TJ Heither

Head of National Originations

TJ Heither is the Principal and Head of National Originations for Morning Axe Management. He leads the origination efforts for the company and is responsible for business development, sourcing, underwriting and structuring commercial real estate loans across the country.

Prior to joining Morning Axe Management, Mr. Heither was the Senior Vice President of Commercial Real Estate with Mutual of Omaha responsible for overseeing the National CRE loan portfolio. He was part of the original CRE team which successfully launched a start-up national commercial real estate lending program. Mr. Heither helped grow the bank’s CRE loan portfolio to $3 billion. He was one of the acquisition team members who acquired 6 banks across the country, and he held multiple senior level positions within the bank. Mr. Heither originated loans for the bank, United of Omaha, Freddie Mac, Key Bank, and Principal Life Insurance. He is a relationship focused national commercial real estate loan officer with over 23 years of lending experience and has originated over $5 billion of commercial real estate loans during his career for life companies, banks and agency lenders.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Heither was an Investment Officer with Principal Global Investors in Des Moines, Iowa. He originated commercial real estate loans ranging in size from $10 million to $100 million per transaction in the Northeast. He originated long-term permanent loans, bridge, construction/permanent, CMBS, mezzanine, and preferred equity.

Mr. Heither earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance from Wartburg College.