Nate Barnson

Nate Barnson serves as managing director of production in Northmarq's Salt Lake City regional office, where he works with diverse capital sources to originate, underwrite and close construction, permanent and bridge financing. In his career, he has closed more than $4 billion of financing with various lenders including banks, insurance companies, CMBS, credit unions, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD along with private capital and equity sources. 

Nate has more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience. He spent two years working for a private developer remediating and developing brown-field real estate and one year as a co-founder of The Utah East Africa Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that built an AIDS relief clinic in Uganda, Africa. He joined Western Capital Realty Advisors in 2005 until they were acquired by Northmarq in 2017. 

Nate earned dual Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Utah in economics and Spanish and has an MBA from Westminster College. He is also a licensed real estate agent in the state of Utah. Nate enjoys outdoor activities, golf, skiing and spending time with his wife and his five children.