CLD Team

	California Landmark Development

ABOUT CLD

THE CLD TEAM

CLD PROJECT LIST

Ken Kahan is a native of Los Angeles. He grew up near the Hollywood area, attending Melrose Avenue Elementary School, John Bancroft Junior High School and Fairfax High School. Kahan graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He attended UCLA Law School and was a member of the UCLA Law Review.

After law school, Kahan practiced with the downtown law firm Adams Duque and Hazeltine, and then worked in-house for real estate developer Albert B.Glickman and Associates. He left the practice of law in 1985 and became a project manager for mall developer Macerich Company (a Santa Monica-based national mall- and community-center developer), where he was involved in all aspects of development, including leasing, financing and management.

In 1988, Kahan formed California Landmark, and has taken from concept to completion more than 50 transactions. He has developed nearly all real estate product types, including commercial (retail, industrial, office, assisted care, congregate and hospital) and residential (single-family, apartment, condominium, residential high-rise) projects.

Kahan expends a considerable amount of time on community activities as one of the founders and current chair of the Jewish Federation’s RPO group, an executive real estate group committed to providing pro bono advice to local charities. He is also co-chair of the University of Judaism Construction Committee. Kahan is a former chair of the Moriah Real Estate Society and former co-chair of the UCLA Hillel Construction Committee. He currently participates as a board member of the University of Judaism and UCLA Hillel.

Lou Jacobs , joined California Landmark in 1996 as a partner and chief financial officer. He is responsible for financial analysis, underwriting, tax planning and management of California Landmark’s projects and investments. Additionally, Jacobs oversees and structures sales and acquisition transactions and debt and equity placements.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the California State University at Northridge, with honors, and became a California licensed Certified Public Accountant in 1983. Jacobs began his professional career in 1981 at the Big 8 accounting firm Arthur Young and Company in Los Angeles, where he focused on clients involved in all aspects of real estate development. He gained insight into tax planning, accounting philosophy and practice through exposure to diverse base of client operations.

In 1984, Jacobs joined Austram Corporation Ltd. as vice president of finance. He was promoted to chief financial officer and subsequently to president of Austram U.S. Inc., where he was responsible for the Australian company’s U.S. portfolio. While at Austram, he was directly involved in land development, residential construction and investments in office buildings and shopping centers.

Tim Meier hails from Portland and is a 5th generation Oregonian. Tim attended Jesuit High School and went on to graduate from Dartmouth College in 1991. Tim moved to Los Angeles in 1991.

An avid sportsman and outdoor advocate, Tim began his career track with Outward Bound and was also involved with the creation of the Mountain Host division of Vail Associates. This program is a cornerstone of Vail's ski industry success. Tim subsequently spent several years involved with the tremendous growth of iRise, one of the rising stars of the tech sector. He still remains committed to this company as a seed investor.

In 2003, Tim joined MJW Investments, a commercial developer involved with the renaissance of downtown Los Angeles. Tim rose on an aggressive curve to eventually oversee all aspects of MJW's mixed use and adaptive reuse urban infill projects. His responsibilities included site acquisition, entitlements, outreach, planning/design and overall project management. He was a key component in the pre-development efforts on the $440 million redevelopment of the historic Sears Building and adjacent 23 acres of land. Tim is currently responsible for overseeing all pre-construction, entitlements, general construction and sales and marketing efforts for each development at California Landmark.

Tim is passionate about his beautiful wife and two daughters, the mountains and rivers where he spends his spare time, and sensitive, urban redevelopment that can shape the cities of our future and hopefully introduce some GREEN into the mix.

Patrick Roberts is originally from Seattle, Washington where he attended the University of Washington and received a B.S. degree in Construction Management. Later Patrick attended the University Of Southern California where he graduated with an M.B.A. in Real Estate Finance.

Patrick started his career in Los Angeles with Morley Builders where he was responsible for estimating and managing numerous construction projects, with the most notable being the Westwood Center. In 2002 Patrick joined RAD Ventures, a Live/Work and condominium developer involved in creating the resurgence of the Venice neighborhood. Patrick quickly became the Development Manager at RAD where he was responsible for the evaluation, working design, construction and consummation of new developments. At RAD Patrick concentrated primarily on project feasibility, finance, design coordination and construction management. Patrick is currently responsible for overseeing all post entitlement work at California Landmark, focusing primarily on construction management and finance.

Patrick is passionate about smart development and is looking to work some GREEN into CLD’s upcoming projects much like his Northwest counterpart Tim Meier.