Jesse joined Optimus as Director of Acquisitions with responsibility for investment strategy, sourcing new investment opportunities, and expanding capital partner relationships. Prior to joining Optimus, Jesse was a Senior Vice President with Watt Investment Partners where he was responsible for the sourcing and management of equity investments. Previously, Jesse was the Vice President of Acquisitions at Laurus Corporation and Originator/Underwriter at Calmwater Capital where he closed over $300 million of senior and mezzanine bridge loans on commercial real estate properties. Jesse began his career as Director of Acquisitions at Levy Affiliated Holdings where he focused on value-add investment opportunities on the West Coast. Jesse received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of California, Irvine.

Stenn Parton is the Founder and CEO of Prism Places. With over 20 years of experience in real estate development, acquisitions, leasing, and brand building, Stenn combines a long-term, fundamentals-driven approach with modern placemaking aligned to today’s cultural and customer demands. Under his leadership, Prism has grown from concept to a platform with $3.4B in AUM, 3.3M SF of retail, and 1.1M SF of office, delivering 39% NOI growth across the portfolio since inception. Prior to Prism, Stenn spent 12 years at DJM Capital Partners, serving as Chief Retail Officer. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Urban Planning & Real Estate Development and earned honors as a member of the Order of the Laurel and Palm. Stenn also serves on the Board of Directors for the SEAL Future Foundation.

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.