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Leading The Future
Los Angeles Times B2B Publishing proudly presents our first issue of Los Angeles & Orange Counties Commercial Real Estate: Trends, Updates and Visionaries, a new magazine and digitally focused product that spotlights professionals within the commercial real estate sector and covers trends, profiles and overall business updates.

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY SENTIMENT ON THE RISE
This latest reading indicates that respondents expect conditions for commercial real estate to improve over the next 12 months. Respondents now expect improvement in occupancy rates, rents, the availability of equity and debt, and employment within their own firms.

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS
New development of commercial real estate and of the ongoing operations of existing commercial real estate buildings in the United States – office, industrial, warehouse and retail – supported eight million American jobs, contributed $1.01 trillion to the U.

TECH INNOVATIONS WILL HELP SHAPE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
The construction industry’s complexity and its fragmentation among many small firms specializing in different elements of construction have slowed the adoption of new technologies, according to the report, “An Overview of Emerging Construction Technologies.

COVID-19 IMPACT STUDY REVEALS NEW TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
At the end of last year, BOMA International, Yardi and Brightline Strategies announced the release of key findings from the first in a series of nationwide commercial real estate COVID-19 impact studies.

PORT OF LOS ANGELES' $70.8 MILLION
“The whole team at the Port has done a wonderful job on the Wilmington Waterfront project, made themselves available to the community throughout the planning process and really listened to suggestions and ideas,” said Los Angeles Harbor Commissioner Lucia Moreno-Linares.

CHANGING TRENDS IN OFFICE
Workplace data from the Gensler Research Institute, compiled in late 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, offered a reckoning on the way offices and workplaces are viewed and disproved common narratives surrounding the open office debate.

PANDEMIC’S EFFECT ON CALIFORNIA CRE WILL LAST THROUGH 2023
An Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey, unveiled earlier this year, showed that the pandemic-related economic recession is having a mixed effect on California commercial real estate sectors, as this downturn is not due to slackening in housing markets or a stock market crash.

NEW RETAIL FLOOR MEASUREMENT STANDARD UNVEILED
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has released the latest update to its floor measurement standard for retail properties, BOMA 2020 for Retail Properties: Standard Method of Measurement (ANSI/BOMA Z65.5—2020).

Brent Bunting
Brent Bunting leads the Commercial and Hospitality Core Market groups in Southern California for DPR Construction, one of the country’s top technical builders.

Steve Bogoyevac
Steve "Bogie" Bogoyevac, a senior managing director investments of Marcus & Millichap and founder of The Bogie Group, is a veteran apartment and 1031 exchange specialist of the South Bay, Los Angeles, and surrounding areas.

Shaya Braverman
A native of Los Angeles with over 11 years’ experience in the Southern California commercial real estate market, Shaya Braverman is known for finding creative and ingenious solutions to assist in the acquisition and disposition of retail, NNN, and multi-family properties as well as big-box andmom-and-pop leases.

Allen C. Buchanan
Allen C. Buchanan, SIOR, joined Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. – Orange in 1984 after five years in the consumer goods business with Procter and Gamble Distributing Company and the E and J Gallo Winery. Buchanan has spent his real estate career in the industrial arena in North Orange and West Riverside County.

Jeff Chiate
With 31 years of professional experience in the sale and leasing of industrial properties, Jeff Chiate, vice chairman, Industrial Advisory Group for Cushman & Wakefield, is an established leader and top producer in the Southern California community.

Sean Burton
Sean Burton is chief executive officer of Cityview and a member of Cityview’s Board of Directors and Investment Committees.

R. Todd Doney
Over his 37-year career, R. Todd Doney, vice chairman at CBRE in Los Angeles, has completed commercial real estate transactions encompassingmore than 100 million square feet of office space. Doney is one of the preeminent brokers in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Christine Deschaine
With a prolific track record spanning nearly 30 years in commercial real estate brokerage, senior vice president of Kennedy Wilson Brokerage Christine Deschaine has distinguished herself as a leader who is passionate about enhancing communities and creating value in downtown urban areas of L.

Anthony Eaton
Tony Eaton has enjoyed a 30-year professional career, duringwhich he served seven years in the Marine Corps flying F/A-18’s in Southern California, spent six years working in finance with various technology companies, and then found his niche in the real estate industry some seventeen years ago.

Brett Dedeaux
Brett Dedeaux is president of Dedeaux Properties, which has a long and successful history in logistics real estate in California.

Jim Dillavou
Jim Dillavou is co-founder and principal of Paragon Commercial Groupwhere he focuses on corporate strategy, acquisitions and capital structuring. Paragon was founded in 2009 in the depth of the GFC to capitalize on the massive repricing of retail assets.

Allan Freedman
Allan Freedman is managing director specializing in multifamily finance in Berkadia’s Los Angeles office. He has consistently been among the top originators for Berkadia, having closed approximately $5 billion in financing.

Joseph Faulkner
Joseph Faulkner serves as co-chief executive officer and manages NAI Capital’s Downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena offices. Faulkner has more than 30 years of expertise in providing tenant representation and corporate advisory services.

Ryan Flautz
Ryan Flautz is a principal and shareholder in KTGY’s Los Angeles office. He understands the quality of design and ensures its translation through the construction process. Flautz has an extensive background in construction documentation and techniques, quality control, staff development and a strong knowledge of federal and state building codes.

Josh Gorin
Josh Gorin is an accomplished corporate advisor with over 30million square feet of total deal volume during his career. His approach to strategic real estate planning is comprehensive, holistic, and stems from his experience working in the investment industry and earning his law degree with a focus on real estate and litigation.

Jennifer Halstead
Jennifer Halstead has nearly 30 years of commercial construction experience and has completed over $2 billion of projects in domestic and international markets. Her construction career spans operations positions from field engineer to president.

Ed Hanley
Ed Hanley is president and founder of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, a real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales.

Cary Gerhardt
As principal and co-founder of Sierra Pacific Constructors and a second generation builder, Cary Gerhardt remains active in the day-to-day operations of the firm. Gerhardt has over 45 years of construction experience and was with a large southern California based commercial general contracting firm prior to co-founding SPC.

Yair Haimoff
Yair Haimoff is founder and executive managing director of Spectrum CRE, a commercial brokerage, property management, and investment advisory service firm specializing in industrial, retail, and office real estate.

Michael Hackman
Michael Hackman founded (in 1986) and grew Hackman Capital Partners, the world's largest independent owner/operator of studio properties with eight studios comprising 70+ sound stages, an additional 35 sound stages planned for development, and nearly 5.

Daniel S. Hoogesteger
Daniel S. Hoogesteger is the managing director of SIG’s West Coast headquarters in Santa Monica. Prior to being a founding member of SIG, Hoogesteger began his career in 2002 at Faris Lee Investments and has a tenured resume at firms including Marcus & Millichap & CB Richard Ellis.

Heidi Hendy
Heidi Hendy is managing principal at H. Hendy Associates (Hendy), a national interior architecture and planning firm commemorating 40+ years in business.

Les Hiscoe
Les Hiscoe is CEO of Shawmut, a leading $1.5 billion national construction management firm. Hiscoe drives the growth and success of the company by providing an exceptional client experience, developing teams of remarkably talented people, and implementing the latest technologies across every aspect of the business.

Jilliene Helman
Jilliene Helman is the founder and CEO of RealtyMogul. In 2012, Helman quit her corporate banking job with the goal of pioneering a platform to help savvy investors with the knowledge and the access necessary to invest in an asset class that was previously out of reach for most.

Chris Jackson
Chris Jackson serves as co-CEO of NAI Capital Commercial. As manager, he oversees more than 40 brokers at the Encino corporate office and is focused on recruiting talented professionals to join the team. He joined NAI Capital Commercial's management team in 2019 to help with the company’s growth.

Robert E. Hart
Robert E. Hart is the founder, CEO and president of Los Angeles-based TruAmerica Multifamily, a vertically integrated multifamily investment firm. Hart founded the firm in 2013, and it has become one of the most active multifamily investors in the U.S. with approximately $10.

Jonathan Larsen
Jonathan Larsen is a member of the global leadership team and serves on the U.S. Executive Committee of Avison Young. He leads the growth and expansion of corporate and institutional real estate services for Avison Young in strategic markets in North America and internationally as a principal and managing director.

Jonathan Lange
Senior Vice President Boston Properties Commercial Developers.

Hakim Khalil
Hakim Khalil leads MATT Construction’s estimating operations, especially pertaining to planning MATT’s many unique, one-of-a-kind projects. Khalil’s greatest strengths lie in project conceptualization and accurate, early estimating capabilities that allows commercial clients to make critical decisions about their projects in the design phase.

Ken La Spada
Sierra Pacific Constructors principal and cofounder Ken La Spada is responsible for a wide diversity of activities for SPC, ranging from strategic planning, business development, pre-construction, and client relations. He attended both Pierce College and California State University Northridge with an emphasis in Business & Construction Management.

Michael H. Kim
Michael H. Kim has more than three decades of experience in the design and construction industry in the Southern California area, currently serving as vice president, project executive for McCarthy Building Companies’ Southern California Region.

Karl Kreutziger
Karl Kreutziger is president of C.W. Driver Companies, the longest operating contracting firm in Southern California. He possesses 30+years of industry experience and was promoted to president after successfully starting Driver SPG (Special Project Group).

Henry Manoucheri
Henry Manoucheri is founder and CEO of Universe Holdings, a privately held multifamily investment, ownership and management firm focused on value-add and off-market transactions. Founded by Manoucheri in 1994, within the first year, the company’s assets under management grew from three times, from 400 to 1,200 units.

Greg Lyon
Greg Lyon is chairman and principal for Nadel Architecture + Planning. With over two decades of industry experience, Lyon currently represents the firm in the retail market sector; strategically driving business growth, as well as creating a strong market presence and brand equity for Nadel.

Jaime Lee
Jaime Lee is CEO of Jamison Realty, the leasing and brokerage arm of the Jamison group of companies. In her position as CEO, Lee is in charge of managing the firm’s portfolio of approximately 100 buildings totaling 18 million square feet, including...

T.C. Macker
T.C. Macker is the president of WESTMAC Commercial Brokerage Company, one of the country’s leading commercial real estate firms. Macker is an established Westside expert when it comes to buying and selling commercial property in the greater L.A. area.

Darla Longo
Darla Longo, in close collaboration with her sister and partner Barbara Perrier, is considered one of the nation’s top industrial capital markets specialists. She has been a preeminent player in the male-dominated industry year over year. Longo is part of National Partners, CBRE’s top industrial IG Professionals across theUnited States.

Patrick Luther
Patrick Luther is managing principal of SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group (NNLG), which he cofounded at the age of 28 with his partner Matthew Mousavi. NNLG is the exclusive net lease capital markets platform within SRS, the largest solely retail property focused commercial real estate brokerage company in North America.

Todd Nathanson
Todd Nathanson is founder and president of illi Commercial Real Estate, a commercial brokerage, property management, and investment advisory service firm specializing in retail real estate and headquartered in Encino.

Matthew Mousavi
Matthew Mousavi is managing principal and co-founder of SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group, the exclusive net lease investment advisory platform operating across 25 offices nationally. SRS Real Estate Partners is the largest retail estate firm in North America exclusively dedicated to retail services.

Paul Martinkovic
Paul Martinkovic has been with JERDE for 30 years and currently serves as the firm’s chief executive officer and serves on the Board of Directors. He was instrumental in initiating, implementing and executing the founder ownership transfer to the new ownership structure in the firm in his previous position as chief financial officer.

David Nagel
As CEO and president of Decron Properties, David Nagel oversees all aspects of the company’s daily activities.

Morgan McMullin
Morgan McMullin, a commercial real estate veteran, has successfully brokered investment transactions in excess of $300 million over the past decade, including $28 million in 2020.

Greg May
Greg May is the executive vice president and West Region Market leader for Newmark. In this position, May leads brokerage operations for all service lines across the Southwest region, overseeing 12 offices.

Tony Rango
As president of the West Region, Tony Rango is responsible for leading Suffolk operations in its existing markets of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego and expanding the company’s presence throughout the state of California.

Joseph O. Oltmans II
Joseph O. Oltmans II, Oltmans Construction Co.’s third-generation leader and chairman emeritus, recently redirected his focus to retirement after 26 years in executive leadership and over 55 years at the company.

Lee Polster
Lee Polster is the founder and president of EOP Realty. Under his leadership, EOP has grown from infancy to the top boutique, tenant representation brokerage firm in Los Angeles.

Shane Shafer
Shane Shafer, managing director – investment sales in NorthMarq’s greater Los Angeles offices, is a top multifamily investment sales broker, with more than 20 years of experience and $5 billion in sales. He joined North-Marq in 2019 after ten years with Berkadia, where he was consistently one of the firm’s top brokers.

Patricia Rhee
Patricia Rhee is a partner at the internationally acclaimed architecture firm Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects. Her work crosses multiple market sectors and ranges from creative office to adaptive reuse and institutional projects.

David Senden
As a principal and member of KTGY’s board of directors, David Senden is responsible for setting the big picture, strategic vision for the firm, increasing the firm’s profile and ensuring work at the highest levels.

Jon Reno
Jon Reno’s longstanding experience in a broad range of related areas differentiates him and his team including a strong working knowledge of the Subdivision Map Act, CEQA, Land Use Policy, land planning, zoning and entitlement law.

Frank J.H. Schulz III
Frank Schulz III, SIOR, serves as managing principal for The Klabin Company. In his position, Schulz oversees the vision, future direction and growth of the firm. Named to Real Estate Forum’s 2018 “50 Under 40” list of CRE’s rising stars, Schulz has spent his entire career, which began in 2004, with The Klabin Company.

Marc Renard
Marc D. Renard is executive vice chairman of Cushman & Wakefield’s (C&W) Global Capital Markets Group. As the leader of the successful capital market group, Renard and his team have closed over 525 transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $37 billion.

R.J. Sommerdyke
R.J. Sommerdyke joined Meridian in 2016 as a senior associate to augment the firm’s emerging Southern California expansion. Sommerdyke was quickly promoted to acquisition manager and has played a pivotal role in Meridian’s growth.

Michael Haim Sharon
Michael Haim Sharon has been specializing in commercial investment sales and leasing of retail and office properties for since 2005. Prior to joining illi Commercial Real Estate from NAI Capital, Sharon led a successful career in commercial mortgage lending and now provides a unique insight to his clients about financing.

Lee J. Shapiro
Lee J. Shapiro serves as executive vice president, director of retail at Kennedy Wilson Brokerage, a division of Kennedy-Wilson Properties, Ltd. For the past 33 years, he has specialized in the sale and leasing of commercial investment properties throughout Southern California with a focus on office, retail, and development sites.

Greg Skalaski
Before Greg Skalaski even moved to Los Angeles, he was already part of the city’s fabric, building some of themost iconic retail spaces including Louis Vuitton on Rodeo Drive.

Kevin Shannon
Kevin Shannon is widely considered to be one of the premier investment sales brokers in theUnited States. As the co-head of U.S.

Sanford (Sandy) Sigal
Sandy Sigal serves as chief executive officer and president of NewMark Merrill Companies, which he founded in 1997 and has grown to be one of the fastest growing privately held developers and owners of shopping centers in California, Colorado, and Illinois.

Luke Staubitz
Luke Staubitz is an executive vice president at Kidder Matthews and has over 25 years of commercial real estate experience. Since 1990, he has teamed with Harvey Beesen and Andrew Dilfer with a focus on the South Bay/LAX industrial real estate markets.

Daniel Stafford
As the senior vice president of operations for McCarthy Building Companies’ SouthernCalifornia Region, Dan Stafford brings 32 years of experience in the California construction marketplace to his role.

Mark Sullivan
With over three decades of commercial real estate experience and over 25million square feet of total deal volume over the course of his career, Mark Sullivan has excelled at representing tenants across multiple sectors and property types.

Mauricio Umansky
Founder and CEO of The Agency, Mauricio Umansky set out to create an industry-disrupting brokerage that would redefine the business of real estate and foster a unique culture rooted in the core philosophy of collaboration. Since its inception in 2011, The Agency has done that and much more.

Robert Stepp
With over a decade of industry experience, Robert Stepp has established himself as a leading multifamily investment property expert in Long Beach and other key markets with both private sellers and asset managers alike.

Mark Weinstein
Mark Weinstein is the founder and president of MJW Investments (MJW), as well as the majority owner of its diversified real estate portfolio. He is widely regarded as a thought-leader in the multifamily investing space, a philanthropist, and a mentor to young real estate professionals.

Jacky Dilfer
Jacky Dilfer is the executive director of Business Finance Capital and has held the position since April of 2012 with the goals of overseeing the CDC’s governance and operations, re-establishing its position in the marketplace, and enhancing its economic development and job creation strategies.

Patrick Winters
Patrick Winters serves as Nadel’s owner, principal and president and sits on the Board of Directors for the firm.

Tom Calahan
Tom Calahan serves as first vice president, client advisor for Partners Bank of California. During his time at Partners Bank of California, Calahan headed the bank’s regional footprint into Los Angeles, where he launched a new branch office location in Beverl yHills in 2018.

Rafael Cohen
Rafael Cohen works as the team leader in the Commercial Real Estate unit in Israel Discount Bank of New York (IDB) in California. IDB Bank caters ITS offerings to a variety of clients, including high net worth clients.

Mike Chambers
Mike Chambers serves as executive vice president, chief banking officer for Partners Bank of California, which has recently surged to over $430 million in assets.

Lindsay Dunn
Lindsay Dunn, newly promoted executive vice president and head of Real Estate Banking at City National Bank, leads a team of experienced bankers who provide a wide range of financial services to real estate developers and investors in the dynamic economies in which the bank operates.

Brian Eisner
Since January 2020, Brian Eisner has directly originated over $214 million in commercial real estate loans for mixed use, industrial, manufactured housing, multifamily, office, and retail properties, as well as multi-property portfolios.

Jeff Friedman
Jeff Friedman is principal and co-founder of Los Angeles-based real estate debt fund manager and portfolio lender Mesa West Capital, one of the first private equity firms to focus on the origination of commercial real estate debt. Today Mesa West Capital remains one of the industry’s leading institutional debt fund managers.

Paul Rahimian
As CEO and founder of Parkview Financial, Paul Rahimian manages a national debt fund that provides construction financing to ground-up real estate development projects. Through the private fund, the firmprovides short-termbridge and construction loans secured by first trust deeds to developers throughout the United States.

Greg Hebner
Greg Hebner joined Arixa Capital in 2012 and serves as managing director and portfolio manager. During his time at Arixa, the business has grown its loan portfolio from under $20 million to more than $500 million. These loans are business purpose loans to real estate investors and developers, typically from $1 million to $10 million per loan.

Geoffrey Nadler
Geoffrey Nadler, first vice president and relationship manager, has been with Farmers & Merchants Bank since 2011. Nadler is an experienced banking professional who is a dedicated member of the F&M Bank staff at the Rolling Hills Estates branch office. He works closely alongside his team to originate and manage a large commercial loan portfolio.

Carly Whitney
Carly Whitney has developed a significant amount of experience and expertise in delivering SBA 504 loans to a variety of business types throughout Southern California.

Ryan Reed
Ryan Reed is a highly accomplished financial services professional focused on helping his commercial real estate clients grow and succeed.

Kathy Reed
Kathy Reed is a highly accomplished banking professional with a great deal of real estate knowledge in Farmers & Merchants Bank’s target markets. In her role at F&M Bank, Reed oversees lending and relationship management for the Orange County Headquarters in Newport Beach, as well as the Corona del Mar and Tustin branches.

Robin Finch
Robin Finch is a partner in the Real Estate Group at Greenberg Glusker. She has broad experience advising owners, developers, tenants, and borrowers in all areas of real estate, including purchase and sale transactions, leasing agreements, borrower-side financing, entity structuring, and succession-planning asset management.

Giovanni (Gio) Cordoves
Giovanni (Gio)Cordoves is the Western regional president of KBS Realty Advisors and its affiliate KBS Capital Advisors. As a member of senior leadership, he serves in a variety of capacities companywide.

Gregory A. Fishman
Greg Fishman started with Greenberg Traurig in the firm’s Chicago office, where he helped expand the office’s real estate capabilities, and achieved successful representations across multiple sectors.

Susan Booth
Susan J. Booth spent more than a decade as the head of Holland & Knight's West Coast Real Estate Group and has also served on the firm's Directors Committee.

John Combs
John Combs is founder of RiverRock Real Estate Group (RREG), a clientcentric property and asset management firm based in Orange County. Combs formed RREG in 2003 in response to a market-driven need for a client-focused property service model.

Gregg Bloomberg
Gregg Bloomberg is a partner with CohnReznick and a leader of the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Industry practice in itsWest Region.

Damon M. Juha
Damon M. Juha specializes in transactional real estate matters domestically and abroad, with an emphasis on assisting clients in buying, selling, developing, financing and leasing all types of real property (industrial, retail, office, multi-unit housing, hotel and residential).

Anna Greenstin Kudla
Anna Greenstin Kudla is a trial and litigation attorney based in Orange County. After obtaining her law degree from Southwestern University in 2003, she started at a construction defect law firmwhich provided her with initial skills to transition into real estate law.

Alfred Fraijo, Jr.
Alfred Fraijo, Jr. is a partner in the Real Estate, Land Use and Natural Resources Practice Group at Sheppard Mullin and is a leader of the firm's Latin America Practice Group. Fraijo works on cutting-edge real estate transactions for public, private and nonprofit developers andmulti-national corporations throughout the U.

Dave Hirsch
Dave Hirsch has more than 30 years of broad-based experience in the taxation of real estate, pass-through entities and their owners, C corporations, multi-state operations, and accounting for income taxes.

Daniel Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim joined Mintz’s Los Angeles Real Estate Group as a member in October 2020. He was previously a partner in the Real Estate Group at Pircher Nichols & Meeks for eight years, after having been an associate there for six years.

Alexandra Glickman
Alex Glickman has been providing risk management consulting services to the business of real estate in Los Angeles for 38 years.

Brian Kang
Brian Kang, chair of Greenberg Glusker’s Real Estate Group, has experience in a broad range of real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of commercial, retail, multifamily and industrial properties.

Robert M. Keane, Jr.
For nearly 25 years Robert Keane has represented many prominent private equity and real estate opportunity funds in L.A., as well as national and international pension funds and commercial banks, in real estate equity investments, joint venture formations, lending, acquisitions and dispositions, debt restructurings, and workouts and reorganizations.

Andrew T. Kirsh
Andrew T. Kirsh is a Co-Chairman of Sklar Kirsh LLP, the Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department, and a member of the Management Committee.

Larry Kosmont
Larry Kosmont is a pioneer in the field of public private real estate. Born in New York City, he took his desire to improve communities and the quality of life for residents and began his career in the public sector.

Claudia Lin
Claudia Lin, senior vice president of HUB International, is dedicated to helping businesses and entrepreneurs from Asia – and especially the Greater China region (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) – to establish a presence and succeed in the U.S. She also serves outbound U.

Karla MacCary
Karla MacCary has more than 25 years of experience in real estate transactional and financing matters, and serves as co-chair of Nossaman's Real Estate Group.

Brad Kuhn
Brad Kuhn, chair of Nossaman's Eminent Domain & Valuation Group, guides private and public sector clients through the real estate aspects of complex development and infrastructure projects – particularly with eminent domain/inverse condemnation, land use/zoning, construction, and other property and business disputes.

Salvador LaViña
Sal LaViña was recently named chair of Barnes & Thornburg’s Real Estate Department. He is the first person of color and Latinx head of a major department in the history of Barnes & Thornburg, which has grown to over 700 lawyers in 19 offices across the United States.

Jeffrey Love
Attorney Jeffrey Love is an equity partner at Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt, where he practices real estate law, commercial law, and business law.

Richard Mendelson
Rich Mendelson has over 40 years of experience as a deal lawyer with long-standing client partnerships who adds significant value in complex commercial real estate transactions. He has particular knowledge in the areas of acquisitions, joint ventures, and financing transactions, as well as in workouts and restructurings.

Taylor Mammen
Taylor Mammen is Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA), which advises institutional investors on all aspects of their complex real estate investment portfolios, from strategy development to underwriting and asset management.

Gabriel Marquez
Gabriel Marquez is a partner in CohnReznick’s Real Estate Assurance practice with over 32 years of professional experience.

Tanya Muro
She has closed more than $2 billion in real estate equity, beneficial interests, LLC/LP interests, land development, and oil and gas transactions, including the country’s first tenant in common acquisition. Muro has a broad knowledge of regulatory bodies, including NASD, FINRA, and the SEC.

Stacy Paek
Partner Seyfarth Shaw LLP Professional Services Advisors.

Anton (Tony) Natsis
Partner, Chair of Global Real Estate Group Allen Matkins Professional Services Advisors.

Andrew Raines
He is a partner to his clients in the truest sense of the word and watches over their business interests to preserve and protect their success..

Tilden Moschetti
Real Estate Attorney Moschetti Law Group, PC Professional Services Advisors.

Rosemary Nunn
Partner Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP Professional Services Advisors.

Richard Rasmussen
Managing Partner Anglin Flewelling & Rasmussen LLP Professional Services Advisors.

Matthew Rips
Partner Russ August & Kabat Professional Services Advisors.

Anita Sabine
Leader of Real Estate Transactions and Finance Group; Leader of Cannabis and CBD practice Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Professional Services Advisors.

Blake Wettengel
Chief Executive Officer Versity Investments, LLC Professional Services Advisors.

Albert W. Stemp
He represents borrowers and lenders in all types of real estate finance transactions, including single and multi-tranche mortgage, mezzanine and construction loans in the balance sheet, syndicated or securitization markets.

Joan Velazquez
Partner and Co-Chair of the Real Estate Department Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP Professional Services Advisors.

Bryan Shaffer
Shaffer works hard to arrange structured financings for multifamily and commercial properties, including acquisition, refinance, construction, bridge, and permanent loans. Shaffer has successfully structured both debt and equity placements for private entrepreneurs and institutional clients.

Albert C. Valencia
His clients include developers, operators, private equity investors, and commercial banks in a broad range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and syndications, commercial leasing, financing, loan modifications, workouts and restructurings.

Thomas R. Sestanovich
His practice is focused primarily on commercial real estate sales, acquisitions, securitized financings, and negotiating and documenting leases for office, retail, and industrial properties throughout the country..

Shahin Yazdi
Principal/Managing Director George Smith Partners Professional Services Advisors.

Derek Wyatt
He currently focuses on work in RCLCO’s Urban Real Estate and Community and Resort Advisory Groups..

Jonathan Wolf
He is an equity partner at Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt and practices in the areas of real estate law, commercial law, business law, and intellectual property law.