Suzanne Cope
Suzanne “Suzie” Cope has closed more than $400 million in deal volume over the last two years,
Managing director in Lument’s Colorado office, she originates and closes multifamily loans nationwide, with a focus on affordable housing. Cope plays a pivotal role in assisting developers fund their projects and helping her company reach its growth goals.
Suzanne Cope, managing director, Lument
This past year came with the added challenges of COVID-19. “One of the things that we spent most of the year doing was working with our longer-term clients and helping them with their COVID-impacted properties, growing their business, and being an active part of their strategy sessions,” she says.
The new Lument brand was unveiled last year, and Cope has also been involved in integrating the firm’s legacy brands—Hunt Real Estate Capital, Lancaster Pollard, and RED Capital Group—under the new banner.
After working at Hunt, then Centerline Capital Group, earlier in her career, she rejoined the company as a director in the affordable housing and Federal Housing Administration group in 2017. Cope has also worked at Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital.
The industry veteran’s start came as an intern and eventually a senior account manager at Fannie Mae, where she structured transactions for affordable and market-rate housing mortgage relationships.
While earning her bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing, Cope played on the Tulane University golf team and still has a competitive side. However, in the big picture of affordable housing, it’s not just about who got a deal but that it got done, she says. “As long as the industry defines success as growing affordable housing as a whole and getting one more deal built and providing more services to residents, I think we’re all going to be successful,” she says. “The impact will continue to be exponential.”
The mother of a young daughter, Cope is on the board of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association and is active with Housing Colorado. She has been recognized as one of GlobeSt.’s Women of Influence.
