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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.
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