Mr. Alex J. Rose serves as Senior Vice President of Development at Continental Development Corporation. Mr. Rose served as Senior Vice President and Director of Development at Continental Development Corporation. Mr. Rose serves as a Trustee at Urban Land Institute.

Mr. Watkins has 13 years of construction experience and has dedicated the past 7 years of his career to pursue his passion for building healthcare construction.

Through his passion and determination, Lee has created a reputation of successful project deliveries and solid client relationships. He has an in-depth knowledge of systems and is aware of the challenges commonly encountered in healthcare construction and how to mitigate them.

As a result, Lee has the management skills necessary to support project teams with accurate informed solutions while empowering them to succeed in building complex projects where communication, coordination, and a “can-do” attitude are critical. He will apply his expertise and experience to exceed expectations and insure the success of his projects.

David oversees all phases of SSV’s real estate activities and plays an active role in the firm’s investment, development decisions as well as the day to day operations of projects. David has over 20 years of direct experience sourcing, structuring, entitling, developing, managing, leasing and disposing of commercial real estate.

Prior to founding SSV, David worked for Hines Interests for 8 years. He was a key member of the team that completed numerous, successful projects throughout Southern California including the renovation of 10100 Santa Monica in Century City, the re-leasing of Wilshire Rodeo Plaza in Beverly Hills, the renovation of 600 and 626 Wilshire in Downtown, the re-leasing of Manhattan Towers in Manhattan Beach, the successful development and repositioning of Lantana Media Campus in Santa Monica and 2211 Michelson in Irvine. In total, these projects total over 2 million square feet and $400 million in value. Institutional capital partners included the State Board of Florida, AEW, GE Capital, Crescent, and a variety of Hines commingled funds. David began his career as a commercial real estate broker at Cushman Realty Corporation completing over a million square feet of lease and investment sale transactions.

David has a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D from Southern Methodist University. He has two daughters.

The City of El Segundo employs more than 240 employees and has a budget of $115 million. Before being named City Manager of his hometown in March 2012, Greg was the City’s Director of Planning and Building Safety since 2008. El Segundo is part of the vibrant, South Bay hub for business that was recently named LA County’s Most Business-Friendly City. Home to numerous Fortune 500 companies, El Segundo also has a reputation as one of the best places to work, live, and play.

Prior to the City of El Segundo, Greg worked 18 years for the City of Long Beach and two years in Lawndale. Greg is also a member of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), Government Council Affairs, and Chair of the Independent City Association (ICA) City Manager Task Force Committee.

Greg holds a bachelor’s degree in geography and a master’s degree in public administration from California State University, Long Beach. Greg was born and raised in El Segundo and is still a resident. He has been married to his high school sweetheart for the past 30 years. They have two grown sons.

Jeff oversees the asset management, leasing and operating teams for Federal’s West Coast portfolio, which comprises nearly 6.5 million square feet of some of the best retail and mixed-use real estate in the country.

Prior to his current role, to which he was promoted in 2023, he served as senior vice president, West Coast Leasing. Prior to joining Federal in 2011, Jeff was the principal in charge of leasing for the CIM Group where he was responsible for formulating the leasing strategy on CIM’s commercial portfolio of approximately 12 million square feet. Prior to that, he was vice president of development and operations for Regent Properties, Inc. and before that, he formed and operated Vision Property Management, Inc., a full-service real estate development, leasing and management company. Jeff has over 30 years of experience in leasing, entitlements, property and asset management with an emphasis on redeveloping and repositioning underperforming and functionally obsolete assets.

Jeff received his undergraduate degree in real estate finance, his master of business administration and his master of real estate development from the University of Southern California. In addition, he holds the Certified Leasing Specialist (CLS), Certified Property Manager (CPM), Senior Certified Shopping Center Manager (SCSM), Certified Commercial Investment Manager (CCIM) designations, and retains his position as adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California, teaching Retail Development in the Masters of Real Estate Development program.

Marc Gordon is the founder of the Rubicon Companies, which are affiliated hospitality and real

estate investment, development, and asset management companies focused on achieving superior

returns through the hands-on application of their industry expertise. Rubicon’s team has

extensive experience in acquisition, finance, development, operations, and marketing throughout

the United States and Europe. Rubicon was recognized by The Wall Street Journal as having

acquired the Deal of the Week when it purchased the Marriott hotel at LaGuardia airport in

Queens, New York, in January 2013. Prior to founding Rubicon in 2011, Mr. Gordon was the

President and a Director of Morgans Hotel Group, a publicly traded, fully integrated hospitality

company that operates, owns, acquires and redevelops boutique hotels in gateway cities and

select resort markets worldwide and established the rapidly expanding boutique hotel sector. In

his capacity as President, Mr. Gordon oversaw all departments of MHG including operations,

marketing, development, architecture/construction/design, and finance. As a member of the

Board of Directors, Mr. Gordon was integrally involved in driving the company's strategic

direction. Mr. Gordon was the company's Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice

President of Capital Markets since he joined the company in 2005. Mr. Gordon previously served

as a Vice President of NorthStar Capital Investment Corp., where he was responsible for the

origination, structuring and negotiation of investment and financing transactions including

NCIC's investment in MHG as well as the raising of capital for NCIC's investment activities

since joining the company in October 1997. Over the course of 14 years, virtually every

transaction that MHG was involved with was led by Mr. Gordon including every acquisition,

joint venture, management contract, renovation, and financing. Mr. Gordon's has executed

transactions in the US (New York, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, among

others), Europe, and the Middle East. Prior to joining NCIC, Mr. Gordon was a Vice President

in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch & Co., where he executed

corporate finance and strategic transactions for public and private real estate related

companies, including REITs, real estate service companies, and hospitality companies. Mr.

Gordon graduated from Dartmouth College with an A.B. in economics and also holds a Juris

Doctor from the UCLA School of Law.

Office specialist Bill Bloodgood joined CBRE in 1992 and has consistently ranked as one of the top experts for office space in Culver City and the South Bay. Bill has been instrumental in underwriting, acquiring, leasing and disposing of many of the highest profile assets in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. In the past ten years, Bill has been involved in the sale, leasing and underwriting of over 8,000,000 square feet of institutional quality office space. Bill is a frequent speaker at industry events, has authored numerous articles regarding the South Bay office market and is often quoted in industry periodicals.