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11/11/08
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RENTV's Pro Moves column is where you can find out who's going where and accomplishing what. This section is regularly updated with the latest information about major promotions, new hires, start-up ventures and notable industry awards and appointments. To make sure that important personnel moves from your company are included, email them to allenw@rentv.com.
SAN DIEGO: Matt Kelly -- Voit Commercial Brokerage has named Matt Kelly Vice President of the company’s San Diego office. Kelly, who specializes in sales and leasing throughout the central San Diego market and I-15 corridor, has successfully leased and sold more than 2.6 msf of property and over 110 acres of land throughout his career. Posted 11/11/08
Kelly has acquired many accolades throughout his career. A few previous honors include being named Legacy Partners “Over the Peak” Southern California Broker of the Year in 2001. Kelly was recognized for his involvement in a 50-acre land sale and the development and leasing of a 411k sf, four-building industrial/R&D project. He was also named SDCCAR Investment Deal Maker of the Year in 2002 for repositioning a single client through five transactions leading to the client profiting on three sales and purchasing two key assets for long-term hold.
NEWPORT BEACH: Ian Brown -- Commercial real estate veteran Ian Brown has rejoined Grubb & Ellis’ Newport Beach office as a Senior Vice President with the Retail Group. Brown returns to Grubb & Ellis following a two-year stint as Executive Vice President and Partner with DBN Development LLC, a commercial developer of retail, mixed-use, residential and office space in Southern California. At DBN he was responsible for property acquisition initiatives, as well as overseeing the marketing and leasing of its portfolio of projects. Previously he had been with Grubb & Ellis since 1985 and ranked as one of the company’s top retail brokers nationally. Prior to joining Grubb & Ellis, Brown held positions with Cushman & Wakefield and Xerox Corporation. Posted 11/7/08
EL SEGUNDO: Rick Richter -- Rick Richter has joined the environmental and engineering due diligence consulting firm Partner Engineering and Science Inc as a Principal in charge of the company’s Building Science Division. Richter, a former Principal of National Assessment Corporation, has spent the past 22 years in the real estate due diligence field, as a building scientist, senior project manager and senior author.
During his career, Richter has been personally involved in more than 9,000 real estate transactions providing lenders, developers and property owners with a wide variety of professional services including: physical assessments of properties; surveys for workmanship and code compliance; estimating; oversight management; limited environmental site assessments; engineering reviews of costs; inspections and procedures; cost-to-complete analysis for troubled projects; construction project management; and cost database development and maintenance.
In his new role, Richter will be responsible for project oversight, staff supervision report review and national client management on all Partner due diligence and engineering services activities throughout the United States. In addition, Richter will take the lead in developing the firm's Construction Monitoring Practice and expanding its consulting services provided to equity clients including the preparation of specialized Equity Property Condition Assessments. Posted 11/7/08
SAN DIEGO: Mario Arellano -- Mario Arellano has joined Ware Malcomb as Project Manager, Site Development (Civil Engineering) in the company’s San Diego Office. Arellano is a California licensed Professional Civil Engineer with over six years of civil engineering experience. As Project Manager, Site Development, Mario will support the architectural and site development teams in San Diego, Irvine, and throughout Ware Malcomb’s North American offices. Posted 11/7/08
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES: Jeffrey L. Thompson -- Jeffrey L. Thompson has joined Grubb & Ellis’ downtown Los Angeles office as a senior vice president with the Industrial Group. During his 24-year career as an industrial professional in the downtown Los Angeles area, Thompson has represented a wide range of clients including large corporations, institutional owners, and sole proprietors, completing more than 1,000 transactions. He comes to Grubb & Ellis following 18 years with Colliers Seeley, where he attained the title of senior vice president. He began his commercial real estate career in 1983 with Fox Industrial Realty. Posted 11/7/08
ORANGE COUNTY: Charlie Kennedy/Susan Doan/Patrick DiCaprio/Lacee Rashi -- Charlie Kennedy has returned to Sperry Van Ness as Senior Vice President specializing in the sale of multifamily properties in Orange County. In 2004, he launched his own firm after working for Sperry Van Ness from 1998 to 2004. Also joining Kennedy’s team, as part of Sperry Van Ness’ efforts to continue growing its team in Orange County and other parts of Southern California, are Susan Doan (Senior Advisor), Patrick DiCaprio (Advisor) and Lacee Rashi (transaction coordinator).
With more than 10 years of experience, Kennedy has completed transactions valued at more than $1 bil. Throughout his career, he has consistently been ranked as one of Southern California’s top producing brokers. Posted 10/29/08
LOS ANGELES: Douglas Haney -- Douglas Haney, MAI, has joined IDS Real Estate Group as Director. Haney has been a leading appraiser of commercial property nationally for over three decades and is former president of CB Richard Ellis’ Valuation & Advisory Services Division.
Haney comes to IDS after serving as president of Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis Valuation & Advisory Services from 1991 until he retired in December, 2007. He joined CB Richard Ellis (previously Coldwell Banker and CB Commercial) as a staff appraiser in 1973. He held the positions of Regional Office Manager of the Los Angeles appraisal office, Regional Manager of Consultation Services, and National Marketing Director of Appraisal Services before being named to head the entire appraisal services division.
While overseeing CBRE’s appraisal division, Haney was responsible for increasing the valuation business nationally from 11 to 56 offices, the professional staff from 39 appraisers to 425, and gross revenue from $11 mil to $155 mil. Posted 10/29/08
SAN DIEGO: Mark D. Ashton/Rick I. Wu -- Voit Commercial is expanding its retail team in San Diego with the addition of top senior industry executives Mark D. Ashton, SCSM, and Rick I. Wu. Both senior executives will serve in the position of Vice President.
A seasoned professional, Mark D. Ashton possesses more than 25 years of experience in the industry. Prior to joining Voit, Ashton served as the Director of Property Management for the San Diego division of NewMark Merrill Companies, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations and marketing of the company's San Diego portfolio. He has also been with a number of prominent shopping center developers such as Trizec-Hahn, The Irvine Company and Urban Retail Properties, all primarily located in Southern California since 1981.
Ashton also currently serves as a consultant and advisor to Odyssey Sports and Wellness Center to potentially develop and lease a 400k sf combination interactive sports and retail complex, as well as consults for several local San Diego-based independent retailers, primarily with their site selection efforts.
Rick I. Wu joins Voit with solid industry experience in retail leasing and acquisition. Prior to joining Voit, Wu served as the Manager of Leasing and Acquisitions for American National Investments Inc in San Diego. Wu was responsible for leasing the company's retail and mixed-use development projects including the creation of lease plans, marketing and leasing retail space and negotiating leases. Posted 10/29/08
IRVINE: Thomas Murphy -- Jones Lang LaSalle promoted Thomas Murphy from Vice President to Senior Vice President. Murphy specializes in office leasing in the John Wayne Airport Area, currently representing area tenants including national accounts with Morgan Lewis Bockius, KPMG, Kaiser, and Bank of America. Murphy was awarded Broker of the Year in 2007 by The Irvine Company, has been recognized as the South Coast Metro Broker of the Year and Broker of the Quarter (for Fall 2006) by The Irvine Company, and has received the Top Gun Achievement Award for excellence in Southern California Real Estate. Posted 10/29/08
WESTLAKE VILLAGE: Michael Schiff -- Michael Schiff has been named Executive Vice President and Branch Manager of NAI Capital’s Westlake Village office, where he’ll oversee the operation of the regional office and management of its brokers and staff. He also continues to focus on his brokerage specialty in the leasing and sales of retail properties and investments.
Schiff joined NAI Capital in 2002 and since then has consistently ranked as one of the company’s top producing brokers. He serves as Chair of the NAI Capital Retail Council and is also a member of NAI Capital’s Mentor Team, an elite group of brokerage professionals that provides assistance to brokers involved with complicated transactions. Prior to joining NAI Capital in 2002, Schiff spent over 11 years with Grubb & Ellis as a retail properties specialist. Posted 10/15/08
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SAN DIEGO: Steve Rowland/Michael Roberts -- Steve Rowland and Michael Roberts have joined Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego office, where they will specialize in office and industrial investment sales. Rowland and Roberts, who have worked together for the past five years and combined have over 30 years experience, are well-known for their expertise in the sale of leased office and industrial investment projects in both San Diego County and throughout the Southwestern United States. The pair closed over $225 mil in sales in 2007 alone and have completed multiple transactions totaling over 368k sf of product year-to-date.
Rowland brings more than 25 years of commercial real estate sales experience as he rejoins Cushman & Wakefield, where he spent eight years of his professional career at Burnham Real Estate (1992 to 2000). During his career, he has completed nearly $1.5 bil in investment sales totaling over 13 msf of office and industrial product for both large institutional clients and private clients with significant portfolios. Rowland has consistently ranked as a top producer and has received prestigious industry awards and designations including CoStar’s Power Broker on multiple occasions and Private Capital Investment Group’s 2007 Top Producer nationwide.
Roberts has an excellent track-record in advising investors in acquisitions and dispositions. He has over five years of commercial real estate experience and has advised over $580 mil in investment transactions. Roberts has been an integral team member in the dispositions of many notable projects, including SAIC’s Vista Facility, CB Plaza in Mission Valley, Pacific Sorrento Technology Park in Sorrento Mesa, along with other substantial assets. He was named Rookie of the Year in 2007 and is actively involved in NAIOP as well as the local community. Posted 10/15/08
WEST LOS ANGELES: Craig Hamilton -- Craig Hamilton has joined the Los Angeles office of George Smith Partners, where he’ll bring more than 20 years of industry leadership experience, with an emphasis on distressed real estate. In his career, he has negotiated and closed more than $1 bil of debt and equity financing.
As Senior Vice President, Hamilton will specialize in the management of homebuilding companies, as well as the financing, acquisition, development and construction of residential real estate projects. At GSP, Hamilton will be leading a group of highly experienced executives in two main areas of activity. The first is Advisory Services, which includes the analysis of lender loan and REO portfolios, as well as Trustee/Receiver diligence and strategy. The second is Loan & REO Sales utilizing GSP’s marketing platform to sell whole loans, loan portfolios and REO assets.
Hamilton is also heading the Lender Services Group along with George Smith Partners Principals Scott Bottles, David Rifkind, Gary E. Mozer, Steve Bram and Gary M. Tenzer, as well as Senior Vice President Andrew Levant. The Lender Services Group is focused on effectively marketing and selling lenders’ assets in an accelerated format, while focusing on the highest recovery for the lending institution.
Prior to joining George Smith Partners, Hamilton served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for a regional home-building company where he managed all aspect of operation including project acquisition, entitlement, finance, administration and sales. Hamilton also served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for a large privately-held homebuilding and land development company with nationwide operations. As part of the management team, Hamilton helped build the company into one of the nation’s top 20 homebuilding companies. Posted 10/15/08
SAN DIEGO: Thomas van Betten -- Thomas van Betten has joined Grubb & Ellis as a sales and leasing specialist within the firm’s Office Specialty Division. Van Betten has more than 16 years experience in the commercial real estate industry and most recently served a Director for Cushman & Wakefield Brokerage Services. During his career, van Betten has handled more than 600 lease and sales transactions exceeding 6 msf, and sold over 200 acres to developers for ground-up development opportunities. Along with selling dozens of user buildings, he has been involved in investment sales valued in excess of $365 mil.
Van Betten will be based in Grubb & Ellis|BRE Commercial’s UTC office, where he will focus on institutional landlord marketing assignments, tenant representations and investment sales. He has had a strong focus on landlord marketing assignments in the I-15 corridor, and has recently represented such clients as Kilroy Realty, RREEF, LBA Realty, Cisterra, Prudential, Arden Realty/GE and Cruzan|Monroe. He has also successfully handled assignments for The Irvine Company and Equity Office Properties. Posted 10/15/08
VICTORVILLE: Carol Randall -- Carol Randall has joined Lee & Associates as an Associate Property Manager and Leasing Agent for the company’s Victorville office. Randall has been dedicated to the High Desert area and its continued growth for more than 15 years.
Randall has practiced real estate management for most of her career. Her expertise is in commercial property management with an emphasis on liability and loss prevention. Prior to joining Lee & Associates, Randall spent seven years as a property manager in the Barstow region. Posted 10/15/08
LOS ANGELES: Michael Sullivan -- Michael Sullivan has been named an Associate Director at Marcus & Millichap, where he’ll be responsible for overseeing loan originations in the company's Los Angeles office, where he specializes in structuring debt and equity for office, retail, industrial and multi-family properties.
Prior to joining MMCC, Sullivan was a Vice President in the West Coast office of Mastiff Capital Partners in Agoura Hills. Sullivan's responsibilities included overseeing the firm's acquisitions, analyzing investments, identifying strategic capital partners and implementing the corporate financial process. Prior to Mastif Capital, Sullivan worked for George Smith Partners in Los Angeles. Sullivan began his career in asset management at Charles Dunn Co in Los Angeles, where he oversaw retail, office and industrial properties. Posted 9/23/08
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES: Paula M. Samuel -- Paula M. Samuel has joined DownTown LA Realty Inc to head up their Residential Real Estate division, focusing on corporate relocations, resale and leasing of privately owned condos. Samuel previously managed the real estate portfolios for several major property owners and, after moving downtown six years ago, developed a following among developers and new buyers in the emerging residential market. Posted 9/23/08
HOLLYWOOD: Robert Barani -- Robert Barani joined Gatehouse Capital’s Los Angeles office to support the W Hollywood Hotel and Residences, a new upscale luxury development that will cater to both Hollywood-based royalty and international jet-setters. Barani will assist in marketing W Hollywood Residences to the international markets.
Prior to working with Gatehouse Capital, Barani ran sales and marketing for Related Group International. He also worked in the multi-housing division of CB Richard Ellis’ Latin America and Caribbean regional office. Barani will work with a team of professionals from the Ryness Company, one of the nation’s leading full-service sales and marketing organizations specializing in the needs of new homebuilders and developers. Posted 9/23/08
IRVINE: A. J. Whitaker -- A.J. Whitaker, PE, PLS, has joined Ware Malcomb as Director, Site Development in the company’s Irvine Corporate Office. Whitaker is a California licensed Professional Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor who has over 12 years of experience in all facets of civil engineering and land surveying. Prior to joining Ware Malcomb, Whitaker was a Principal at Stantec, and previous to that, The Keith Companies. He has worked on a variety of commercial developments, industrial distribution and retail projects. He has vast professional knowledge in business development, recruiting, operations, civil engineering design and project management.
In his new role, Whitaker will lead the continued growth and expansion of the site development team throughout Ware Malcomb’s North American markets. He is focused on fostering client relationships, client development and overseeing company wide Site Development projects. Posted 9/16/08
IRVINE: Jereme S. Snyder -- Jereme S. Snyder has been named a Vice President at Colliers International. He will be based in Colliers International’s Orange County office, specializing in retail investment sales for the firm’s Private Capital Advisors group. With more than seven years industry experience, Snyder has closed transactions across the Western U.S. totaling in excess of $500 mil.
Formerly, Snyder was a Vice President at Sperry Van Ness, where he completed transactions upwards of $200 mil in 2007, earning him several top broker accolades from his former firm and media outlets, such as Real Estate Southern California and OC Metro’s annual 40 Under 40 list of business professionals in Orange County. Of the approximate 1,000 brokers at Sperry Van Ness, Snyder ranked in the top ten nationwide. Posted 9/16/08
DANA POINT: Daniel Firtel -- Daniel Firtel has been named Managing Director at the recently launched firm Argent Retail Advisors. Firtel brings a wealth of experience, including a successful, five-year tenure at REZA Investment Group, most recently as Director of Investment Sales, where he played an integral role in positioning the company as one of the top retail investment firms on the West Coast. He began his career by facilitating all market research and due diligence analysis, as well as property analysis and investment sales. Posted 9/16/08
ONTARIO: David Padilla -- David Padilla joined the Ontario office of Grubb & Ellis as an Associate with the Industrial Group. Padilla, who has been in the commercial real estate business since 2003, comes to Grubb & Ellis from the Ontario office of Colliers International. He represents industrial tenants and landlords in the sale and leasing of warehouses, multi-tenant parks, manufacturing facilities and regional distribution centers in the western Inland Empire market. He was recently selected by The Koll Company to market College Business Park, a 313.4k sf, multi-tenant business park the firm recently acquired in Upland. Posted 9/8/08
WEST LOS ANGELES: Megan Miller -- Megan Miller has joined Studley’s West Los Angeles office as an Assistant Director. Miller previously worked with NAI Olympia Partners in Indianapolis, where she represented landlords and tenants in office sales and leasing transactions.
In her first year of business with NAI, she completed more than 20 transactions on behalf of clients such as: Farmers Insurance, Shepherd, Jones, and Reddy, LLC; Indiana All-Star Driving School; and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to working in commercial real estate, Miller worked for the Teach for America program, teaching in urban public schools in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Posted 9/8/08
ORANGE COUNTY: Tyler Kellogg -- Tyler Kellogg, a former Associate at Washington Partners, has joined the Orange County office of Studley as an Assistant Director. During the past four years, Kellogg focused on representing corporate space users in the greater Seattle area and has participated in over 1 msf of leasing. Washington Partners has represented some of the leading companies in the region including JP Morgan Chase, Premera Blue Cross, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Amazon.com, Expedia, Smith Barney, and Bally Technologies. Posted 9/8/08
LOS ANGELES: Rob Sherman -- Rob Sherman has joined TREC Investment Realty as a Regional Sales Director with sales and management responsibilities in Los Angeles, where he’ll be responsible for the sale and marketing of TREC's co-ownership and single-buyer property offerings through licensed real estate professionals, attorneys, and tax professionals.
Prior to joining TREC, Rob was a Vice President for over seven years with a national real estate company headquartered in Encino. As a broker, Rob was involved in the leasing, management and acquisition of office, retail and industrial properties for his clients. He has an extensive knowledge of the investment real estate industry especially in the tenant-in-common area of sales and 1031 exchanges. Posted 9/8/08
ORANGE COUNTY: Martin Pupil -- Martin Pupil of Colliers International has been promoted to Senior Managing Director of the firm’s Greater Los Angeles operations, which includes the regions of Los Angeles, Orange County, Inland Empire and the High Desert. Formerly, Pupil served as the Senior Managing Director for Colliers International in Orange County, the Inland Empire and the High Desert regions of Southern California.
With this promotion, Pupil will spearhead operations in Colliers’ eight Greater Los Angeles offices, which are located in Valencia, Encino, Downtown Los Angeles, Commerce, Torrance, Irvine, Diamond Bar and Ontario. Pupil will provide guidance and support to Colliers’ sales associates and support staff, oversee marketing efforts and grow the Colliers brand within the Greater Los Angeles region. He will be based out of Colliers International’s Orange County office. Posted 9/8/08
SAN DIEGO: Allen Chitayat -- Multifamily brokerage advisor Allen Chitayat has joined the San Diego office of Hendricks & Partners as an Associate Partner, where he will acquisition, disposition and other advisory services to multifamily investors and operators throughout the Southern California region. Chitayat, a 23-year multifamily industry veteran, was a former partner of Apartment Consultants Inc (ACI). Chitayat joins Hendricks & Partners after having assisted in the dispositions and acquisitions of over 400 transactions. Posted 9/8/08
DANA POINT: Terry Bortnick -- Industry veteran Terry Bortnick has formed a new company, Argent Retail Advisors, to serve commercial landlords and retailers across the West Coast. Bortnick’s 20-year career includes a 14-year tenure as a Senior Leasing Executive with Pan Pacific Retail Properties, followed by a successful term as President of REZA Investment Group. Having been responsible for many projects over his career, including power centers, community centers, grocery-anchored centers, specialty centers and strip centers, Bortnick offers his clients a high level of retail leasing and marketing sophistication in addition to a proven track record of value creation. Posted 9/4//08
SAN DIEGO: Roger Simsiman -- Roger Simsiman has Veralliance Properties as Chief Operating Officer, where his new role will include leading asset management activities, overseeing portfolio operations, oversight in construction and development management, interfacing with institutional investors, and new acquisition coordination.
Simsiman brings over 16 years of private and public real estate investment experience to his new position with Veralliance. Most recently, he was Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President with a San Diego-based private real estate company. Prior to that, he held management positions with Kilroy Realty Corporation, Spieker Properties and AMB Property Corporation. Posted 8/26/08
AGOURA HILLS: Frank Chang/John O’Neil -- Frank Chang and John O’Neil have joined AMCAL Multi-Housing Inc’s corporate office in Agoura Hills; Chang as an Acquisitions Manager and O’Neil as a Construction Manager.
As Acquisitions Manager, Chang is responsible for the due diligence, feasibility and escrow coordination processes of multi-family residential development projects throughout California. Prior to joining AMCAL, Chang served as Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for Enhanced Affordable Development.
As Construction Manager O’Neil will oversee all stages of construction for Los Vientos, a family affordable development located in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. A construction management veteran with over 30 years of experience, O’Neil previously worked for Intracorp – Los Angeles, where he was involved in the completion of two high-rise condominiums towers in Long Beach. Posted 8/26/08
IRVINE: Karen Dry -- Karen Dry, Marketing/Business Development Director for KTGY GROUP INC’s Santa Monica studios, has recently become one of the select group of professionals nationwide to earn two of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) top designations – Certified Active Adult Specialist in Housing (CAASH) and Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS). Additionally, she will soon complete two additional designations – Certified Green Building Professional (CGP) and the prestigious Certified Graduate Associate (CGA) – by October 2008.
The CAASH designation identifies her as one of the building industry’s top professionals with skills and knowledge specific to one of the fastest growing market segments in the building industry today – the baby boomer, active adult industry. Her second award designation, the CAPS designation, establishes her as one of the building industry’s leading professionals with experience and knowledge specific to home and commercial modifications for aging-in-place.
Dry has been a member of the NAHB for nearly ten years, receiving a multitude of awards and accolades including her recent induction into the NAHB Society of Honored Associates earlier this year and was named as NAHB’s “Woman of the Year” by NAHB’s Women’s Council in 2007 and “Member of the Year” in 2006. In 2008, Dry was elected as Vice Chair for the NAHB Women’s Council, and will take her gavel as Chair at the International Builders Show (IBS) in Las Vegas in 2009. Posted 8/26/08
LOS ANGELES: Dan Speigel -- Dan Spiegel has been name Senior Vice President of U.S. Operations at Colliers Macaulay Nicolls (CMN).. In this role, Spiegel will be tasked with overseeing the internal operations and infrastructure systems of the company’s U.S. business in order to increase efficiencies, elevate performance and create greater value for all stakeholders.
Spiegel has an 18-year track record in the commercial real estate business and in managing operations and infrastructure systems. Most recently, he was the Executive Vice President of Operations for Transaction Services for Grubb & Ellis. During his tenure with Grubb & Ellis, Spiegel moved quickly up the ranks from Director of Research and Information Services in the Rosemont office to heading up market research operations for the Eastern Region, which included 21 locations in 13 states, before taking on the Executive Vice President role in 1995. Posted 8/26/08
WEST LOS ANGELES: Corey Davidson -- Corey Davidson has been promoted to Managing Director of Studley’s national Corporate Services Group (CSG). Davidson, based in Studley’s West Los Angeles office, served previously as Associate director with CSG. Davidson joined Studley in 2001.
Davidson’s promotion reflects his recent accomplishments, including one of this year’s largest for transactions in the state of California -- the 562k sf build-to-suit headquarters for Brocade Communications Systems Inc in San Jose, which includes an option to grow to 1 msf. He also recently served as key advisor to one of CSG’s national clients, Fox Interactive Media, on its 418.7k sf build-to-suit headquarters in Los Angeles. Posted 8/21/08
LOS ANGELES: Douglas G. Baily -- Douglas G. Baily has joined the Los Angeles office of Transwestern as a Vice President in the Tenant Advisory Services Group, led by Jonathan Larsen. An expert in this field for many years, Baily’s focus will extend beyond tenant advisory services to include asset acquisition and disposition for corporate users, nonprofit organizations and governmental entities. Baily, a former Executive Vice President with South Park Group and Vice President with Spencer Scott Real Estate Group, brings more than 17 years of comprehensive real estate brokerage service experience to Transwestern. Baily’s experience includes expansion, relocation and consolidation strategies as well as renegotiation of existing lease obligations, and asset acquisition and disposition.
Previously, Mr. Baily practiced law in Los Angeles, gaining experience both in private practice and as an in-house attorney. His practice covered a wide range of real property transactions including the negotiation and documentation of complex commercial lease transactions, as well as acquisition, disposition, environmental and land-use work.
NEWPORT BEACH: Robert Del’Ve -- H. Hendy Associates (HHA) has hired industry veteran Robert (“Bob”) Del’Ve as Vice President, to become part of their leadership team. His responsibilities will include the launching of H. Hendy Associates’ new product development focus, target market strategies and national account growth. Del’Ve’s broad experience will also include the development and direction of H. Hendy Associates’ architectural services.
Del’Ve brings to the firm more than 25 years of architectural design experience, previously serving as Vice President in the Newport Beach office of Friedmutter Group, a leading hospitality design, architectural, and master planning firm.
Previously, Del’Ve successfully co-launched and managed the Las Vegas office of Gensler Architecture Design & Planning Worldwide. As a Senior Associate, Del’Ve provided design oversight for large projects in the Las Vegas market. Del’Ve also served as a Senior Vice President with BMW Group Designworks USA and a Director with Steelcase, Inc.
Del’Ve’s portfolio of consumer, retail, and large-scale commercial interior design projects includes numerous tenant improvement projects at the Hughes Center in Las Vegas, the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino and Steelcase Inc’s 400k sf corporate headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in addition to extensive product design experience with Motorola, Proctor & Gamble, Pilatus and the New Piper Aircraft. Posted 8/20/08
IRVINE: Jeff Mayer -- Jeff Mayer, the current Chair of the Orange County District Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), has joined MVE & Partners as a Principal. Mayer is widely recognized for more than 30 years of accomplishments in the architectural field, including professional consulting in master planning, strategic planning, feasibility analysis, site planning, entitlement planning, architectural design, interiors, entertainment design and “edutainment” architecture, as well as exhibition planning and design.
Mayer’s career has included planning and architecture services across a wide range of product types, including commercial, mixed-use urban infill, residential, transit, resort and hospitality, entertainment and cultural attractions. He has worked with development industry clients throughout the U.S. and abroad, including the The Irvine Company, C.J. Segerstrom, SunCal Companies, Herman Miller Corp, The Walt Disney Company, Landmark Global and the cities of Irvine and Anaheim, among many others. Mayer has led planning and design teams on the NIKKEN World Headquarters in Irvine, CA; The Four Seasons Resort in Kaupulehu, HI, and Lewis Operating Corp’s High Density Development Standards for The Preserve in Chino, CA, as well as Lewis’ 1,980-acre master plan in Lakeview, CA.
Mayer has extensive experience in entertainment design, having led design teams for the Olympic Spirit Visitors’ Center in Toronto, Paramount Parks’ Theme Park development in China, the Gameworks Prototype for Steven Spielberg/Universal Studios, and Disney Interactive’s exhibits at The Electronic Entertainment Expos. Posted 8/20/08
WEST LOS ANGELES: Aleks Trifunovic -- Aleks Trifunovic, a commercial real estate broker with six years experience at The Klabin Company/CORFAC International of Los Angeles, has been appointed among 12 young professionals nationally to an advisory council launching the CORFAC “Next Generation Initiative”. The announcement comes as CORFAC approaches its 20th year as a non-profit association of leading entrepreneurial and privately-held commercial real estate professionals.
According to CORFAC, the creation of the council “is a move to facilitate the evolution of CORFAC International as an organization, adjust to changes in the industry and accommodate growth with CORFAC firms and their respective personnel.” CORFAC Vice President Jeff Graham, SIOR, who is coordinating the initiative, said the “Next Generation” plan emerged from the organization’s 2006 strategic plan when it was determined that the commercial real estate association would benefit from input by a select group of under-35, accomplished sales professionals and brokers. The first 12 named to the council represent a cross section of CORFAC firms and will offer advice on using best business practices, marketing and technology that most effectively integrates newer brokers into the industry and into CORFAC, he said.
Trifunovic, 29, specializes in both the sale and leasing of creative office and industrial properties, with an emphasis on landlord representation. Having managed the conversion of more than 200k sf of functionally obsolete industrial buildings to modern creative office space over the past two years, Trifunovic has gained a strong understanding of the development process. During that same period, he and other senior members of his team brokered the acquisition of 600k sf of investment properties. Posted 8/20/08
ENCINO: Jeff Benson/Matthew Friedman/Matthew Ziegler -- The board of directors of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has named Jeff Benson, Matthew Friedman and Matthew Ziegler to the position of Vice President Investments. The achievement of vice president investment status is one of the highest levels of recognition the firm awards its sales agents. It represents excellence in client relationships, investment real estate expertise and sales volume. Benson joined Marcus & Millichap in 2002 and specializes in multi-family investment sales; Friedman joined the firm in 2003 and specializes in multi-family investment sales; and Ziegler joined the firm in 2002 and specializes in multi-family investment sales. Posted 8/20/08
SAN DIEGO: Raymond Choi/Alvin Mansour/Ben Tashakorian -- The board of directors of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has named Raymond Choi, Alvin Mansour and Ben Tashakorian to the position of Vice President Investments. The achievement of vice president investment status is one of the highest levels of recognition the firm awards its sales agents. It represents excellence in client relationships, investment real estate expertise and sales volume. Choi joined Marcus & Millichap in 2000 and specializes in multi-family investment sales; Mansour joined the firm in 2003 and specializes in retail investment sales; and Tashakorian joined the firm in 2002 and specializes in office and industrial investment sales. Posted 8/20/08
WEST LOS ANGELES: Benjamin J. Rosenberg -- Benjamin J. Rosenberg has joined Charles Dunn Company as an Associate in the company’s investment services group. Rosenberg, who will be based in the company’s West Los Angeles office and will be responsible for market share and sales volume, specializes in the acquisition and disposition of multifamily properties in the greater Los Angeles area, including Hawthorne, Gardena and Los Angeles. Before joining Charles Dunn, Rosenberg spent three years as an associate with Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services. Posted 8/20/08
SAN DIEGO: Andy Huggett -- Andy Huggett has joined international tenant advisory firm Studley’s San Diego office as an Associate Director. Huggett previously worked in senior positions for the San Diego offices of NAI and Equis, where he specialized in commercial tenant representation in Southern California and the South Western United States. Prior to working in commercial real estate, Huggett played professional hockey with the Kalamazoo (Michigan) Wings in the United Hockey League.
Huggett has represented a myriad of companies in fulfilling their office and industrial requirements, including: Cox Communications, San Diego National Bank, Regents Bank, Metavante, Pulse Engineering, America Funding and SunGard. To date, he has amassed more than 250k sf in transaction volume. Posted 8/20/08
IRVINE: Ed Hurley -- Avanath Capital Partners has hired Ed Hurley as Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, Hurley will oversee the day-to-day operations of the firm, including asset management, finance and accounting, risk management, information technology and corporate administration. Hurley will serve as a key force of consistency to ensure that Avanath moves forward in a unified direction as it continues to grow.
Prior to joining Avanath, Hurley served as a Managing Director for Wachovia Securities, leading a West Coast expansion for Wachovia’s multifamily lending business. He joined Wachovia in 2003 when it acquired Lend Lease Mortgage Capital, the company he formerly led. During his tenure with Wachovia, Hurley was instrumental in building that company’s multifamily business into the top-ranked Fannie Mae multifamily lender in the country.
Hurley also served as President of Amresco Mortgage Capital Inc, a spinoff of NationsBank, where he built and managed a national commercial lending platform, leading the company to be among the top Fannie Mae DUS and Freddie Mac Program Plus lenders in the country. Posted 8/13/08
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY: Jim Lindvall -- 20-year commercial real estate veteran Jim Lindvall has joined Jones Lang LaSalle as Managing Director. Lindvall specializes in office leasing in the greater San Fernando Valley. The move bolsters Jones Lang LaSalle’s expanding presence in the North Los Angeles market and enhances its office capabilities in Southern California.
Lindvall has participated in some of the most significant office leasing transactions throughout North Los Angeles. Recent notable transactions include a 198k sf lease on behalf of Universal Music Group in Universal City; a 175k sf lease on behalf of Unilab in West Hills; and a 59k sf lease on behalf of the County of Los Angeles in Valencia. Lindvall’s extensive client base includes: Dole Foods, Homestore, Los Angeles Unified School District, Unilab, Universal Music, Universal Studios, Beacon Capital Partners, Brentwood Capital Partners, Calpers, IDS Real Estate Group, JP Morgan and Kilroy Realty.
Lindvall joins Jones Lang LaSalle from Grubb & Ellis where he was a Senior Vice President, a member of the President’s Council and was consistently recognized nationally as one of the top-producing brokers in the organization. Posted 8/12/08
WEST LOS ANGELES: Mark Robinson -- Mark Robinson was promoted from Corporate Managing Director to the position of Senior Managing Director in the West Los Angeles office of Studley. Robinson, a 23-year commercial tenant advisory veteran, has represented Los Angeles’ top entertainment companies and corporations.
Robinson’s promotion reflects his most recent transaction activity. In May, he and his partner, Arlene Sommer, represented the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammys) in its new 67k sf HQ building in Santa Monica. Along with colleague Craig Jablin, Robinson also represented the Motion Picture Association of America in its 104k sf relocation to Sherman Oaks.
Robinson’s clients include Sony Pictures Entertainment, MGM, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, Panavision and Imagine Entertainment. Posted 8/11/08
LOS ANGELES: Robert G. Thornburgh -- Robert G. Thornburgh, CCIM, SIOR, CPM has assumed the role of President at The Heger Company. Thornburgh, who is also a Principal at the firm, oversees the company’s brokerage & property management divisions. Thornburgh specializes primarily in landlord representation and investment real estate. He holds three (3) of the most respected designations within the commercial real estate industry - CCIM, Certified Commercial Investment Member, SIOR, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and CPM, Certified Property Manager. This is a distinction that less than one (1%) percent of all national commercial real estate practitioners hold. Posted 8/6/08
SAN DIEGO: John Garrigan -- John Garrigan has been named Leasing Director at LBA Realty for its San Diego region. In this role, Garrigan will be directly responsible for the marketing and leasing of the firm’s properties throughout the San Diego area.
Garrigan comes to LBA from the San Diego office of Cruzan | Monroe, where he served as Portfolio Leasing Director. In this position, he was responsible for leasing and marketing operations and was heavily involved with acquisitions and dispositions for the firm. In just over two years, he negotiated and executed more than $110 mil in total lease consideration. Prior to that, he was a Commercial Real Estate Broker at CB Richard Ellis and also served as a Marine Officer and Naval Aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps where he held the rank of Captain. Posted 8/6/08
SANTA BARBARA: Stephen Leider/Clarice Cornell Clarke -- Lee & Associates has opened a new office in Santa Barbara to be led by veteran brokers Stephen Leider and Clarice Cornell Clarke, who both join Lee as shareholders and principals. Located in downtown Santa Barbara, the office will be a sister operation to Lee’s San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria offices.
In the last 15 years, Leider and Clarke have steadily become two of the most prominent brokers in Santa Barbara and bring substantial experience to their new roles. Leider has been directly involved in numerous major retail projects from Oxnard to Paso Robles in the last several years and brings almost 20 years of Santa Barbara-based commercial real estate experience to Lee. An expert in large retail transactions from land acquisition to lease-up to sale, Leider is also well versed in investment properties and has assisted clients in the acquisition and sales of some of the largest investment deals in the Santa Barbara region.
Clarke has earned a superior reputation in retail and office leasing, as well as developing a significant sales practice for her investment clients. She has successfully worked on many of the largest retail deals in the area, handling numerous challenges and developing leasing solutions for major national retail chains. In recent years, her focus has evolved where she now devotes much of her efforts to uncovering creative investment opportunities for her clients, as well as in equity placement for large-scale investors. Posted 8/5/08
ENCINO: Earle J. Hyman Earle J. Hyman has been named Senior Vice President Investments in the Encino office of Marcus & Millichap. Hyman began his career with Marcus & Millichap 21 years ago, specializing in multi-family properties. He serves as a Director of the firm’s National Multi Housing Group and he has won 11 National Achievement Awards and 20 Sales Recognition Awards. Hyman was inducted into the prestigious Seven-Figure Club in 1994. Posted 8/5/08
LONG BEACH: Michael Derk -- The board of directors of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation (MMCC) has named Michael Derk to the position of Vice President Capital Markets. The achievement of vice president investment status is one of the highest levels of recognition the firm awards its agents. It represents excellence in client relationships and investment real estate expertise. Derk joined Marcus & Millichap in 2003 and oversees loan originations in the Long Beach office. Posted 8/5/08
RIVERSIDE: Anthony Natcchioni -- Anthony Naticchioni has joined NAI Capital as Senior Vice President specializing in industrial, land acquisitions and development, and investments. Naticchioni, a 14-year commercial real estate industry veteran who covers the Inland Empire, will operate out of NAI Capital’s Riverside and Temecula Valley offices. For 12 years, Naticchioni was Senior Vice President with Ashwill Associates. Most recently he spent two years as Principal/Broker with ANS Commercial Real Estate. His client experience includes working with Wal-Mart, Raytheon, Lambert-Smith Hampton, Cal Spas, Northwestern Insurance, Adler Realty, Majestic Realty and SONY Corporation, among others. Posted 8/5/08
SANTA ANA: Jolanta Campion -- Jolanta Campion has rejoined Grubb & Ellis/BRE Commercial’s market research department as Senior Research Analyst, where she’ll head up the company’s market research department, overseeing such functions as forecasts, trend reports and economic snapshots that are produced and distributed by the company. Her role includes conducting market analysis on the commercial real estate markets and analyzing economic trends that influence commercial real estate. Campion was previously a Senior Research Analyst with Equastone, a private real estate investment firm in San Diego. Prior to Equastone, Campion spent approximately two years working in Grubb & Ellis|BRE Commercial’s market research department. Posted 8/5/08
WEST LOS ANGELES: Peter Best/Lisa St. John -- Veteran commercial brokers Peter Best and Lisa St. John have joined Madison Partners. Best and St. John, who have been partners for the last 12 years, will each hold the title of Principal of the firm. They each have 23 years of industry experience.
Prior to joining Madison Partners, Best was a Managing Director with Jones Lang LaSalle, where he ranked among the global company’s Top Brokers. He has also been a Principal in the Global Services Division of Trammell Crow Company, where he consistently was a Top Producer. Earlier, as Senior Vice President for Grubb & Ellis, Best achieved recognition as one of the Top Ten office brokers for 12 consecutive years.
Representing both landlords and tenants, he has gained extensive, in-depth knowledge of California markets. Among his more prestigious transactions was the 1 msf headquarters deal for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Other clients have included Transamerica Insurance, Citibank, Foley & Lardner, Stroock Stroock & Lavan, Katten Muchin Rosenman, Goodwin Procter, Education Management Corporation, Gensler and Activision.
Best has twice received the “Transaction of the Year Award” of REIAC and The Los Angeles Business Journal, and has been honored by the national publication Commercial Property News. In 2006, he received Costar’s “Top Office Leasing Broker” Award.
St. John, an expert specialist in tenant and landlord representation, brings a strong background in financial analysis and lease negotiation and strategy to Madison Partners. She has successfully concluded more than 900 lease transactions in the West Los Angeles and Downtown Los Angeles markets. Prior to joining Madison Partners, St. John was a Managing Director with Jones Lang LaSalle, and has also held the position of Principal of Trammell Crow Company. Both companies consistently named her Top Broker.
Among St. John’s notable clients are Transamerica Insurance, American Express, Comerica, Activision, City National Bank, Merrill Lynch, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Katten Muchin Rosenman, T. Rowe Price, Sony Entertainment, American Golf, Kodak and Goodwin Procter. St. John also represented LAUSD in its 1 msf headquarters transaction, and has represented the District in an additional 600k sf of office lease transactions.
St. John has appeared on various Top Broker Lists such as Commercial Property News, Real Estate Southern California and The Los Angeles Business Journal. She is the recipient of the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Transaction of the Year” Award and CoStar’s “Largest Transaction” Award, has been honored nationally by Commercial Property News, and was recognized as one of the “Top Women in Real Estate” and featured on the cover story by Real Estate Southern California.
St. John previously worked in Tokyo, Japan in the International Banking Group for the Asset Based Finance Group of Citibank, N.A. She was Citibank’s first woman officer in Japan. Posted 7/29/08
ORANGE COUNTY: Jeff Olshan/Todd Siegel -- Jeff Olshan and Todd Siegel were promoted to Vice President of Asset Management at Passco Companies LLC. Olshan’s focus will primarily be multifamily properties while Todd Siegel will be focused on malls and retail properties.
Olshan, a veteran in the real estate industry, has more than 20 years’ experience in acquisitions, sales, development, work-out resolutions, property management and asset management. Prior to joining Passco, Olshan served as Asset Manager for Robb Evans & Associates LLC, Receivers. During his years with the receiver's office, he worked with government agencies, primarily the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission, to develop plans to maximize the value of corporate real estate assets and implement disposition strategies for these assets. Previously, Olshan worked with several smaller, privately held companies as an owner, officer and consultant in the fields of residential, commercial and multifamily real estate.
Siegel has a broad background in management, leasing and real estate development. Siegel applies his extensive real estate knowledge to enhance property values through operational efficiency, attractive tenant mix and property positioning. Before joining Passco, Siegel oversaw the Western U.S. Region for CalPERS/First Washington Realty where he was responsible for more than 4 msf of shopping centers. Previously, Siegel was with General Growth Properties, where he leased and managed regional malls. Posted 7/29/08
SHERMAN OAKS: Phil Royster -- Real estate veteran Phil Royster has joined Lee & Associates in the newly created position of President of Strategic Growth. Royster will spearhead expansion efforts for the Lee & Associates group of companies, including the identification of growth opportunities and the development and implementation of strategies for new office acquisitions and the formation of new Lee companies across the country.
Based out of the Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura offices in Sherman Oaks, he will work closely with Mike Tingus, President of the LA North group. Royster will also work closely with the Lee expansion committee, including Jim Planey, President of Lee & Associates-Chicago; Jon Savoy, President of Lee & Associates-Michigan; Jim Watkins, Managing Principal of Lee & Associates-Phoenix; and Ken Wesson, SIOR, Managing Principal of Lee & Associates-Dallas/Ft. Worth. In the Lee & Associates business model, these company presidents from around the country act as facilitators, identifying talented, successful brokers in their respective markets.
Royster, whose commercial real estate career spans 35 years, spent 25 years with Grubb & Ellis, and from the early 1990s through 2003 created and developed the company’s affiliate program, recruiting top-ranked independent real estate services firms as partners providing integrated consulting, strategic planning, management and transaction services to multi-market clients across the U.S. and Mexico. Under Royster’s direction, the affiliate program became the company’s most profitable operation measured as a percentage of revenue.
Royster joined Grubb as Vice President and Managing Director of the L.A. South Bay office and held positions as Senior Vice President, Regional Manager and President of the Western Region, which became the single largest source of revenue for the company during his tenure. Posted 7/24/08
ANAHEIM: Carol Schillne -- Carol Schillne has rejoined CB Richard Ellis as a First Vice President based in the Anaheim office where she will focus on specialty and lifestyle leasing in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Schillne, who spent 16 years with CB Richard Ellis previously, rejoined the firm from her most recent position with Staubach Retail in Newport Beach.
In addition to her tenure with CBRE, Schillne’s 20 years of retail experience includes over 16 years with CB Richard Ellis’ Anaheim office, where she was a First Vice President; four years as a Senior Partner with Pacific Retail Partners in Long Beach; and most recently as a Senior Vice President with Staubach Retail. Her client roster of major retailers includes Walgreens, Wells Fargo Bank, In N Out Burger, Circuit City, TESCO, Le Creuset, Carters, Justice – Just for Girls and Lifeway Christian Stores. Posted 7/15/08
VENTURA: Dan Cherrie -- Dan Cherrie has joined the Ventura County office of CB Richard Ellis as a Vice President of Commercial Properties. Cherrie brings a wealth of experience to the position gained while working with Charles Dunn Company over the past nine years.
Cherrie is teaming up with Nick Gregg, Sr. Vice President, and Reene Robins, Client Services Specialist, and will concentrate on both tenant representation and commercial property lease and sales negotiations throughout the Southern California region. While at Charles Dunn Company, Cherrie earned numerous awards including “Rookie of the Year,” “Largest Sale of the Year” and membership into the elite “Charlie’s Club” for the company’s top producing brokers. Posted 7/15/08
ENCINO: Stuart Steinberg -- Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has named Stuart Steinberg Vice President. Steinberg currently serves as the Sales Manager in the firm’s Encino office.
Steinberg joined the firm in December 1997 as an agent in the Encino office specializing in multi-family investments. He also served as an Associate Director in the firm’s National Multi Housing Group. Steinberg was promoted to Senior Associate in December 2001 and was named a Senior Investment Associate in 2004. He earned a National Achievement Award in 2003. Steinberg joined the firm’s management team in October 2005 as the Sales Manager of the Encino office. Steinberg was also called upon to serve other offices throughout United States. In September 2006, he became the Sales Manager of the West Los Angeles office. He also served as acting Regional Manager of the Portland office from November 2006 to July 2007 before returning to the Encino office as a Sales Manager. Posted 7/10/08
ONTARIO: Todd Launchbaugh -- Todd Launchbaugh, Senior Vice President in the Ontario office of Lee & Associates, has earned the prestigious Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) designation. Individuals who hold the SIOR designation are top producers in the commercial real estate field and are represented in 480 cities and 20 countries around the world. SIOR enforces a strict code of ethics and requires designees to complete its ethics course within the first three years of membership.
With nearly 20 years of commercial real estate experience, Launchbaugh has been a Senior Vice President and a Principal/Owner of Lee & Associates-Ontario for more than 14 years. His expertise covers the Eastern San Gabriel Valley, where he has been involved in the business development committees for San Dimas and La Verne. Posted 7/10/08
VENTURA: Steve Nishi -- Steve Nishi has joined the LA North/Ventura office of Lee & Associates as an Associate in the firm's Ventura County office. Nishi, an industrial specialist who is a veteran of the environmental engineering industry, has developed a subspecialty in the redevelopment of brownfield sites and brings an understanding of remediation and government approval processes as well as real estate expertise to the projects he represents.
Nishi joins Lee from CB Richard Ellis where he spent four years as an industrial specialist covering a territory from Northern Los Angeles County to Santa Barbara County. He began his real estate brokerage career with Center Commercial.
Prior to that, Nishi spent 13 years in the environmental engineering industry and served as Vice President of CST Environmental Inc, a provider of assessment, abatement and demolition services for commercial and residential projects. Posted 7/10/08
IRVINE/SAN DIEGO: Matt Montgomery/Ryan Dan/Andrew Ranallo/Mike Dorris -- Opus West Corp has promoted four of its Southern California executives. In the company’s Irvine office, Matt Montgomery has been named Senior Director Real Estate Development; Ryan Dan has been promoted to Real Estate Manager and Andrew Ranallo has been named Project Manager. In the San Diego office, Mike Dorris has been named Senior Manager Real Estate Development.
In his eighth year with Opus West, Matt Montgomery, previously Director of Real Estate Development, is now Senior Director Real Estate Development. In his new position, he will direct efforts on several new development opportunities. Montgomery has been the leader of all Opus’ efforts relating to four significant projects in the City of Irvine, including Avenue One, The Plaza-Irvine and 3000 The Plaza luxury condominium projects, and the Opus Center Irvine III Class A office tower.
Ryan Dan joined Opus in 2006 and has been promoted from Real Estate Representative to Real Estate Manager. Since joining Opus, Dan has been instrumental in helping guide the leasing and marketing of the Shoppes at Chino Hills, a retail development project that will open in May 2008 at more than 90 percent leased.
Mike Dorris has been at Opus since 2005 and previously served as Real Estate Manager. In his new role as Senior Manager Real Estate Development, he will spearhead all marketing activities for both phases of the Opus Point office campus in San Diego and will work to source new development opportunities to further grow Opus’ market presence. Dorris has helped facilitate the San Diego sales activity at Opus Point and the eight-building Opus Crossing industrial park, as well as assisted with the acquisition, entitlements and marketing of Horizon Tech Center @Scripps Ranch, a Class A office project seeking LEED certification.
Andrew Ranallo has been promoted from Associate Project Manager to Project Manager. He joined Opus in 2005 and has been instrumental to the success of Opus West’s mixed-use Pine Corporate Center in Chino Hills and the Northpointe office development in San Bernardino. With an architecture background and LEED accreditation earned in 2004, Ranallo has taken a leadership role in the LEED training of Opus West’s Southern California staff and continues to provide | | | | |
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