Bert Haboucha

Bert Haboucha is a Principal at Bibaco Realty Advisors. Bibaco focuses on advisory and asset management work for Banks, Special Servicers, portfolio buyers, private investors and litigation firms. Bibaco also advises on EB- 5 investments and handles DIP financing for entities restructuring through bankruptcy.

Bert Haboucha recently worked as a senior consultant at OneWest Bank, primarily involved in working through a portfolio of distressed hotel assets on the West Coast and Hawaii. Prior to OneWest, he was a Senior Vice President and region head at iStar Financial, as well as a member of the firm's special advisory committee. Haboucha was responsible for the asset management of a large portfolio of structured finance commercial real estate assets. Prior to joining iStar, Haboucha held the position of vice president and national manager of special assets at Fremont where he supported the growth of the portfolio from $100 million in loans located in California to the nationwide $6.5 billion commercial real estate portfolio that Fremont held in 2007.

Haboucha holds an MBA in corporate, structured finance, and real estate finance and is a graduate of McGill University and Loyola/Sir George Williams University in Montreal.