Unconventional financing has not always been available in the market. In 1999, a group of real estate owners and investors recognized the need for — and the opportunity presented by this gap in the market. Thus, the RCG Longview lending platform was born. RCG Longview successfully adapts to fluctuations in the real estate market. To date, the Firm has placed more than $2.0 billion in smart money to work in the form of mezzanine, acquisition, construction, bridge and preferred equity investments. This translates to well in excess of $15 billion in total capitalization of real estate.