CLD Team

	California Landmark

ABOUT CLD

THE CLD TEAM

CLD PROJECT LIST

Ken Kahan founded California Landmark Group in 1988. To date CLG has invested or developed more than 3,000,000 square feet of residential and commercial properties. The company has been involved in a wide variety of real estate projects including single family homes, townhomes, four and five story multifamily buildings, senior housing, industrial parks, office buildings and mixed use projects.

A native of Los Angeles, Ken Kahan attended UCLA where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) and Juris Doctor (Law Review). After law school Ken worked in the retail development industry, initally as general counsel for Albert Glickman and Associates, a community center developer, and later for the MaceRich Company, a regional mall developer.

Ken is passionate about regional planning and development issues and is a member of the Central City Association, Los Angeles Business Council and Building Industry Association. He is a frequent speaker on real estate matters pertaining to entitlements, zoning, multi family and urban development projects. Ken recently served on the City of Los Angeles Mixed Income Task Force regarding low income housing and currently teaches a development course at the UCLA Anderson School of Business.

Charitable activities play a significant role in Ken's schedule. Ken is currently a member of the executive committee of the American Jewish University (AJU). He was also the co founder of the Jewish Federation's Real Estate Professionals Organization (RPO) as well as a former chair of the Moriah Society. In addition, Ken has acted as a pro bono developer for a number of community projects. He is currently overseeing a) AJU master planning and construction projects including a 2,700 acre campus in Simi Valley and b) Sinai Temple's rezoning of several multi-family parcels in Westwood. Recently completed projects include the AJU Conference Center and the UCLA Hillel Center.

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.

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.

Tyson Sayles is a Principal and co-founder of Keystone Strategic Partners, a privately held real estate investment, development and management organization based in Los Angeles. Prior to forming Keystone, Sayles was Executive Vice President of Kor Residential. At Kor, he oversaw the company's residential investment and development activities including the acquisition and renovation of more than 1,000 multifamily rental units and development of more than 1,300 rental units and condominiums. Sayles initiated the company's Los Angeles urban infill adaptive reuse program, and was responsible for more than 20 transactions totaling more than $750MM. Prior to joining Kor, Sayles worked as a Senior Consultant with the real estate consultant firm of Robert Charles Lesser & Company.

Tyson received his B.A. in Architecture from the University of California Berkeley, where he was a Chancellor's Scholar and National Merit Scholar. Tyson is involved in organizations including the Urban Land Institute, Central City Association and The Jewish Federation. Tyson enjoys the outdoors, travel, collecting wine and single malt scotches, and sharing these with good friends. Tyson is happily married and lives in Culver City, CA with his wife Dana and dog Lola.