California People and Company News, Week of Sept. 6, 2024

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• Colliers | Americas has appointed Jodie Poirier as president, Occupier Services | Americas. In this new Los Angeles-based role, Poirier will focus on developing and executing strategies that drive the growth of the Occupier Services business in the Americas. Simultaneous with Poirier’s appointment, Scott Nelson will move into the newly created role of executive vice chair & chief growth officer, Occupier Services | Global.  

• JLL added two brokerage professionals to the company’s Sacramento regional office. Michael Luca joins as senior managing director and will lead the industrial team in Sacramento. Dominic Smith joins JLL as senior associate broker. Both are moving from CBRE’s Industrial & Logistics group.

• Graystone Capital Advisors, an investment sales brokerage, has added Tram Church as an SVP. Church brings extensive experience in selling multi-tenant retail shopping centers and will be instrumental in serving clients throughout the Southern California region. She joins Graystone following four years spent at Coastal Commercial with a niche focus on commercial investment properties in California. She also held positions at Marcus & Millichap and CBRE offices in Newport Beach, where she started her career in brokerage and spent nearly a decade. 

• San Jose-based Strategy Law, LLP announced that attorney Phillip Wang has joined the firm. Wang practices in the areas of commercial litigation, real estate, and bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. Previously he spent more than nine years as a partner at Rimon P.C. in San Francisco, as well as other prestigious law firms, including Duane Morris and Gordon & Rees. Separately, Strategy Law announced that Kevin Martin, formerly Of Counsel with the firm, has been promoted to partner. 

• MidPen Housing, based in Foster City, has promoted Brenda Castillo-Garza to SVP and head of MidPen Resident Services Corporation, which provides onsite services to support advancement of 20,000+ residents in the areas of education, health, and economic mobility. In her new role, Castillo-Garza will lead a 140-person team and manage an annual department budget of $14 million. She joined MidPen Resident Services in 2012. 

• Asset Based Lending (ABL), a provider of private capital to real estate investors, has launched services in California. This expansion comes alongside recent process improvements across bridge and DSCR loans. Loan products are available for fix and flip, new construction, cash out refinances, and buy and hold rental properties, typically closing in 14 business days or less. Portfolio loans are also available to cover multiple projects for more efficient service.