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| Alina Mardesich |
LOS ANGELES, CA –
Commercial real estate investment banking firm George Smith Partners is growing
rapidly. On the heels of announcing two new Co-Managing Directors, as well as
two new VP appointments, the firm has announced the addition of industry
veteran Alina Mardesich as Senior
Vice President.
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| Shahin Yazdi |
“We have assembled a team
of talent that is enviable in the market,” says Shahin Yazdi, a Principal and Co-Managing Director of the firm
alongside Principal Jonathan Lee.
“Alina
has more than 25 years of expertise in commercial real estate finance and a
strong background in loan originations, deepening our firm’s capabilities in a
sector where we already have a stronghold.”
According to Yazdi,
“George Smith Partners is building from a place of strength, which translates
to tremendous benefits to our clients and colleagues.
"As we increase both our team size and our
geographic reach, we are able to draw upon our track record of diverse
structuring experience and vast lender relationships in order to both uphold
and exceed expectations as we look to the future of the market.”
Mardesich, who will join
George Smith Partners as a Senior Vice President this month, is key to this
future growth, according to Lee.
“The capital markets
sector requires deep knowledge and proficiency from each and every
professional, which makes each individual who joins our firm crucially
important,” Lee explains.
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| Jonathan Lee |
With a tenured career
spanning several key positions with firms such as Archon Group, Fremont Investment
& Loan, and U.S. Bank, among others, Mardesich possesses a disciplined and
proficient ability to understand and navigate complex opportunities in order to
secure competitive financing for assets of all product types.
“With my experience in the
industry, including an excellent relationship with GSP for more than 20 years,
being an intermediary between capital sources and owners, operators and
developers seeking financing strategies is a natural next step for me,”
Mardesich says.
“Having the ability to do
that at George Smith Partners delivers a full range of solutions to my clients,
while providing me with an entrepreneurial environment that is both supportive
and motivating.”
Prior to joining George
Smith Partners, Mardesich served as a Senior Advisor to Oaktree Capital
Management, where she arranged financing for value-add and transitional assets
throughout the West Coast. During her
career, she has arranged more than $2.5 billion in financing.
Mardesich holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in Real Estate and Finance from the University of Southern
California.
For more information on this press release, please
contact:
Katie Clendening / Miki
Akil
Brower, Miller & Cole
(949) 955-7940
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