ReadyCap Commercial LLC has hired Mark Blaha as a director of originations for the bridge lending team in the Chicago and Midwest regions.

Blaha will be based in the company's new bridge lending office in Chicago. He was previously associate vice president commercial banker at MB Financial Bank.

ReadyCap also appointed Fernando Mendez as an associate director and Joram Coxworth as a production analyst in its New York City office.

Mendez was previously an originations associate with RAIT Financial Trust in Philadelphia, while Coxworth was most recently a credit analyst with M&T Bank Corp.