in really good shape," Branscome said. "This is the time for them to take it to the next level.

Read Branscome's full retirement coverage in the Cincinnati Business Courier.