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Greg Bartholomew Jerry Beaver Jeffrey Becker Paul Capra Partner Chairman President, Founder Principal Hayes Commercial Pacifica Commercial The Becker Group Lee & Associates Group Realty Ventura Ventura County Santa Barbara Santa Barbara

As a full-time broker in the greater Santa Arriving in Santa Barbara in 1960 as a Jeffrey Becker is president and founder In 2012 Paul Capra transacted nearly Barbara area since 1992, Greg Bartholomew young real estate appraiser, Jerry Beaver of The Becker Group, a full service Com- 171,000 square feet of retail sales and leases has completed more than 525 transactions quickly became a licensed broker and in mercial real estate brokerage and property totaling just under $20 million including the totaling 5.8 million square feet and exceed- 1969 founded Beaver-Free Corp., a house- management company headquartered in sale of a 108,382 square-foot retail redevel- ing $675 million in transaction volume, hold name in commercial brokerage. Ventura County. A certified commercial opment site in Oxnard and the historic Bank making him one of the highest-producing Dozens of young real estate brokers investment member, real property admin- of A. Levy Building in Oxnard. As a mem- commercial brokers in the region. He excels got their early training at Beaver-Free, istrator and certified property manager ber of the team that is exclusively market- in the representation of both landlords and and several current brokerage firms are designee, Becker has been in the real estate ing Shoppes at Westlake Village, he also ex- tenants in lease negotiations. Bartholomew staffed with Beaver-Free alumni. industry for more than 25 years, including ecuted a 13,000-square-foot lease with Total represents many of the area’s larger office/ In 1992, Beaver merged with Invest development, asset management and court Woman Gym + Day Spa. R&D properties including the Santa Barbara West Management Co. to form Pacifica receiverships. In addition, he’s also a cur- Capra is also the exclusive national bro- Business Center and Goleta Business Park. Real Estate Group, which now includes rent and founding board member of Coun- kerage representative for Paul Mitchell He represents several of the region’s pub- Pacifica Commercial Realty, employing ty Commerce Bank. Becker is a graduate School’s cosmetology education centers, licly-traded firms such as Fidelity National commercial brokers with offices in Santa of East Texas State University with a bach- and he represents LA Fitness for its Ventura Financial, FLIR and numerous private com- Barbara, Santa Maria and Paso Robles. elor’s degree in business. County real estate needs. panies such as Nuveen and Sonos.

Robles as well as commercial properties in The Santa Barbara companies, along Steven Battaglia the Santa Ynez Valley. He has been active Kevin Burnes with the other SIMA-related entities, en- Principal in the commercial investment market on compass a roughly $400 million portfolio the Central Coast for more than 10 years President of properties and operating businesses. Battaglia Commercial where he has been involved in transactions SIMA Management Co. In 1996, Burnes joined SIMA as vice Real Estate totaling more than 1,350 units and valued Santa Barbara president of acquisitions at the invitation Solvang at more than $186 million. Battaglia start- of James Knell, SIMA’s founder. ed his real estate career in Orlando, Fla. He has been instrumental in the preparing commercial appraisals in Cen- Kevin Burnes is president of SIMA growth of SIMA from $120 million to Steven Battaglia has operated Battaglia tral Florida. He then moved to Santa Ynez Corp. and SIMA Management Co., which about $400 million. In conjunction with Commercial Real Estate since 2011, spe- in 2001, where he expanded his career into combined form an integrated real estate SIMA’s management team, Burnes built a cializing in multi-family investments of professional commercial property manage- company that has been in business since balanced portfolio. five or more units from Carpinteria to Paso ment and then commercial brokerage. 1984.

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Clarice Clarke Francois DeJohn Steve Fedde Brad Golden Presidents Founding Partner Senior VP Major Accounts Manager Lee & Associates Hayes Commercial Group Sares-Regis Group First American Title Co. Tri-Counties Santa Barbara Goleta Santa Barbara

Clarice Clarke is president of Lee & Asso- One of the founding partners of Hayes Steve Fedde, senior vice president and As the major accounts manager for the ciates-Central Coast, which includes offices Commercial Group, Francois DeJohn has regional partner with Sares-Regis Group, is region for First American Title Co., Brad in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Santa 20 years of experience specializing in the focused on the redevelopment and adaptive Golden’s expertise has been in all aspects Maria. She is currently the only female presi- sale and leasing of large-scale office and reuse of functionally obsolete industrial fa- of commercial, residential and subdivision dent in Lee’s network of 46 offices across R&D properties in Goleta, Santa Barbara cilities from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara. title, from the refinance of an industrial con- the country. Clarke is a prominent, long time and Carpinteria. Fedde is currently overseeing the marketing dominium to the 3,000-unit master-planned dealmaker on the Central Coast with transac- He is well-versed in the representation and development of Cabrillo Business Park, community. tions in the land, office, retail and industrial of both tenants and landlords. He current- the region’s largest master-planned business He has been in the real estate industry sectors. She secured national retailers such as ly represents several of Santa Barbara’s park. for 18 years. He is an active member of the Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Olive Garden, publicly-traded firms and was involved Walls were recently raised on three Builders Industry Association, a founding TJ Maxx, PetSmart, Old Navy, H&M and in the second-largest office sale and the Deckers Outdoor world headquarters build- member of United Way’s Young Leaders others in the area and represents specialty largest office lease ever recorded on the ings, and FLIR Commercial Vision Systems Society, past chair of the Ventura County grocer “The Fresh Market” which will open South Coast. world headquarters will commence con- Housing Conference and past chair of Hous- this year in Santa Barbara. She sold more DeJohn has represented clients in struction this year. Fedde is president of the ing Opportunities Made Easier. Golden was than 95,000 square feet of commercial real more than 900 commercial transactions Ventura Maritime Foundation, past chair of born and raised in Ventura County and lives estate in 2012, valued at more than $32 mil- totaling more than 7.7 million square feet the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce in the city of Ventura. He attended Califor- lion. She also serves on the board of directors and valued at more than $890 million. and a board member of Santa Barbara non- nia Lutheran University, majoring in busi- of Coastal Housing Partnership. profit PathPoint. ness with a minor in marketing.

Edward Conk Rodney Delson Mike Foxworthy Sr. Bill Hagelis President, CEO Executive VP, Principal Senior VP President Montecito Medical Daum Commercial Real NAI Capital Hagelis Group Acquisition & Development Estate Services Westlake Village Ventura Santa Barbara Camarillo

As president and CEO of Montecito Rodney Delson is senior vice president at As executive vice president and principal Bill Hagelis has worked in the Tri-Coun- Medical Acquisition & Development, Ed- the Westlake Village office of NAI Capital. of Daum Commercial Real Estate Services in ties for 27 years, forming his own firm in ward “Chip” Conk plays a dynamic and He brings more than 25 years of commer- Ventura County, Mike Foxworthy Sr. works 2008 with brokers Linda Hagelis and Rob central role in the company’s success and cial real estate brokerage and business ex- with corporations, developers and local users Devericks. Clients he has cultivated and new expansion. In 2006, Montecito Medical perience to NAI Capital, where he special- in need of leasing, disposition and acquisition relationships give Hagelis Group projects Investment Corp. was named the second izes in multifamily investments throughout transactions of office product and land de- including Oxnard Gateway Plaza redevelop- fastest-growing medical related real es- Los Angeles County. velopment sites. Currently, Foxworthy is the ment, Shopping at the Rose, Oxnard Market tate company in the country, acquiring Delson’s client base includes high-net- lead sales agent for the prestigious Westlake Place and Paradise Victoria Shopping Cen- more than $600 million in medical-relat- worth individuals as well as several lenders, Park Place, a 27-acre, eight-building, two- ter, to name a few. Hagelis represents major ed real estate. The company continues to including First Federal Savings, Citibank phase development of 471,000-square-feet; retailers including Lowe’s, Food-4-Less, own and manage a premier portfolio. Un- and Washington Mutual. Woodranch Professional Center, an 85,000 FoodsCo, Islands Restaurants and Sover- der Conk’s leadership, Montecito Medical During his career, Delson has sold more square-foot, 26-building office condo de- eign Bank. His recent transactions include also developed a comprehensive, proprie- than 320 apartment buildings, negotiated velopment in Simi Valley; marketing team the sale of Wicke’s to Ashley in Oxnard and tary database platform that can access the the sale of two high-rise office buildings member of Simi Valley Corporate Point, a the Acapulco Restaurant building in Ven- top medical real estate markets through- and sold more than 20 retail strip centers. 64,111-square-foot Class A office project; and tura. Previous projects include Esplanade out the U.S. and is used to enhance the His success and sales has elevated him to The Ridge, a two building 72,181-square-foot Shopping Center, Simi Valley Town Center, business and profitability for hospitals NAI Capital’s Platinum Capital Club sta- Class A office condo development that con- Carriage Square, Riverpark and Camarillo and physicians. tus. sists of 40 units. Town Center.

John DeGrinis Tom Dwyer Brad Frohling Newlin Hastings Partner Senior Executive VP Senior VP Partner Radius Commercial Real Colliers International CBRE Pacifica Commercial Estate & Investments Realty Tri-Counties Camarillo Santa Barbara Santa Barbara

John DeGrinis and his team, includ- With more than 20 years of commer- Brad Frohling, recently named part- Newlin Hastings is the founder of Hast- ing Patrick DuRoss and Jeff Abraham, cial real estate experience, Tom Dwyer ner at Radius, specializes in commercial ings Enterprises, a commercial real estate are positioned to uncover opportunities has been a consistent top producer in the leasing and sales focusing on retail, office company founded in 1989 in Paso Robles for their clients. The team shares strate- CBRE Camarillo office. and industrial assets. that merged with Pacifica Commercial Re- gic local market insight, specializing in Along with his business partner Mi- Frohling was one of the region’s top alty in 2008. consulting on industrial and research and chael Slater, he has distinguished himself producers in 2012 with 32 deals, includ- Hastings Enterprises helped to shape development real estate requirements in as an office and investment property leader ing 12 sales and 20 leases totaling more Paso Robles through its brokerage services Ventura County and the San Fernando in the Conejo Valley and Ventura County than 263,000 square feet and more than and development projects. In 2012, Hast- and Santa Clarita Valleys. marketplaces. Working together, they av- $57 million. ings added a wine property division and is In 2012, Team DeGrinis completed erage 150 to 160 transactions per year. In He has completed more than actively involved in the marketing of vine- 1.25 million square feet of transactions 2012, Dwyer and Slater completed more $420 million in transaction volume yards and wineries throughout the Central valued at more than $70 million, ap- than 150 transactions totaling approxi- since 2002, when he joined Radius. Coast. proximately half of which was in Ventura mately $138 million in consideration. A 1994 Westmont College graduate, Hastings began his career in 1974 in County. Dwyer has been in the top five in the Frohling was previously an Eastern Unit- development brokerage in western Massa- The team has also been successful Camarillo office every year since 1999, ed States manager for Oakley Corp. where chusetts. Moving to Paso Robles in 1979, he moving clients from Los Angeles Coun- and has been the top producer 13 of those he grew his sales division from $8 mil- was a founding partner in Coldwell Banker ty to Ventura County over the past 18 years, most recently in 2012. lion to $16.5 million in three years. Western Properties. months.