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Developed real estate advisory business based in Oakland, CA. Helping a diverse portfolio of clients optimize their efforts in order to align real estate strategy and business objectives, whether their goal is to consolidate their locations or expand their national footprint. Needs Real Estate Services provides construction management, guidance, site selection, lease negotiations and entitlement support.- Completed $1.5M construction project for a combined clinic and pharmacy for Santa Clara County as a tenant of client.- Provided construction management for $8M Reno medical clinic project.- Supported manufacturing client in understanding market value for their 10-acre property, negotiated transaction terms with the developer, maintained communication with the developer, brokers and owners throughout the transaction life cycle, and worked with the title company and ownership to complete final closing documents.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Portland, Or, Us

Developed real estate advisory business in California, Nevada, and Washington. Assembled a diverse client base including a national restauranteur, regional medical clinic and institutional multi-family developer. Services included strategy development, site selection, construction management, acquisitions, dispositions, and lease negotiations. Utilized 30 years of institutional real estate experience to successfully help clients identify goals, develop business plans, select essential professional services and support implementation.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Oversaw daily operations for 4.5 msf office portfolio from San Francisco to Redwood City including complex high-rise office towers, the Ferry Building and large suburban campuses. • Managed net operating income of $170 million and a capital budget totaling over $111 million.• Developed and implemented business plans for seven separate field teams and their coordination among multiple internal service groups.• Direct responsibility for the hiring and training of staff – approximately 30 direct team members and operational coordination with over 40 third party engineers. • Solved fundamental flaws of building design – transforming an inward focused amenity retail space to an external neighborhood destination operating 7 days/week. Increase rents from $30 nnn to low $70’s nnn and reduce vacancy from 35% to 7%.• Negotiated with tenants on relocations and lease buyouts to accommodate repositioning efforts.• Completed transformation of 70,000 sf cash vault into Class A office space utilizing $8 million in capital and increasing rent from $5 nnn to $70 nnn rent. • Supported Google 160,000 sf TI project in a mutli-use property in resolving resident complaints with construction work. Our support shortened construction delays from unknown to three months.• Resolved TI mechanical issues to finalize 500,000 sf of construction for Uber and Square. The result of this effort allowed for close out of the projects and tenants acceptance of lease items such as delivery conditions and commencement dates.• Part of leadership team that transitioned over 8 million square feet of office space and over 100 employees to Hudson. The process was the culmination of a $3.5 billion acquisition of the portfolio.• Provided operational support in dispositions of over 2 million square feet.• Provided operation support for acquisition of the Ferry Building and transitioning the property and team into the Hudson platform.

• Portfolio oversight for $215 million JV between ARES and USAA which included: 201 California, 60 Spear and 188 Embarcadero.• Direct responsibility for hiring and training four field teams comprised of 20 team members, both operations and engineering.• Developed and implemented $20 million in repositioning strategies for two ARES properties in Northern California.• Completed over 50 lease transactions for 400,000 square feet.• Managed over $35 million in capital projects ranging from seismic and elevator retrofits to large tenant improvement projects.• Developed and implemented annual business plans exceeding $120 million.• Provided disposition support for 1.5 million square feet from San Jose to San Francisco.

• Successfully entitled 13 acre site for a senior housing community; 3 buildings totaling 120 units and 70 single family lots.• Entitled 2.5 acre site for 2 apt. buildings totaling over 70 units.• Opened Colliers International office, hired brokers, established brand and increased market share.• Completed buy/sale of 200,000 sf of industrial properties.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Operational oversight for 3.6 million square feet of Class A office product in San Francisco. Most notable properties include 101 California, 50 Fremont, 560 Mission.• Oversaw construction department that completed large scale infrastructure projects for fire life safety, security, BMS replacements in addition to over $20 million in tenant improvement projects.• Assembled and directed acquisition team responsible to review structure, mechanical systems, tenant leases, tenant interviews, and confirm revenue and expense for over $400 million in acquisitions. • Hired and trained over 30 employees; trained over 100 service personnel to Hines standards.