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California People and Company News, Week of Nov. 7, 2025
- CIM Group announced that Joseph Shanley has joined as managing director in an ongoing expansion of the firm’s credit platform. Shanley will serve as a senior member of the Investments team, focusing on loan origination and helping tailor portfolio strategy for credit investments in the office sector, while supporting the firm’s broader efforts to deliver tailored credit solutions.
- Lincoln Property Company appointed Nicole Audette as managing director of Los Angeles property management. With more than 30 years of experience leading high-performing teams and overseeing complex multi-market portfolios, Audette joins Lincoln from Transwestern, where she served as SVP of Asset Services, overseeing more than six million square feet of commercial real estate across Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
- Lincoln Property Company has also appointed Corey Davidson as EVP within its Corporate Advisory & Solutions (CAS) platform. Based in Los Angeles, Davidson brings more than 20 years of experience advising global occupiers, most recently serving as vice chairman at Savills. He co-leads the CAS team with New York-based David DiPietro.
- First American Financial Corporation, a provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions, announced that Jeffrey J. Dailey has been appointed to its board of directors. During his decade-long tenure as CEO of Farmers Group, Inc., Dailey spearheaded the company’s evolution into a customer-focused and innovation-driven organization and led the acquisition and integration of MetLife’s property and casualty business.
- Greysteel, a national commercial real estate and capital markets services firm, has acquired Nara Advisors, a San Diego-headquartered commercial real estate advisory firm with a strong presence throughout Southern California. Nara’s CEO and founder, Jason Lee, will join Greysteel in a senior leadership role.
- Interior Logic Group (ILG), a leading provider of interior design and finish solutions for the building industry, has sold its Property Services subsidiary – which supplies replacement flooring and installation services to owners and operators of rental housing – to Impact Property Solutions, a portfolio company of Blue Sage Capital. The sale strengthens ILG’s financial position and enables the business to focus on its core activities of serving homebuilders in its core markets.
- ◦People
