Gary Wapinski

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About Gary Wapinski

Gary is the Chief Operating Officer of Solace Private Equity. The firm specializes in financially engineered strategies that includes regulatory capital for banks and captive insurance companies. The firm is also partners in an international trading platform and registry for carbon credits. Gary is the co-founder of a boutique loan brokerage firm.The firm specializes in bank financing, and private lending for operating companies, and all real estate classes. The firm is also able to arrange asset based lending, financing for start-ups, and DIP financing. The firm has access to a variety of lenders including family offices and private equity firms, and can raise equity for deals. Gary has been the general partner, managing partner or president of over thirty real estate ventures. The real estate company and it's affiliates have been involved in development, syndication, commercial and investment brokerage,property management, and leasing as well as consulting in Illinois and Florida. Gary has been an equity partner in over $400 million in real estate deals that includes office buildings, strip center's,apartment complexes,golf courses,dirt mining operations,and land development. Gary has also been involved in general construction. He has handled all aspects of development from acquisition,engineering,and site work.The development projects include commercial,golf courses,single family homes condominiums,condo conversions, and townhomes. Gary was also a founder and director of a community bank in Chicago.