California People and Company News, Week of Sept. 11, 2026

Cresa announced that veteran broker Bart Pucci has joined the firm as a managing principal. He will be based in the firm’s Century City office. An industrial and creative office specialist for more than 30 years and one of Southern California’s top real estate professionals, Pucci advises clients in the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of large, complex real estate transactions. He joins from Savills.

Sares Regis Group of Northern California has promoted Drew Hudacek, CIO, and Dave Hopkins, president of development, who each assumed the title of co-CEO. Hudacek joined Sares Regis in 1999, Hopkins in 2007.

American Healthcare REIT, Inc. announced that Ann Lacey has joined the company as EVP – senior housing. Lacey joins AHR from Artemis Real Estate Partners, where she served as managing director, healthcare. Separately, AHR has hired Jon Crosier as CTO and has appointed Aric Chang as CFO.

CIM Group announced that Adam Lerer has joined the firm as managing director, investments. He will focus on sourcing, structuring, and executing new opportunities for CIM’s real estate strategies while helping grow the firm’s Real Estate Equity platform. Previously, he served as head of Special Situations Group, America at PIMCO Real Estate.

TrustPointAI, a provider of asset and portfolio management technology for construction, renovation, bridge, and land development lending, appointed Shannon Norris as head of client relationships. Norris will lead TrustPointAI’s growing client relationship team.

Motif, a software company focused on building design, has introduced Motif Design, its flagship software platform that helps architects, engineers, and builders navigate the growing complexity of building design. The agent-native platform combines building modeling and documentation in an open, collaborative workspace where designers and AI agents work directly on the same live project.

1031 CF Properties, a sponsor of senior housing Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs), has launched Senior Housing DST 12. The offering features Oaks at Eagle’s Landing, a 122-unit independent living, assisted living, and memory care community in Stockbridge, GA, in the fast-growing Atlanta metropolitan area. Senior Housing DST 12 is the twelfth senior housing DST program sponsored by the firm and its affiliates since 2018.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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