MATTHEW P. LEVY

Los Angeles, CA

818-***-**** ad2ah3@r.postjobfree.com

Experience

The Laramar Group

Vice President, Investments

June 2013 – September 2021

• West Coast partner responsible for identifying and underwriting investment opportunities, purchase and sale contracts, structured debt, and equity financing and dispositions in California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada, resulting in over 65 property acquisitions and 30 successful exits.

• In its 30-year history, Laramar has invested and sold $4.3B of assets on behalf of institutional capital partners and family offices.

• Member of the Investment Team focused on acquisition and development strategies in over 20 national markets.

• Source, vet and hire legal counsel, consultants, contractors, and property management teams.

• Develop and execute business plans for significant value-add repositions and core+ renovations.

• Manage entitlement efforts with municipalities of jurisdiction for zone changes, zone variances, changes of use, and permitting.

• Extensive experience with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), government affairs, and community outreach.

Frost/Chaddock Developers

Vice President, Development

July 2007 – June 2013

• Led the entitlement and development of 870 residential units and 16,000 SF of the ground floor, mixed-use retail/commercial.

• Responsible for a development pipeline of 1,500 residential units and over 50,000 SF of commercial space.

• Oversee development feasibility, zoning analysis, financial underwriting, purchase negotiations, design development, entitlements, CEQA analysis, plans, permits, community outreach, and government relations.

• Arrange and coordinate structured financing, institutional equity, and debt for project acquisitions, development, and refinancing. Matthew P. Levy – Continued

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Casden Properties

Acquisitions and Project Manager

October 2005 – July 2007

• Property acquisitions and development entitlement for more than 3,000 apartment units and 500,000 SF of commercial space, including Palazzo Westwood Village (LA), Empire Landing

(Burbank), Movietown Plaza (West Hollywood), Pico/Sepulveda (West LA), Oxnard/River Ridge Housing, Simi Valley Townhomes, Santa Clarita/Newhall specific plan, and Ventura multi-family.

• Manage underwriting and feasibility programming of acquisition and development opportunities.

• Process entitlements and plans, community outreach, and government relations.

• Develop and coordinate investment memorandum for institutional equity partners and debt providers.

Office of Councilmember Tom LaBonge, 4th District, City of Los Angeles Transportation, Planning, and Special Projects Deputy May 2002 – September 2005

• Staff Councilmember LaBonge throughout his appointment to the Metro Board of Directors and supported Director LaBonge’s successful legislative efforts to overturn the local ban on heavy-rail tunneling in Los Angeles County, leading the federal government to reverse its ban on tunneling in methane-gas-risk-zones and charting a course for the “Subway to the Sea;” funding for the Expo Rail Line Authority; construction of the Metro Orange Line.

• Advise the Councilmember on city-wide infrastructure and capital improvement projects such as the Department of Water and Power’s River Supply Conduit project; Headworks Spreading Ground and reservoir sustainability; Silver Lake and Lake Hollywood reservoir master plans; sewer infrastructure upgrades; Department of Public Works construction of new City Libraries; construction of the Metro Orange Line bikeway; development of the initial LA River Revitalization Master Plan; construction of LA River bikeways; Department of Recreation and Parks production of the Griffith Park Master Plan; renovation and facility enhancements at the Griffith Observatory; Los Angeles World Airports LAX Master Plan; Planning Department Community Plan/General Plan updates.

Representative Appointments and Commitments

• Tax Advisory Board - Assessor Rick Auerbach, County of Los Angeles

• Proposition K: LA for Kids - Regional Volunteer Neighborhood Oversight Committee (RVNOC), City of Los Angeles

• Campus and Building Committee - Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s historic preservation and new campus master plan, Los Angeles

• Guest lecturer – topics including policy, planning, and real estate, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

• Panelist – RealShare, IMN, Bisnow, IPA conferences Matthew P. Levy – Continued

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Education

Master of Planning

University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science in Policy, Management and Planning University of Southern California

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