HFF Los Angeles hires Christopher Simon as managing director in its debt placement group

LOS ANGELES, CA – HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) announced today that it has hired Christopher Simon as a managing director in the debt placement group in its Los Angeles office.

Simon has more than 13 years of experience in commercial real estate and will focus on originating debt, equity and structured finance transactions throughout the western United States.

Prior to joining HFF, Simon was the chief financial officer and a principal at DS Ventures, LLC, a mid-sized real estate development company that primarily acquires underutilized assets in central and southern California.

In this role, he was responsible for structuring all senior debt, mezzanine debt and equity for the firm as well as overseeing the structuring and underwriting for the pursuit of all acquisitions.

Prior to DS Ventures, LLC, Simon was a senior investment officer at Merrill Lynch Capital in Los Angeles. He began his career in real estate at Heller Real Estate Financial Services in New York.

 Simon graduated from New York University with a Masters of Science in Real Estate and from Emory University with a Bachelor or Arts in History.

“HFF Los Angeles is excited to welcome Chris on board. He has extensive experience in the debt placement world and will certainly be an asset to our existing team,” said Paul Brindley, (top right photo) senior managing director and head of HFF’s Los Angeles office.

Contacts:

Paul C. Brindley, HFF Senior Managing Director, (310) 407-2100,pbrindley@hfflp.com
 Kristen M. Murphy, HFF Associate Director, Marketing, (713) 852-3500, krmurphy@hfflp.com

HFF closes sale of Kifer Tech Center in Silicon Valley

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco office of HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) announced today that it has closed the sale of Kifer Tech Center, (middle right photo)  a two-building, 103,254-square-foot, Class A office/R&D campus in Sunnyvale, California.

The HFF investment sales team was led by senior managing directors Michael Leggett (lower left photo) and Gerry Rohm (lower right phto)  and associate director Chris Pawlik. TA Associates purchased the property for an undisclosed amount.

Kifer Tech Center is fully leased to tenants including Motorola, Inc., Siemens Corporation and Trident Microsystems.

Situated on nearly six acres at the intersection of Lawrence Expressway and Kifer Road, the property has easy access to Interstates 280 and 880, Highway 101 and Routes 237 and 82 in Silicon Valley. The property is also within 300 feet of a Caltrain station, which provides access to San Francisco and San Jose.

“Kifer Tech Center is a premier corporate destination and continues to outperform the market as evidenced by more than 80,000 square feet of net leasing activity during the past 12 months,” said Leggett.

Established in 1982, TA Associates Realty is one of the largest and most experienced privately-held real estate advisors in the United States.

Contacts:

Michael Leggett, CA Lic. (#01056334) HFF Senior Managing Director (713) 852-3500, mleggett@hfflp.com
Gerry Rohm, CA Lic. (# 01367742) HFF Senior Managing Director(415) 276-6300, grohm@hfflp.com
Kristen Murphy, HFF Associate Director, Marketing(415) 276-6300 krmurphy@hfflp.com