A.J. Swerdlow
Managing Director - Portfolio Manager and Investments at ALA HOLDINGS, LLC
Real Estate Investment Management Executive - Asset Management, Acquisitions, Finance
Entrepreneurial real estate professional with a 25-year, value-add track record across multiple economic cycles. Leads full transaction life cycle from originating off-market deals through successful exits.  Emphasis on underwriting, creative structuring, and disciplined asset management as a means to maximize options, drive returns and minimize risk. Excellent communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills. Asset class experience includes: office; industrial; retail; entertainment & hospitality. Transaction experience includes: acquisitions; dispositions; debt; equity; joint ventures, distressed debt; loan restructures and development. Deep relationships across institutional, family office, HNW investors, lenders and JV partners.
ALA HOLDINGS, LLC
Acquire, invest and asset-manage commercial properties with capital partners and separate account clients.  Develop and implement investment and asset management strategies, oversee due diligence, source and underwrite deals, operate assets and raise debt & equity with Institutional, Family Office and HNW partners.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Managing Director - Portfolio Manager and Investments
Normandy Real Estate
https://www.linkedin.com/company/normandy-real-estate
Responsible for the firm’s West Coast investment activity including real estate acquisitions; asset management/leasing: investor/partner relations and financing. Aggressively manage assets’ P/L through lowering property taxes and reducing operating expenses. Interfaced with outside counsel, and prospective investors/partners. as well as existing lenders, including CW Capital.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Vice President - Acquisitions and Asset Management
RAND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Responsible for the firm’s investment activity including:  real estate acquisitions; asset management and financing. Collaborated with family office and institutional partners such as JMB, Nellis Corporation, and Sun America.  Developed and implemented strategy of purchasing below market leases and subsequently increasing value through lease buy-outs and property renovations.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Chief Investment Officer
SONY RETAIL ENTERTAINMENT
Los Angeles, California, United States
Vice President - Real Estate Strategy & Business Development
MANN HOLDING COMPANY
Led corporate strategy and investments in real estate and private equity.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Senior Vice President
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James Garlick
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