Colliers began the new year by poaching a four-man industrial team.
Stan Kwak, Selden McKnight, Zac Kolander and Jordan Haynes left Voit to join Colliers’ Irvine brokerage. They’ll handle investment sales, leasing and development throughout Orange County and the Inland Empire. Their client portfolio includes institutional owners, Fortune 500 companies and family-owned businesses — and they’ve dealt with logistics and distribution facilities, manufacturing, last-mile assets and outdoor storage.
Kwak counts a 38-year career as a commercial real estate broker and business owner; McKnight has completed over 200 transactions valued above $600 million; Kolander has seven years of experience and Hayne six.
That wasn’t the only move throughout Orange County and Los Angeles’ commercial real estate spaces in recent months.
- Kidder Mathews tapped Jonathan Steier as vice president of the company’s Sherman Oaks office. He has 25 years of experience, mostly in retail leasing and investment sales throughout Los Angeles, particularly in the Valley. He has facilitated about $100 million in real estate deals and completed more than 400 leases. He has worked with brands such as Chipotle, Chase and Petco.
- CBRE hired Patrick McGrath as executive managing director of its South Bay office. He’ll lead strategy and operations for the region, and his two-decade long tenure as a senior commercial real estate executive should help. McGrath left Savills where he was chief information officer and president of North America’s West region.
- Commerce Construction Company — a subsidiary of one of the country’s largest privately owned developers Majestic Realty — named Ryan Merlette, a 20-year industry veteran, as its new president. The move comes after the retirement of the firm’s longtime president, John Burroughs, who is still a Majestic Realty board member. Merlette will lead the design and construction teams responsible for executing and delivering Majestic’s development projects, as well as projects for third-party clients. Merlette began at Commerce Construction in 2017 and served as executive vice president since.
- Retail brokerage Hanley Investment Group, headquartered in Corona Del Mar, promoted three of its team members: Dylan Mallory, who went from senior vice president to executive vice president, and Brad Dessy and Sean Cox, who went from vice presidents to senior vice presidents. All three specialize in the acquisition and disposition of retail properties. Mallory has closed over $300 million in retail property sales since 2020; and Cox has sold over $300 million in retail assets since 2022.
- Santa Monica-based Turner Impact Capital, one of the nation’s largest social impact investment firms that owns real estate throughout the country, announced some elevations, too, of four senior executives to co-head and managing director roles. That includes Brock Miller and Katie Winthrop on housing and Logan Harper and Kate Hirsh on healthcare. Miller will oversee multifamily acquisitions and has held prior roles at Greystar and Goldman Sachs; Winthrop will lead asset management and previously worked at Cohen & Steers; the latter two will focus on healthcare real estate development.
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