New York, NY — February 26, 2026 — Lument has announced the hiring of Alex Florea as managing director and Kevin Lukehart as director to support the firm’s expansion of its real estate investment sales platform into seniors housing, with a focus on advising seniors housing investors, developers, and owner-operators on marketing and disposition strategy, as well as portfolio optimization.
Florea will lead the team, working closely with John Sebree, head of real estate investment sales, and Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare debt production.
“Our goal is to provide clients with a unified advisory platform where investment sales and debt teams operate in lockstep,” said Sebree. “Alex and Kevin deepen our investment sales expertise into seniors housing and will leverage the strength of Lument’s debt platform to deliver more coordinated and comprehensive solutions for our clients.”
Before joining Lument, Florea worked at Blueprint HCRE, most recently as a managing director leading the national institutional coverage team. In that role, he provided comprehensive advisory, disposition, recapitalization, and portfolio restructuring services to seniors housing investors, developers, and owner-operators, closing over $2 billion in transactions as a broker and over $7 billion as a principal in prior roles at Ventas, Enlivant, and Care Capital Properties (now part of Sabra Health Care REIT).
Lukehart also worked at Blueprint prior to Lument, teaming with Florea on the origination and execution of more than $1 billion in seniors housing transactions.
“We see a significant opportunity to bring a more integrated advisory approach to seniors housing investors at a pivotal time for the sector,” said Florea. “By combining Lument’s established seniors housing debt platform with expanded investment sales capabilities, we are positioned to help clients optimize portfolios, execute strategic dispositions, and navigate an evolving market with greater precision and insight.”
For over 35 years, Lument has provided seniors housing organizations with comprehensive capital solutions for new construction, substantial rehabilitation, renovation, refinancing, acquisition, and divestiture.
About Lument
Lument, a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation USA, is a national leader in commercial real estate finance and delivers a comprehensive set of capital solutions customized for investors in multifamily, affordable housing, and seniors housing and healthcare real estate. Lument offers Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, USDA, and balance sheet financing, as well as a full suite of capital market lending products. In addition, Lument provides a suite of real estate advisory solutions including real estate investment sales, investment banking, and investment management solutions. The company has approximately 550 employees in over 30 offices across the United States.
Securities, investment banking, and advisory services are provided through Lument Securities, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Lument Investment Management, LLC, is registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, visit https://www.lument.com/.
