Considered Grubb & Ellis Co.’s top
multihousing broker in LA County
for 2008 and among the top 20 brokers in LA county overall, Brody has
listed and sold more than $200 million in apartment properties. During
the six years Brody has been selling
multihousing properties, she has amassed a long list of repeat
clients. She began her mentorship with Laurie Lustig-Bower at
CB Richard Ellis, before going on to Marcus & Millichap Real
Estate Investment Services, where she won the 2006 Pace Setter
Award. Despite the downturn in commercial real estate, Brody
continues to close deals, including a 14-unit property in Sherman Oaks that traded for $2.7 million—the highest price per
unit achieved since 2006 for a rent-controlled property in Sherman Oaks with 10 to 30 units.
ANDY CREWS ( 26)
Principal and CIO
RedHill Realty Investors LP
Along with CEO Russell Dixon and
CFO Travis Greenwood, Crews was a
founding principal of RedHill Realty
Investors, a private real estate investment and advisory firm. He acts as
principal and chief investment officer
and has directed the acquisition of
more than $500 million of multifamily assets—more than 4,000
units—in major metros across the Western US. Crews has orchestrated the investment of private equity capital in joint ventures with institutional equity partners such as BlackRock, AEW,
GE Capital, Rreef, and TriSail (Bank of America) to name a few.
Additionally, Crews formed a reputable team with deep relationship channels and drove the in-house creation of RedHill’s
acquisition platform.
RYAN DELANEY ( 29)
Vice President of Asset Management
Mesa West Capital
After joining Mesa West in Los Angeles in 2006 to head asset management, Delaney has grown that team
to seven real estate professionals. He
is responsible for a portfolio valued at
$1.5 billion. Other accomplishments
include facilitating the repayment
of more than $700 million, and executing and managing a
$600-million collateralized CDO for MWC in 2007. Previously
at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York City, he was involved
in the workout of 52 real estate deals valued at $1.5 billion in
exposure and 20 corporate banking and fixed-income workouts totaling $1.2 billion.
PATRICK DUROSS ( 27)
Senior Associate
Colliers International
Since DuRoss joined Colliers in 2004
as an industrial specialist in the San
Fernando Valley and Ventura County
markets, he has completed transactions totaling four million square feet
in excess of $200 million. That helped
him earn the ranking of highest gross-
ing rookie producer in the Colliers San Fernando Valley offices’
30-plus year history. In 2007, DuRoss was also named “Rookie of
the Year” for Colliers International’s Greater Los Angeles operations. DuRoss creates success for his clients by focusing on the
details of the market, each transaction and each client need.
MATTHEW FRIEDMAN ( 29)
Vice President of Investments and Senior
Director, National Multihousing Group
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate
Investment Services Inc.
Friedman has arranged the sale of
commercial real estate in 13 states,
representing more than 100 transactions worth $859 million. He is currently marketing properties valued
in excess of $477 million. Friedman has consistently ranked as
one of Marcus & Millichap’s top Southern California brokers.
In 2008, he was the firm’s eighth highest-earning multifamily
broker and 16th out of more than 1,300 investment specialists.
Friedman has developed a number of long-term relationships
as an investment specialist representing REITs, pension funds,
private companies and individual investors.
BEN GROSSMAN ( 29)
Director
Meridian Capital Group LLC
Since Grossman was transferred to
Los Angeles nearly three years ago to
build a presence for Meridian Capital
on the West Coast, he has overseen an
office that originated more than $1 billion in financing. Grossman personally
originated and closed $175 million of
financing consisting of nearly 75 transactions in 2008. His total
office volume was $525 million. He started in this business eight
years ago in Meridian’s corporate office in New York City, and
within two years, he was managing a three-person sales team.
