ORION Property Partners, Inc. Adds Two, 27-Year Industry Veterans
ORION Property Partners, Inc., Orange County’s leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in landlord and tenant representation, has added to its highly-experienced team by naming industry veterans Mark C. Bennett and Mark McAdams as principals.
“In this challenging real estate market, having the intelligence, experience, and principal to principal insight from a 20-plus year leading veteran is invaluable,” said Jay Carnahan, managing partner, ORION Property Partners. “We’ve strategically selected Bennett and McAdams to be part of our firm’s growth and add to the strength of our unique all partner/principals platform of select industry veterans.” Carnahan noted that the average industry tenure of ORION’s principals is more than 20 years.
Mark Bennett is a senior real estate professional with more than 27 years experience in the office, corporate headquarters, and industrial property sectors. As a principal with ORION, Bennett will focus on tenant representation. Over his career, Bennett has developed strategic real estate plans for several Fortune 500 clients on a local, regional, and national basis. Bennett’s strengths include lease restructuring, market leveraging, financial analysis, lease document and work letter negotiations, acquisitions/dispositions and build-to-suit expertise. He comes to ORION from the PRES Companies, and is a California licensed real estate broker. Bennett received a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.
With nearly 30 years of specialized commercial real estate experience in both sales and leasing transactions, Mark McAdams will bring his brokerage and asset management experience to bear strategically on several project leasing assignments for the firm. He will also be handling tenant representation at ORION. McAdams previously served as vice president of RREEF Management Company where he was directly responsible for a Class A office and flex portfolio spanning Orange and Los Angeles counties totaling nearly 2.3 million square feet with a value of approximately $663 million. Prior to that, he was actively involved in marketing and leasing of more than 8 million square feet of class A institutional office space during his 25 years at Cushman & Wakefield. Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara.
“Mark McAdams brings a unique perspective and skill set to project leasing assignments due to his experience as a landlord. This is high level experience that the typical broker doesn’t possess,” said Carnahan.
Commenting on why he joined ORION, Mark Bennett said that the opportunity to work in the midst of a highly-specialized, senior level team stood out as a key advantage.
“ORION takes a unique approach to marketing property and working with tenants. It’s extremely hands-on providing each and every client with the best possible experience and strategy for success,” said Bennett.
ORION Property Partners is a dominant brokerage firm in Orange County’s office market, specifically for the Airport Area submarket. All told, ORION’s senior-level team of brokers has been involved in the development and management of in excess of 10 million square feet of the Airport Area’s 26.9 million square foot class A office market, giving them a valuable perspective on this highly sought after office market. The ORION team has been the leasing representative for some of the nation’s leading institutional owners including: Shorenstein, MPG Office Trust, TA Associates, Kilroy, Hines, RREEF, Equity Office Properties, and Starwood Capital. In 2010, ORION completed more than 200 transactions, including two of Orange County’s largest office leases: the 127,750-square-foot CashCall, Inc. lease at 1600 S. Douglas in Anaheim and the restructure and extension of LA Fitness’ more than 60,000 square foot lease at 2600 Michelson. The firm is actively negotiating more than one million square feet of office lease transactions for a number of notable companies.
About ORION Property Partners: ORION Property Partners is a premier commercial real estate firm in Orange County. Based in Irvine, the firm provides a high level of client service in project leasing, tenant representation, and consulting, handling office properties ranging from single property to full portfolios. The team’s unique culture is focused on a select client list minimizing conflict of interest and maximizing client service and transaction success. For more information, visit ORION at www.oppre.com.
