Harbor Group International Opens Los Angeles Office
Adds new Senior VP of Acquisitions to focus on West Coast expansion
LOS ANGELES (August 8, 2018) – Harbor Group International, LLC (“HGI”) announced today that the company has opened a new office in Los Angeles. HGI also announced that Greg Heller has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions. Based in Los Angeles, Heller will focus on HGI’s continued West Coast expansion.
“HGI continues to grow its focus on west coast investments and the timing was right to establish a foothold in Los Angeles,” said T. Richard Litton, Jr., President of HGI. “We are excited to welcome Greg Heller to the team to lead the effort. Greg has significant experience in acquisitions, particularly on the west coast and he is a perfect addition to our growing company.”
The new location adds to HGI’s growing footprint across the globe, now with offices in Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York City and Tel Aviv, along with the company’s headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.
“HGI currently owns more than 200,000 square feet of commercial and retail space in Los Angeles and other California markets as well as multifamily debt investments throughout the west coast,” said Matt Jones, Director of Acquisitions for HGI, “Mr. Heller will lead HGI’s efforts to actively pursue acquisitions, partnerships, preferred equity, mezzanine loans and other real estate debt opportunities in the area.”
As Senior Vice President of Acquisitions for HGI, Heller is responsible for sourcing and underwriting acquisition opportunities on the west coast, as well as coordinating due diligence and closing efforts. Prior to HGI, Greg worked at JRK Property Holdings for six years, a real estate private equity firm, where he was responsible for sourcing and leading the acquisition process for multifamily investment opportunities primarily west of Denver. At JRK, he completed over $2 billion of transactions totaling over 16,000 apartment units. Prior to JRK, Greg worked at Deutsche Bank in their New York office on the Institutional Equity Sales desk from 2007-2012. Greg graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business and also holds a Masters in Real Estate Development degree from the University of Southern California.
Harbor Group International, LLC is a private real estate investment and management firm which controls a portfolio of worldwide assets valued at $7.3 billion. HGI is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia with offices in New York, Baltimore, Los Angeles and Tel Aviv. The company’s real estate holdings include 4.8 million square feet of commercial properties and approximately 30,000 apartment units. For additional information, please visit www.harborgroupint.com.
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