Long Beach Boom

Waterford Property Company is an Orange County-based real estate firm focused on acquiring and managing commercial real estate assets throughout California and Arizona. Waterford leverages its experience, relationships, and superior market knowledge to acquire and manage select real estate opportunities that provide strong risk-adjusted returns to its investors. Waterford looks for opportunities where it can utilize its asset management expertise to add immediate value while also focusing on properties that can be purchased well below projected replacement costs. To purchase its assets, Waterford partners with high net-worth private investors, institutions, and a select group of alternative funding sources. Since its founding in 2014, Stillwater has acquired and been a partner in over $170 million of office and retail assets in Southern California.

Dale Bonner is Executive Chairman of Plenary Concessions, which holds Plenary’s North American portfolio of infrastructure project companies. From 2007 to 2011, he served as California's Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing. As secretary, he managed California’s transportation infrastructure, business regulation, trade and foreign investment programs. He also chaired the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank and the Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission, and served on numerous other infrastructure boards and commissions. He is credited with championing California’s design-build and public-private partnership programs. Prior to serving as secretary, Bonner had a national law practice and regulated the managed healthcare and financial services industries as California's Commissioner of Corporations. He currently serves as a senior advisor to the Milken Institute and chairs the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation’s Infrastructure Committee. Bonner is a 1990 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and a 1987 graduate of the University of Southern California, where he majored in political science.

John Keisler is the Economic & Property Development Director for the City of Long Beach. The mission of department is to increase economic opportunities for entrepreneurs, workers, and investors in the City of Long Beach through workforce, business, and property development programs. After completing bachelor degrees in Philosophy and Religion at St. Olaf College,he joined Teach For America, teaching middle school literacy and civicsin Newark, NJ. To address the chronic community challenges facing his students, he turned to a career in city management, working with the League of California Cities and completing his MPA at the USC Price School of Public Policy. In 2005, John was hired as a Management Assistant by the City of Long Beach, and rotated through four departments. Over the next decade, he led multiple change-management projects throughout the City, serving as the Animal Care Services Bureau Manager, Business Operations Manager for the Parks, Recreation & Marine Department, CFO for the Police Department, and the City’s first Innovation Team Director. John lives in Long Beach with his beautiful wife Laura and his two sons Christopher (7) and Benjamin (9), where he serves on a number of civic boards and coaches youth sports.

An experienced real estate executive with an 18-year track record of delivering superior project investment returns, Tyson Sayles oversees Ensemble’s multifamily group and its commitment in developing inspiring, transformative places that people call home. Previously, Tyson was the Fund Manager for CityView Southwest Multifamily Partners, a fund that purchased and renovated apartments in the Southwestern U.S. Earlier, he worked with the residential division of The KOR Group, overseeing the acquisition, renovation, recapitalization, construction and/or disposition of over 4,000 multifamily units valued at approximately $1 billion. ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES Tyson’s role at Ensemble is focused on urban multifamily and mixed-use opportunities, including re-use acquisitions and new developments. He researches, evaluates and analyzes options and information that will lead to optimal decision-making for real estate acquisitions and development. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Minor in Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley; Chancellor’s Scholar; National Merit Scholar Involved in adaptive reuse of Eastern Columbia, winner of Los Angeles Conservancy’s 2008 Preservation Award; and Pegasus, winner of 2004 American Institute of Architects’ Los Angeles Design Citation Award

Robert Stepp serves as the President of Stepp Commercial, specializing exclusively in the disposition, acquisition, and exchange of multifamily investment properties in the greater Long Beach, California area. With over a decade of industry experience, Robert has established himself as the leading multifamily investment property expert in Long Beach with both private sellers and asset managers alike. His high level of success is due to his extensive market knowledge, aggressive pricing and marketing strategies, unrivaled work ethic, and dedication to helping clients achieve their investment objectives. Stepp approaches his real estate business from a client-centric perspective, choosing to focus his efforts on building long-term relationships with his clients rather than utilizing the traditional transaction-oriented business model. He is committed to the highest level of client service and ethical standards and ensuring that his clients receive the highest price the market will allow for their properties. He was ranked the top Long Beach Multifamily broker in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Rick Price oversees all phases of Raintree’s development projects, including acquisition, due diligence, entitlement, project design, permitting, construction and lease-up. He also supports Raintree’s financing and refinancing efforts for both construction and permanent loans on stabilized development projects. To date, Mr. Price has been involved in more than $400 million in development activity. Prior to joining Raintree, Mr. Price underwrote institutional-size multifamily value-add acquisitions totaling $1.2 million for Bascom Group and brokered multifamily transactions for ACI Apartments in San Diego, California. Earlier in his career, Mr. Price worked as a CPA for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Price holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Brigham Young University and a Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a California-licensed real estate broker, a member of Urban Land Institute, and a member of the ULI NEXT Initiative Council.

Ryan Altoon is Executive Vice President with AndersonPacific, LLC, a Los Angeles-based development company focusing on investment, entitlement and development of mixed-use infill projects that are transit-oriented and sustainable, creating livable and walkable communities. Anderson Pacific currently manages/owns over $1 Billion in projects in key Downtown areas throughout California. Mr. Altoon has over 16 years experience in real estate, strategic planning, management and finance. He is responsible for overseeing entitlement and development projects for the firm. Prior to joining AP he worked at George Smith Partners, Inc., a real estate investment bank and financing company, where he was responsible for underwriting debt and equity packages for acquisitions, development and refinancing myriad product types. Prior to GSP he was Managing Director of GFX Center, a design and reprographics firm he founded, serving the international real estate clientele of a professional services firm. Mr. Altoon also served as a Business Manager for Altoon + Porter Architects, LP. Mr. Altoon received an MBA from the University of Southern California, a Certificate of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and BA in Business/Economics and Art History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a LEED AP, ULI-LA Advisory Board member, Chair of the Downtown Long Beach Alliance, and President of the Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council.

As senior principal and design director for Studio One Eleven, Michael Bohn, AIA, is responsible for architectural, landscape and urban design within the Studio. Maintaining the Studio’s dedication to creating more vibrant, healthy and equitable places, he is a licensed architect with over 25 years’ experience. His firm’s experience includes co-developing the re-use of an existing series of warehouse buildings into a creative office complex in downtown Long Beach, three ground up creative office buildings at the LOT in West Hollywood where Oprah Winfrey and Will Farrell have located their headquarters and the completion of his own office which relocated to an abandoned Nordstrom Rack. He is currently working on a 100,000 SF ground up creative office for Laserfiche, a software development company. He is a Council Member with the Urban Land Institute, past President of the Long Beach/South Bay chapter of the American Institute of Architects and an active member of the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing.

Peter M. Rooney is responsible for the acquisition and development of SARES•REGIS Group’s commercial and industrial real estate portfolio. Over the last 20 years, Mr. Rooney has overseen the acquisition of approximately 75 commercial/industrial properties totaling 33 million square feet with a value of approximately $2.3 billion. Prior to joining the Sares Company, Mr. Rooney worked for a major East Coast institutional investor where he was involved in the purchase of residential, retail and commercial properties with an approximate value of $600 million. Mr. Rooney graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. Mr. Rooney is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association.

Principal Taylor Woods co-founded Urban Commons in 2008, and has been instrumental in launching the firm’s portfolio and growing it to an impressive $1 billion in less than a decade. Taylor has an intuitive ability to analyze and engage in investment opportunities with the most up-side potential, which has helped expand Urban Commons’ collection of assets across the United States. Taylor’s 15 years of real estate finance experience has also given him a keen understanding of the inner workings of the industry and a clear path to establishing Urban Commons as one of the country’s leading real estate development and investment firm. From investor relations to generating capital and overseeing governance and structure, Taylor has drawn on his expertise to build out the tentacles of a hearty development operation at Urban Commons. In addition to identifying the most compelling real estate deals, Taylor is passionate about developing properties that will have a positive impact on the surrounding community. Prior to launching Urban Commons, Taylor founded the nation’s leading provider of end-to- end outsourced mortgage services, which he later successfully sold. This company offered a secondary marketing solution and comprehensive mortgage origination to over 50 U.S. banks, and resulted in the origination and sale of billions of dollars of real estate assets. Taylor earned his bachelor’s degree in English and Business from Brigham Young University.

Marc Gittleman oversees 3rd Party Services throughout Rising's 3+ million sq. ft commercial real estate portfolio, business development of integrated verticals, and Rising's energy, sustainability and technology initiatives. Marc has also participated as a GP investor in over $600M of transactions. Marc is also CEO & Co-Founder of 5x5 Telecom, a fiber optic ISP and smart-building platform located in Los Angeles. Prior to becoming a key member of Rising Senior Leadership and culture, Marc spent the past 18 years working with multiple start-ups. He worked closely with Nelson and Christopher Rising over the past decade on real estate projects, including Nelson and Christopher's tenure at Maguire. A noted expert in real estate innovation, Marc's creative leadership in implementing advanced technologies has garnered national attention and drives value for Rising and many of the nation's largest real estate investors. Marc serves as a Director and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Board of Directors for BOMA International's Greater Los Angeles Chapter representing 135 million square feet of office and industrial space, the IP Infrastructure Committee of Innovate Pasadena, Chair of NAIOP's Trends in Real Estate Development forum, and an appointee to the Advisory Board of Cross Campus, where former President Obama recently spoke on technology and innovation Marc attended Drake University and The University of Minnesota.

Our company works on a broad range of projects requiring intensive collaboration with developers, designers, and architects to create places that raise design standards in the communities where they are located. JR van Dijs, Inc. has worked primarily in Long Beach to create diverse projects which have played significant roles in community development.

Former Acquisitions Associate at Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, the real estate investment subsidiary of MassMutual Life Insurance Company. Responsible for sourcing new acquisitions of various property types including office, apartment, retail, and industrial properties. Also responsible for assisting in the asset management of a $1.5 billion portfolio, primarily focused in California. Prior to Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, he was an Assistant Vice President with Nomura Securities where he was responsible for originating and underwriting new commercial real estate loans. He helped to originate over $5 billion of loans and also opened up the company’s office in San Francisco.

Specializing in Tenant Representation, Jason brings 19 years of experience to the commercial real estate market. His diverse client base includes advertising, banking, biotechnology, defense, education, and technology companies ranging from Fortune 50 to early stage start-ups. His transactional expertise involves Multi-Market Account Management, Complex Disposition and Relocation transactions, creative warehouse to office conversions, and Corporate HQ assignments. Jason has completed over 6,000,000 square feet with a total transaction value over $800,000,000. Before joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Jason was Director of Portfolio Services for the Property and Construction Management Division of Colliers International. He was responsible for all business development activities, client services, and marketing for Southern California. In addition, he managed an office and industrial portfolio totaling 700,000 square feet.

With over four years of real estate experience at JLL Kristen has spearheaded and implemented property marketing strategies for creative and traditional office spaces with a focus on web development and social media. She has also identified opportunities for both Tenants and Landlords to either lease or purchase properties. Kristen works alongside Steve Solomon and Jason Fine.