Los Angeles Construction & Development

Adam Lev is Vice President of Asset Management and Development at Rising Realty Partners and is responsible for various development and asset management activities, including leasing, construction management, and investor relations. Adam worked for The Ratkovich Company from 2005 to 2016, where he held various positions in acquisitions and as Development Manager since 2010. While at The Ratkovich Company, Adam worked on various projects including The Hercules Campus, 5900 Wilshire, The Bloc, The Alhambra, and 800 Wilshire. After The Ratkovich Company, Adam worked for Atlas Capital as the Asset Manager responsible for Row DTLA, a 1.8M sf retail and office campus in DTLA’s Arts District. Adam received a Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) from USC’s Price School and a Bachelor of Science in Management from Pepperdine University. Adam is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and the Jewish Federation’s REC Cabinet.

Andrew Parker oversees projects across a range of product types from pre-development through construction. He is a seasoned development and construction professional whose outstanding execution skill set is a vital asset to the company, partners and clients. With over fifteen years of industry experience across multiple disciplines, Mr. Parker provides critical leadership and insight to the Company’s SoCal – Los Angeles Business Unit. Prior to joining Trammell Crow Company, Mr. Parker served as Construction Manager of Development for Equity Residential. Mr. Parker also has construction manager experience working directly with General Contractor Morley Builders, as well as engineering and design experience working with Degenkolb Engineers. Mr. Parker is both a licensed engineer and general contractor.

Ireland’s loss was Southern California’s gain. The co-founder of our company is the garrulous Irishman John Parker. On the surface, he is an easy-going gentleman. On the job, he is all business. John Parker co-founded Parker Brown, Inc. in 1994 with Scott Brown. The two set the “get the job done” tone for the company’s construction operations and corporate management. Leaving Ireland for the U.S. in 1989, John owned and operated John Parker Building Ltd., a residential remodeling firm. After relocating his family to Los Angeles, John was the construction manager at a Los Angeles area commercial construction company until the inception of Parker Brown, Inc. in 1994. John and Scott are personally involved in every project that Parker Brown, Inc. is awarded. They provide oversight from the job site or from the corporate office, and, in a lot of cases, from both. John is deeply involved in the communities he serves. He is the past president of the Canoga Park/West Hills Chamber of Commerce, former president of the Canoga Park Improvement Association, a past member of the Oversight Committee on the Bond Program of Pierce College, and executive vice president of the Women’s Odyssey, a residential drug and alcohol recovery program. Currently, he is a commissioner serving on the Los Angeles County Building Rehabilitation & Appeals Board, and is presently the president of the United Chamber of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley.

David Kersh is the Executive Director of the Carpenters/Contractors Cooperation Committee (C/CCC), a non-profit organization comprised of signatory contractors and the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters. For over 19 years, Mr. Kersh has been at the forefront of regional efforts to promote the creation of good paying jobs, fair competition and high quality construction industry standards. He is actively engaged in the areas of land use entitlement, labor compliance, economic development, transportation and contracting policies, where he has focused on ensuring that construction projects are built by top-quality contractors who generate good paying middle class jobs and rewarding training opportunities. Mr. Kersh graduated with a degree in History from UC Santa Barbara and completed additional studies in Madrid, Spain. Born in Lima, Peru, he lives in Culver City with his wife Pilar and his teenage children.

As one of two founding members of Greenland USA, Chao Wu is in charge of the more than $1B Metropolis property in downtown Los Angeles, and oversees construction planning and budgeting at Greenland USA. Mr. Wu brings nearly 20 years of experience in this field of work. Mr. Wu joined Greenland Group in 2011, as deputy director of the engineering contracts. He has led contract negotiations and bidding processes for many ultra high-rise buildings and large-scale complexes throughout China, including the 1,535 foot high-rise in Chengdu, the 1,175 foot high-rise in Wujiang, and the 984 foot high-rise in Changchun. He has led the construction of a wide array of projects including residential, hotels and commercial office spaces. He has worked on projects totaling 430 million square feet. Mr. Wu holds a master’s degree in business administration from Shanghai Maritime University.

Richard Vogel is a global real estate executive with a proven success record in establishing vision, defining strategy, and executing large and complex projects in both developed and emerging markets. Recognized globally for his disciplined approach to real estate investment, he is a comprehensive strategist with experience managing real estate development, investment and operations in the US, Asia and the Middle East. Mr. Vogel joined Related in January, 2017 to lead the Grand Avenue Project, a 1 million square foot landmark mixed-use project located in downtown Los Angeles. Prior to joining Related, Mr. Vogel was President of Silverstein Asia, a subsidiary of Silverstein Properties out of New York City, Senior Vice President and General Manager with Ivanhoe Cambridge and Vice President with Hines. Mr. Vogel received his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business and his Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree from the Pennsylvania State University, and completed post-graduate studies in economics and finance at the University of California, Berkeley. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) where he has chaired various ULI committees.

Matt Walker is Executive Vice President of Lowe and is responsible for overseeing the Company’s hotel and resort development and value add investment activities. Recently completed development and renovation projects under Mr. Walker’s oversight include: Shay Hotel at Ivy Station in Culver City, Sweetgrass Inn at Wild Dunes Resort in South Carolina, Town and Country Resort in San Diego and Miramonte Resort in Indian Wells. Current active projects include the Cooper Hotel in Charleston, Woodlands Resort in Houston and Suncadia Resort in Central Washington. Mr. Walker joined Lowe in 2000 and is a shareholder with the firm. Prior to Lowe, Mr. Walker was an architect in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mr. Walker received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and his MBA from UCLA. He has taught an MBA real estate development course at UCLA and is actively involved in the Urban Land Institute and is the past Chair of the Recreation Development Council. Mr. Walker is an Assistant Scoutmaster in Boy Scout Troop 223 and a resident of Pacific Palisades, California where he lives with his wife and four children.

Wayne solves complex business problems for construction and infrastructure programs around the world: large and small, from airports, railways and pipelines, to data centers, hospitals and solar farms. His expertise includes dispute analytics, fraud investigations, program management systems and controls, financial damage analytics, forensic accounting, root-cause analytics, environmental risk remediation, cost estimating, litigation support, and expert testimony. Wayne has hands-on experience with the design, construction, and oversight of capital projects within the energy, power, technology, transportation, water, higher-education, military, institutional, manufacturing, healthcare, health science, and gaming sectors. As a result, he understands why construction projects succeed, how they fail, ways they can improve, and how to translate complicated technical issues into plain English. Wayne is a licensed Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural). He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner, lectures at the University of Southern California, and is a Technical Expert for the California Department of Consumer Affairs and its Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists. Wayne is Senior Advisor to a private equity fund in Manhattan, and serves on the Board for an engineering company in South Florida, where he provides operational guidance. He provides expert testimony in Federal and State courts across the United States on issues related to construction defects, financial damages, fraud, business management, financial management, financial controls, and standard of care. While studying at MIT, Wayne wrote about “Skyscraper Technology in Manhattan: 1930 to 1990” for his research thesis. He also engineered the move of an historic lighthouse on Cape Cod National Seashore in 1995, where his construction drawings remain on display at the Highland Light Museum.

Michael E. Scheinberg joined the firm in 1989 and is a partner in the firm’s real estate department. Mr. Scheinberg’s practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions, including private equity, restructurings, development, loan origination and workouts, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions as well as leasing.