David Oheb, 33

David Oheb’s more than decade-long run at Meridian Capital Group began as an intern in an unconventional desk setup. When the brokerage ran out of cubicles at its Manhattan headquarters, Oheb sat for several months in the mailroom making calls to originate new deals.

“I was making cold calls and people were dropping off mail to my right,” Oheb said, reflecting on his initial days at Meridian after earning a business administration degree with concentrations in real estate, finance and business law from Boston University. “It was a humbling experience.”

Oheb’s resilience in those early days at Meridian paid dividends with his internship resulting in a full-time broker position. He has since been promoted multiple times to his current position of managing director, and in 2020 he took on an expanded role growing Meridian’s Los Angeles office.

During his 11 years at Meridian, Oheb has negotiated and closed more than $1.2 billion of financings across 150 transactions. Among his highlights was arranging a $32 million loan in 2023 from Bank of America for ASG Equities to refinance 25 Church Street, a 53,634-square-foot, mixed-use property across from 1 World Trade Center anchored by the experiential Mercer Labs Museum of Art and Technology.

“Getting a speculative museum financed in New York City post-COVID is not easy,” Oheb said. “A lot of lenders wouldn’t do it, but our processes are very sophisticated and very thorough, and we covered all the lenders in the market that could potentially be a good fit, and we ultimately got a fantastic loan that closed while they were still in mid-construction.” 

When not closing deals, Oheb says he enjoys traveling and following sports, especially basketball. He is also very close with his family, which was a big driver in him making the move from Great Neck, Long Island, to L.A. in early 2020 to be closer to them.