Nick joined TMT Development in 2011with a background in commercial real estate finance and investment. During his tenure at TMT Development he has been involved in recapitalizing select assets in the portfolio and executing the financial strategy for the company. Prior to joining TMT Development, Nick was a senior analyst at HFF and was involved in closing over 50 transactions totaling more than $1 billion in capital invested along the west coast. Nick received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Montana State University (’04) and his MBA from Cornell University (’14). He also earned his CFA Charter in 2010 and currently serves on the board of directors for the CFA Society Portland.

Chris co-founded Capstone Partners LLC in 2002. He brings over 26 years of real estate investment, development and asset management in all product types. Chris has personally sourced and directed the development, investment and management of over 8 million square feet of industrial, multi-family, retail and office properties in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Nevada for institutional partners and clients including Morrison Street Capital, Prudential Real Estate Investors, PCCP, LLC, Washington Capital Management and several family offices.

Chris received a BA in Economics from University of California, Davis in 1989 where he also served as its Student Body President. Chris lives in Portland with his wife Barbara and two teenage children Nikki (18) and Conner (15). Chris is an Eagle Scout.

He serves on the Advisory Board for the PSU Center for Real and is a Board Member of KairosPDX, a PPS K-5 Charter School. He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute and The Forest Park Conservancy.

Bruce Wood has been with the Portland Development Commission since February 2012 where he currently manages the Real Estate and Construction Services team. Bruce, originally from Longview, Washington, began his real estate career in 1988 upon graduating with his MBA from Harvard Business School. After a short time in Seattle with the Trammell Crow Company, in 1990 Bruce transferred to the Portland Trammell Crow office where he headed up leasing and development of industrial properties. From 1992-1997 Bruce worked for Harsch Investment and headed up several industrial developments including Harsch’s efforts in Las Vegas where Harsch eventually became southern Nevada’s largest Landlord. In 1997, Bruce left Harsch to head up the regional office of Opus Northwest which he grew to one of the largest developers in the region. Bruce left Opus in 2005 and founded, Foundation Real Estate Development, which continues to own and manage assets in the Portland area. With a passion to bring private real estate experience to public efforts, he joined the PDC in 2012. In addition to his real estate efforts, Bruce is an adjunct faculty member of the Portland State Real Estate program and is the longest serving Board member of PSU’s Center for Real Estate Studies.

Jordan Menashe is a Portland native who joined Menashe Properties, Inc. as a Principal in 2011. Prior to joining the family business, Jordan studied Real Estate, Finance, and International Business at the University of Southern California. Following graduation, Jordan established success and growth in a role at First Property Realty Corporation in Los Angeles, but found himself eager to get back to Portland and pursue an expansion of the family business.

Since joining Menashe Properties, Jordan has brought a creative and energetic leadership approach to all aspects of the business from modernizing and expanding his brand, improving building aesthetics and spaces in a creative manner, and strategizing assets. Jordan has taken the company to a new level with unlimited potential. He knew and still knows that “one cannot run before they learn to walk.” He has managed to strategically, but carefully, refinance the family portfolio while adding a number of significant assets in a very short amount of time.

Jordan has already made an impact on the greater Portland, Seattle, and Denver markets and has his eyes on many other cities for the near future.