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California People and Company News, Week of July 18, 2025
- Westwood Financial, one of the largest privately held retail real estate investment firms in the nation, appointed KC Bills as its new CEO. Before joining Westwood Financial, Bills served as SVP and president of the West Portfolio at Philips Edison & Company, Inc., a leading owner and operator of grocery-anchored center retail.
- Berkadia has added senior managing director Andrew Holt to its Hotels & Hospitality platform. Based in Los Angeles and Phoenix, Holt will focus on sourcing and placing hospitality-related investment property sales, debt placements, and secondary loan sales. Previously, he was a managing director at Eastdil Secured for 20 years and completed more than $35 billion of hospitality transactions comprising approximately 450 properties.
- Brixton Capital, a privately held real estate investment firm, has appointed Mark Bratt to its internal board of advisors. He most recently served as CEO of Westwood Financial, a West Coast-based retail operator focused on the ownership and management of grocery-anchored shopping centers nationwide.
- Los Angeles-based Overton Moore Properties (OMP), a leading real estate investment and development firm in the western U.S., announced that Felix Vollrath has joined the firm as an SVP, acquisitions and development, responsible for spearheading industrial investment and development activities across Southern California and Phoenix. Before joining OMP, he was VP at Rexford Industrial Realty, where he led the acquisition of more than $2 billion of industrial real estate in Los Angeles, including both existing assets and development opportunities.
- David DeRoche, a 30-year veteran in the commercial real estate industry, was recently named VP of asset management with Anchor Health Properties. Based in San Diego, DeRoche will play a key role in advancing the company’s presence throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and the Pacific Northwest.
- Doss Law, LLP, a national leader in real estate finance law, added associate attorney Porfírio A. Gueiros, who brings experience in HUD-insured multifamily transactions, complex real estate finance, and federal regulatory matters. The firm said his background adds depth to its focus on mortgage law and compliance-driven deal structuring for private and institutional lenders.
- Menlo Equities, a leading private real estate investment and development firm, launched Menlo Digital, a dedicated data center platform. The new platform focuses exclusively on the acquisition, development, and operation of mission critical digital infrastructure to meet the accelerating demands of hyperscalers, AI platforms, colocation and interconnection providers and enterprise users.
- Venbrook Group LLC, among the fastest-growing independently owned insurance brokerage, claims, and risk management consulting companies in the U.S., formed a strategic alliance with DB Insurance to offer specialty coverage options for multi-unit residential properties in California. The Venbrook-designed product is tailored for condominium and townhome HOA policies and is the first offering from the firm’s new Specialty Product Group.
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