Christopher Benton Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Chris Benton joined ARA, A Newmark Company in 2015 as a Director with the Palmer team where he oversees all aspects of the transaction process including valuation, pricing strategy, marketing, due diligence, negotiating purchase and sale agreements and business development. Prior to joining ARA Newmark, Mr. Benton was a sales director at CBRE with the Southern California Institutional Properties Multifamily Group where he was directly associated with over $3 billion in sales, debt and equity financing from 2013 to 2015. Sample transactions while there include the $300 million sale of Palazzo Westwood Village; the $200 million sale of 8th+Hope in downtown Los Angeles; the $194 million sale of the Alliance Residential SoCal Portfolio; the $126 million sale of The Hesby in North Hollywood; the $70.5 million sale of Elevé Lofts and Skydeck in Glendale; the $32 million sale of entitled land in Playa Vista; the $40 million sale of entitled land in Hollywood; the $82 million sale of Archstone Vanoni Ranch in Ventura and the $84 million value-add sale of Fountains at Moorpark.ARA, A Newmark Company is the largest full-service investment advisory firm in the nation that focuses exclusively on the brokerage, financing and capital sourcing of multihousing properties including conventional, affordable, distressed assets, notes sales, seniors, student, manufactured housing and multihousing land. ARA Newmark is comprised of the country’s top investment professionals who leverage a unique and fully integrated cooperative business platform of shared information, relationships and technology driven solutions. This combination of global resources, unparalleled market expertise and nationwide presence in the multihousing marketplace has resulted in an annual production volume of $14 billion in sales in 2015

Investment sales, office leasing, and tenant rep work. West Los Angeles and West San Fernando Valley.

Financial analysis, package preparation, preparation of investment models

Undergraduate, Business- Marketing And Management

Bachelor Of Science, Business Marketing

High School

Activities and Societies: Captain of Varsity Volleyball Team