Daniel Hayes

Daniel Hayes has almost three decades of commercial real estate investment and lending experience across multiple asset classes. He is currently a Senior Director – Structured Debt in the Chicago office of New York Life Real Estate Investors (NYLREI). In this role, Dan is responsible for the origination and closing of structured loans in the central United States, including construction, bridge and mezzanine financing. In addition to originations and asset management responsibilities, Dan has taken on direct leadership roles with NYLREI’s hotel lending platform and the firm’s diversity/inclusion committee. Prior to joining NYLREI, he has held similar debt and equity investment roles at Heitman, Hunt Investment Management, Capmark Finance, and GE Healthcare Financial Services. He began his career in commercial real estate investment with Low Income Housing Tax Credit acquisitions at The National Equity Fund. Dan has a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Masters in Regional Planning from Cornell University. Dan also holds executive certificates in seniors housing care and management as well as hotel real estate and asset management from Johns Hopkins University and Cornell University, respectively.

In addition to being a board member of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Dan is also an active member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.