BankUnited has announced that Scott Lublin has been selected to lead the New York commercial real estate lending business for the bank as of January 1, 2017. Lublin will take over for the retiring Sam Giarrusso, with whom Lublin worked at M&T Bank nearly 20 years ago. Lublin came to BankUnited in 2013 as a senior vice president. He earned his bachelor’s degree at SUNY Buffalo and his MBA at Fordham University. John Kanas, chairman, president and CEO of BankUnited said, “Sam and his team have done a remarkable job of building a first class real estate lending business in New York from scratch. He has assembled an extremely qualified staff of real estate lending professionals with Scott at the top of that list. We owe Sam a great debt of gratitude and wish him the very best in retirement.”
