Financing Solutions to Help Your Business Grow
Whether you’re looking to secure a Commercial Real Estate Loan or to acquire or refinance a commercial building with a Commercial Mortgage Loan, Ascendia offers custom financing solutions to help you achieve your business goals. Our Commercial Lending experts will partner with you every step of the way to design a loan that works best for your specific needs.
What We Finance – retail, multi-family, mixed‐use, commercial, office, industrial, construction, renovation and warehouse property. Ascendia also provides commercial mortgages loans (from $100,000 up to $3.5 million), small business unsecured lines of credit (with a maximum of $500,000) and real estate line of credits that resemble a HELOC.
Counties Served – Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson, Union, Morris, Sussex, Warren, Middlesex, Somerset, Monmouth, Mercer, Hunterdon and Northern Ocean County.
Why Borrow with Ascendia?
- Local decisions and underwriting
- Personalized service
- Fast approval process
- Competitive fixed/variable interest rate options
- Amortization periods available up to 30 years
- Deep knowledge of local real estate market throughout NJ
- Zoning/permit expertise
- Flexible structures and various term lengths
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Meet Your Lending Partners

David Zurheide
Senior VP & Chief Credit Officer
201-421-3271
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David is a proven real estate development professional with almost 50 years of experience actively overseeing profit and loss statements on a project basis, as well as managing sales, marketing, construction, land acquisition, service and homeowner associations. This includes roles at real estate developers, Habitat for Humanity and other banks.

Jonathan Jacobs
VP of Commercial Lending
201-421-3272
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Jonathan has more than 20 years of expertise in commercial lending and credit analysis. He has managed loan portfolios exceeding $90 million as AVP Portfolio Manager at Lakeland Bank/Provident Bank and previously served as Commercial Lender/Account Manager at North Jersey Federal Credit Union.