California People and Company News, Week of Jan. 17, 2025
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- Cushman & Wakefield has hired a multifamily brokerage team to lead its Northern California Multifamily Capital Markets. The team is led by vice chair Keith Manson and includes managing director Zachary Greenwood and senior director Mac Watson. All three join from CBRE, where they were a top-producing multifamily team for many years.
- SVN Senior Living Advisors announced that seniors housing & skilled nursing veteran Mark Myers joined SVN SLA’s existing team as a managing director and member of the executive committee. He specializes in large, complex transactions, having facilitated and closed a 76-facility, 5,000-bed/unit portfolio out of bankruptcy and a three-facility, 400-bed/unit portfolio within the past 30 days.
- CBRE announced that Anna Britt in its Orange County office has achieved a title promotion to VP. Britt is a member of CBRE’s multi-disciplinary, multi-market, debt and structured finance team operating throughout the western U.S., including California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon and Washington. Throughout her career, Britt has demonstrated exceptional analytical skills, a keen understanding of financial markets, and a talent for structuring complex financial deals. She has been at CBRE for the past seven years.
- The Exeter Group, LLC, a private financial services company that offers a variety of tax deferral and tax exclusion strategies, hired Amanda Brynoff as controller. Brynoff’s accounting career began in 2016 at NexCore Group, a Denver-based development firm, where she held management-level positions in corporate and development accounting. She joined Confluent Development in 2021 as development accounting manager responsible for financial reporting and forecasting for numerous development projects.
- The California Homebuilding Foundation announced the retirement of its long-serving executive director, Terri Brunson, and the promotion of Jill Herman to executive director and Joe Sanchez to deputy director. Herman, a key member of the California Homebuilding Foundation since 2012, has most recently held the role of program director.
- Granite VP of operational excellence Pat Kelly has been elected president of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of California for the year 2025. This appointment recognizes Pat’s extensive experience and dedication to the construction industry. Kelly has been with Watsonville-based Granite for more than four decades.
- San Diego-based Gildred Companies promoted Michael Faudoa to property manager. Since joining the team last year, Faudoa has served as a key point of contact for tenants, managing maintenance needs and collaborating with vendors. Before joining Gildred, he gained experience at Meissner Commercial Real Estate Services, where he contributed to managing a diverse portfolio, including retail, industrial, and office spaces.
- Banc of California has launched the Banc of California Wildfire Relief & Recovery Fund, which will support ongoing relief and rebuilding efforts for Southern California communities devastated by the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. The fund will be seeded with a $1-million donation from Banc of California. Through the fund, the bank will address urgent, ongoing disaster relief and recovery needs, as well as longer-term rebuilding. Banc of California has created a dedicated page on its website for the fund located at Bancofcal.com/SoCalRelief and will update the page regularly with resources and links to inform and help the community.
- CenterCal Properties LLC, a full-service commercial real estate company serving the western U.S., announced that its mixed-use retail center in Concord, The Veranda, has been recognized by IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) and received the group’s CSP (Certified Sustainable Property) certification. The recognition is a result of exceptional real estate management in green building performance and is the first IREM CSP for CenterCal.
