Dennis is the founding partner of Cruzan. He has over 35 years of experience in commercial real estate, including development, acquisitions, finance, leasing, and asset management. Previously, Dennis served as co-manager of JMI Realty’s hospitality, office, and multi-family development activities and acted as development partner with the Padres for the Ballpark District in downtown San Diego. Prior to working for JMI Realty, Dennis was the CEO and chairman of Burnham Real Estate (now Cushman & Wakefield); a founder and principal of Centremark, a development and investment company specializing in office, industrial, and multi-family real estate in Southern California; and the development partner at Oliver McMillan, focused on leasing, acquisitions, and project management. Dennis received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from San Diego State University and was a member of SDSU’s jazz band.

Kent Handleman oversees all leasing activity for LPC West Los Angeles. With over 28 years of transactional experience encompassing over 10 million square feet of space, he manages a portfolio with 4+ million square feet of office projects, and represents ownerships that include LPC West partnerships, associated capital partners, and third-party owners throughout the South Bay, Playa Vista, Culver City, Santa Monica, downtown Los Angeles, Tri-Cities, and the San Fernando Valley. Prior to joining LPC West, Kent led leasing efforts for Thomas Properties Group in Southern California. This included City National Plaza, a 2.6-million square foot premier office complex in downtown Los Angeles, where he successfully leased approximately 2 million square feet as the project was repositioned in the market. Prior to this, Kent worked at CBRE where he represented tenants and landlords in the leasing, disposition and/or marketing of commercial office property. Kent’s tenure in the industry began in real estate acquisitions and financial analysis for a pension fund advisor. After completing his MBA at the USC Marshall School of Business, he joined MetLife Real Estate Investments and, in addition to hotel and multi-family projects, he oversaw leasing and asset management for a 3.5-million square foot office building portfolio, with 2.5 million square feet in downtown Los Angeles. In his capacity as an asset manager, Kent also directed property management, and was responsible for business/investment decisions regarding these office, hotel, and multi-family projects as owner’s representative.

Since joining CBRE’s Beverly Hills/West LA office in 2007, Matt Perlmutter and his team have been responsible for conceiving, structuring, and negotiating complex real estate transactions for local and multi-national occupiers of office space. Matt is a First Vice President with CBRE’s Tenant Advisory & Workplace Strategies Practice, exclusively representing office tenants. Matt’s Group has represented occupiers spanning a vast range of industries including technology, media, entertainment, banking, law, consumer services, medical, and life sciences. Matt and his team help companies make informed real estate decisions regarding singular HQ locations as well as across corporate real estate portfolios.

Matt’s expertise is in strategic lease planning, site selection, workplace strategies, market analysis, lease/acquisition/disposition negotiations and transactions, and financial/risk analysis.

Prior to advising office occupiers, Matt ran the research department for CBRE’s Beverly Hills/West Los Angeles office.

Spencer B. Kallick transacts land use entitlements and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance for large scale development projects, employing an astute combination of legal, policy, and practical knowledge. His experience entitling all real estate products is matched only by his long-standing city, county, and state relationships.

A former assistant city attorney handling land use matters for a number of California cities, including Beverly Hills, Manhattan Beach, South El Monte, and Indio, Spencer’s shared understanding of the process gives him an advantage when advocating on behalf of his clients’ projects. Problems get resolved faster, and entitlements go smoother when all parties speak the same language and understand each other’s point of view.

Mr. Paul Daneshrad is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of StarPoint Properties, a

private real estate investment firm, specializing in both commercial and multi-family

properties. The firm’s expertise and niche is acquiring under-valued and mismanaged

assets and dramatically increasing the value of these properties through repositioning,

strategic leasing, rehabilitation and professional management.

Mr. Daneshrad’s experience in the real estate field has been broad and deep, having

been involved in the development, management and ownership of real estate since

1990. After graduating from California State University Northridge, Mr. Daneshrad

founded StarPoint Properties, growing the company steadily over the years to include

large apartment complexes, retail centers and office buildings as well as establishing a

fully integrated property management division. Since its inception, StarPoint has

acquired over 8,000 apartment units and 2.5 million square feet of commercial

properties, totaling in excess of $1 billion worth of real estate. The company currently

has a portfolio of approximately 2,800 apartment units and 2 million square feet of

commercial properties.

StarPoint was built on the foundation that property operations, management and a

proprietary, disciplined acquisition strategy are the core competency of the business

and Mr. Daneshrad has built a vertical firm whose management and departments excel

at real estate execution. This is best exemplified by the firm’s track record and historical

performance, which is 3rd party reviewed and published, delivering investors returns

that far exceed most industry averages and alternate investment strategies.

Mr. Daneshrad is considered an expert in the real estate investment community. He

speaks at national conferences, is frequently quoted by and has written articles for

several real estate publications including: Net Lease Forum, Multi-Family Executive,

California Real Estate Journal, Multi-Housing News, National Real Estate Investor, Real

Estate Southern California, and Commercial Property

For over 30 years, Amir Dar has been involved in the management and leasing of family owned real estate assets since his teenage years. He became licensed as a real estate agent in 2001 and later acquired his broker’s license in 2006. Amir has been involved in many different facets of real estate including acquisition, entitlement, syndications, development, construction, leasing, sales, financing, and dispositions.

Prior to founding Enzo Equities, Amir joined his relatives and became one of the co-founders and of Archway. While intimately involved in developing Archway, Amir worked with his colleagues to realize the vision of bringing to life a focused, comprehensive approach to real estate investment, ownership and development.

In recent years, Amir’s main focus has been medical office buildings (MOB) and multi-family apartment buildings. He led the repositioning of approximately half a million square feet of medical office space and has developed a stellar reputation as a value add expert in the MOB industry. Having owned, operated and managed several thousand units, in various multi-family apartment buildings, Amir has created significant value to his portfolios.

In 2015, to further expand his personal assets and gain his independence, Amir started Enzo Equities, Inc.

Dan brings more than 15 years of real estate experience spanning business development, multifamily brokerage, and law, with professional experience across the Los Angeles and Las Vegas markets. His deep understanding of multifamily and hospitality development—covering acquisition, entitlements, design, and project completion—strongly aligns with MVE’s vision. With an engaging personality and a well-established industry network, Dan offers valuable insight and strategic guidance that benefits both current and future clients throughout every stage of the development process.

Jonathan Bloch seamlessly handles all aspects of the purchase and sale of high-end real estate transactions including for ultra-high net worth individuals. This includes managing general business matters that arise for these clients. With the utmost discretion, Jonathan provides diligent, solution-oriented counsel to ensure real estate transactions close quickly and smoothly. He has represented the buyers and sellers of some of the largest residential purchases and sales—ranging from $75 million to hundreds of millions—across southern California. Working closely with Los Angeles’ top real estate brokers, Jonathan is known for his flexibility and propensity to deliver solutions that allow deals to close.

Jonathan also guides real estate developers through the challenges of raising capital. From identifying development prospects in Opportunity Zones to securing EB-5 and mezzanine financing to finding foreign investment opportunities, he is skilled at navigating complicated financing situations.

Bringing significant experience in the private sector, Jonathan was previously acting general counsel at a firm where he oversaw all legal issues and acted as the chief compliance officer for an SEC-registered investment advisor. He also served as founder and senior managing director of a large fund-of-funds firm (over $700 million in investments), targeting venture capital, growth equity, medium-size buyout funds and cleantech, which as was ultimately sold to a major international investment bank.