Tuesday, April 23, 2013

James Kessler




 
Current Position Highlights



Stonehenge Property Group
President
San Francisco, CA August 2005 - Present

Founded and direct private real estate development and advisory company focusing on retail & mixed-use projects and advisory support services.
  • Responsible for all company operations including budgets, business plans, property acquisition & development, financing and leasing.

  • Provide full project development services to development firms, property owners, financial institutions and institutional investors for all facets of projects including entitlements, design, budgeting, project management, redevelopment, repositioning, leasing and operations.

  • Advisory services to governmental agencies for land use analysis, market assessment, establishment of enhanced project reviews, peer review and facilitation of entitlements.

  • Completed Stonehenge Property Group projects in excess of $100 million in construction cost.
Prior Career Highlights
Highland Development Company
Principal
Palo Alto, CA January 2004 – July 2005
Founded retail acquisition and development company as part of the Marcus & Millichap group of companies focusing on projects in the western United States.
  • Responsible for establishing corporate office, business plans, staffing, compensation and benefit plans and financing.

  • Oversight of all company activities including internal operations, asset management, development, construction, leasing and sales.

  • Corporate operating and development budgets totaling over $250 million.
ScanlanKemperBard Companies
Chief Operating Officer
Portland, OR April 2002 – October 2003

Management of all corporate operations, asset management and oversight of all development/construction activities for private real estate investment firm.
  • Responsible for corporate operations, policies & procedures, compensation and benefit plans, corporate finance & budgets and staffing.

  • Oversight of all development/construction activities and retail leasing.

  • Management of corporate G&A budget in excess of $5 million and asset valuation over $500 million.
Federal Realty Investment Trust

Chief Development Officer
San Francisco, CA July 1999 – February 2002
Management of all regional offices, development, redevelopment, construction, operations, asset management and leasing for publicly traded REIT.
  • Member of senior corporate management team creating strategic business plans.

  • Responsible for establishing and managing regional and satellite offices (including staffing and budgets), management of all development & construction, leasing and asset management/operational activities.

  • Regional operating and project budgets valued in excess of $375 million.
Burnham Pacific Properties/The Martin Group
Chief Development Officer

San Francisco, CA December 1989 – July 1999
Direct oversight of regional office and operations for publicly traded REIT.
  • Member of senior executive management team.

  • Coordinated merger of Martin Group retail portfolio into Burnham Pacific and established, opened and staffed regional office including operating budgets and business plans.
  • Regional operating and development budgets in excess of $465 million.
Transpacific Development Company
Director of Marketing
Foster City, CA April 1985 – December 1989
Directed all leasing, sales and marketing activity in northern California region for private west coast development and management company with over $2B in real estate assets.
  • Managed all in-house staff, outside brokers and consultants in design, marketing, leasing and tenant construction of over $500M in mixed-use, office, retail and industrial properties.
Professional Associations
Education
International Council of Shopping Centers; Golden Gate University

James Kessler
President
Stonehenge Property Group
253 29th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone: (415) 750-9004
Email:
jkessler@stonehengepg.com




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