Our team
Better people make better lending
We lend billions of dollars to commercial real estate projects every year. But it’s not just capital that distinguishes us. It’s the empowered nature of our workforce. Our advisors are experienced experts whose sole focus is to deliver financing
strategies that enable you to achieve greater success.
Our Better Lending culture – three decades in the making – is built on the skill that comes from pure mortgage lending. Because we start from a position of knowledge about you, your project, and your market, we can design solutions that
are fit for your purpose. And because accountability is in our nature, we meet our commitments.
Better by design, better by nature, better for you in every corner of the country.
Brian Kimmel
Brian is a member of:
Team Kimmel
Assistant Vice President, Commercial Financing
416.593.2916
Seniors specialist. Relationship builder. Transparent communicator.
Brian brings 30+ years of specialized expertise in multi-family and seniors housing at First National. As a long-time leader in the seniors housing market with deeply entrenched networks, he is a fountain of knowledge with unmatched firsthand insights on the evolution of the seniors housing market across Canada, as well as emerging trends.
Covering more than $6 billion in commercial financing—including CMHC-insured term and refinancing loans—he has led the most complex multi-lending partnerships and the largest restructuring seniors housing deals in the country. Highly respected for his transparency and candor, Brian’s clients trust him implicitly and see him as more than a lender. To them, he is a key business advisor and a critical member of their teams.