Bill Markey
Head of RE Equity Acquisitions
MetLife Real Estate Investors

Bill Markey is a Director and Head of Acquisitions & Capital Markets for MetLife Real Estate Investors. Since 2012 he has spearheaded the acquisition of $20 billion in real estate and completed $8 billion of financing. Prior to his current role he was most recently responsible for MetLife’s commercial mortgage originations, which generated a volume of nearly $1 billion per month. He also asset managed more than $8 billion in assets including Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village and the MetLife Building at 200 Park Avenue. Markey also launched MetLife’s commercial real estate repo desk, which financed mezzanine loans and other structured fixed income positions. Before joining MetLife in 1995, Mr. Markey was an acquisitions analyst for Roebling Investment Company where he completed 25 grocery/drug shopping center acquisitions throughout the eastern half of the U.S.

Markey earned a BA in economics and an MBA from Rutgers University. He is a member of the ULI and a frequent attendee of the MBA and the ICSC conventions.