Our Members

Alaine has significant experience in complex 1031 exchange transactions, including deferred, reverse, build-to-suit, and personal property transactions; working on deals of up to $100 million+. Alaine’s exchange expertise has spanned 25+ years and thousands of closed transactions. Her focus is helping clients strategically build and maintain wealth through real estate. Her clients appreciate her accessibility, creativity and consultative approach.

First Exchange

Alan Burr is President and CFO for Murphy Burr Curry, Inc., Structural Engineers in San Francisco. Alan and his firm provide consulting for seismic evaluations, building retrofits and new building construction and Alan is Engineer of Record for numerous multi-family housing developments, public and private schools, high-end retail developments and commercial projects.

Murphy Burr Curry, Inc.

Alexander Hamilton maintains a broad-based transactional business law and real estate practice. He represents a wide spectrum of clients and handles a diverse collection of transactions, including entity formation and structuring, real property purchases, sales and exchanges, commercial leasing, construction contracts and disputes, investment in real estate and business ventures, workouts of troubled loans, restructuring of commercial leases, acquisitions of debt, “green” building, sustainable development and the formation and capitalization of business ventures.

Versant Law

Catherine, CRE, FRICS, CCIM, is the SVN National Healthcare Chair of the real estate brokerage firm SVN Commercial Real Estate Advisors. As Chair she is responsible for coordinating healthcare-related commercial real estate activities, in particular, medical/dental office buildings and seniors housing (ALF’s, SNF’s, MC, etc.) throughout the company. She has extensive experience in the acquisition and disposition of medical office buildings, medical condominiums, and commercial buildings throughout Northern California and is also an industry speaker on healthcare and commercial real estate.

SVN Commercial Real Estate Advisors

Claudio is the principal of Claudio Martonffy Design architecture in San Francisco. CMD develops high-level architectural solutions with outstanding design and construction documentation.  We are process-driven, always engaging with our private and public sector clients to reach their aesthetic, branding, and goals.  We use Building Information Modeling (BIM) to deliver a variety of project scales and levels of complexity.  CMD projects span Hospitality, Food & Beverage, Aviation, Single and Multi-Family Residential, and Workplace.

Claudio Martonffy Design

Clayton D. Jew has provided real estate advisory services to San Francisco and Bay Area clients in acquisitions, disposition, and tenant and landlord representation for over two decades. His success working with domestic and international clients to locate opportunities and provide advisory services beyond simply selling a property or leasing a space makes him a unique resource for prospective investors. Mr. Jew has secured a notable portfolio of historic, commercial, development, and mixed use projects.

Kidder Matthews

Mr. Dixon is a Principal Geologist with Roux Associates in Oakland, California with 28 years of experience. He has been managing and conducting complex characterization and remediation projects, industrial facility permitting and RCRA closures, NPDES permitting and evaluations, and has assisted clients with their environmental due diligence for hundreds of properties. He is very involved with Clean Water Act issues, including stormwater and NPDES permitting, and has provided litigation support and expert testimony in federal court mor many clean water act cases.

Roux Associates

Athena Investments is a Capital Advisory Firm.  Deborah works with an International Family Office that provides Private Credit Lending (+ some Equity) and Bridge financing for large-scale CRE construction projects. Deborah has been in CRE industry for 22 years and is also a developer of multifamily properties. She understands the challenges facing the construction industry and has adopted proven, disrupting, eco-friendly construction technologies. Deborah also shares these technologies with other open-minded developers.

Athena Investments

Erik advises high net worth families on pre- and post-liquidity planning, and wealth transfer strategies and cash flow modeling. Erik and his large number team has informed understanding of the opportunities and challenges inherent in managing significant wealth. Consistent with First Republic’s service-centric experience, he works with clients to identify goals and implement tax-aware strategies to reach those goals.

Prior to advising individuals and families at Credit Suisse and before that Deutsche Bank, Erik advised institutional clients on global risk and asset allocation while at the New York office of the Washington based G7 Group.

First Republic Investment Management

Jennifer counsels clients on land use, zoning, permitting, and regulatory issues related to the development of commercial, residential, and mixed-use projects and has successfully guided some of the largest and most complex projects through California’s notoriously challenging permitting and approval process.  She advises clients on all phases of project development, from conception and environmental due diligence, through design, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review, project construction, and financing as well as real property acquisition.

Stice Block, LLP

John brings a wealth of leadership experience to his work as President, he oversees company operations with an adaptive and creative approach and is actively involved in client development, contract compliance, quality control and schedule adherence. John’s 30 years of experience in commercial tenant improvements, including work as an Estimator and Project Manager, demonstrate his passion for the entire construction management process.

Field Construction

Jackson Square is an independent insurance agency located in downtown SF since 2014. They help real estate clients in providing expertise in insurance and risk management.

Jackson Square works to insure that a client gets the coverages they need on their schedule and at the optimum price.

Jackson Square Insurance Associates 

Justin has been in construction management consulting business since 2011. At Justin Dierkhising Construction Management, we provide full-service management of residential, commercial, high rise, restaurant, retail and HOA projects. We can support your projects starting with the Pre-Construction Phase through completion of construction including Basebuilding Systems Upgrades.

JDCMS

Kyle Pickett focuses on decarbonizing the built environment. Kyle is the Co-founder and Board Member of The William J. Worthen Foundation, a 501c3 public benefit corporation that conducts research and creates outreach initiatives on the planning, design, construction, performance of the built environment. Previously, Kyle was Director of Leadership and Market Development for New Buildings Institute, as well as Urban Fabrick Inc’s Co-founder and COO, responsible for the consultancy’s West Coast operations.

The William J. Worthen Foundation 

I help real estate professionals who need debt or equity to refinance, construct, or acquire commercial property. I partner with real estate investors, either institutional or non-institutional, to solve their capital needs for deals from $5 million and higher.

NKF Capital Markets

I provide excellent and accurate title services and quality customer service for each commercial real estate transaction I am responsible for. Contact me to discuss how I can provide you with the levels of service and support which you deserve.

Our clients receive unparalleled support and by being your single source of contact throughout the title, escrow and underwriting phases, I am personally here to ensure you get the attention you deserve.

Peter is an investor and developer. His projects include multi-family, live-work, and retail.

He was instrumental in assembling a $300 million portfolio of office buildings in San Francisco and SoCal.

He has over 28 years of experience in project management, finance, and real estate syndications, and is currently involved in entitlement and development projects in Northern California.

Director of Three Points Enterprises

Renee Engelen, CHA, BPOR is the Managing Broker of HRH Real Estate Services and Director of Three Points Enterprises; providers of concierge management of real estate portfolios. Her years in planning, building, operating, buying and selling firms and real estate has given her an unique insight into the needs of entrepreneurs, investors and business professionals.

HRH Real Estate Services

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ThermaXX Jackets

RadiantBrands is a full-service branding and marketing agency with a unique focus on commercial, retail and multi-family real estate developments. We bring research, and understanding of place-making to our work with client developers and investors to deliver insights and expertise that enhance the marketing value of developments in urban environments around the world. Radiant’s work includes market research, strategy, naming, brand creation, signage, digital marketing, and PR as well as video and websites that transform urban spaces and mixed-use developments.

RadiantBrands