DivcoWest Stuart Shiff Mr. Shiff is primarily responsible for leading the firm's investment and management strategies. Mr. Shiff has directed the acquisition of over fifteen million sq. ft. of commercial property throughout the U.S. and Canada. Prior to founding DivcoWest Properties in 1993, Mr. Shiff worked as a development officer responsible for land entitlement, development, construction, and leasing at Divco Ltd., a leading family owned Canadian development and construction company. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineering, Urban Land Institute, and the Pension Real Estate Association. Mr. Shiff currently serves on the board of the Real Estate Academic Initiative at Harvard University and the policy advisory board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business.
Robert Mashaal Mr. Mashaal is primarily responsible for overseeing the firm's asset management and leasing functions. Mr. Mashaal is the founder and President of Yale Properties USA a full-service privately owned Real Estate Investment Company whose major operations were merged with DivcoWest in 2006. Yale USA was established in 1991 as an independent affiliate of Yale Properties Limited, a longstanding family-owned real estate investment and development company based in Montreal, Canada. Prior to founding Yale USA, Mr. Mashaal worked in real estate acquisitions and development with CIBC Development Corporation and Cadillac Fairview Corporation and in investment banking with Ladenburg, Thalmann and Bear Stearns. Mr. Mashaal holds a Master of Science degree in Management from MIT's Sloan School of Management, a Master of Science degree in Real Estate Development from MIT's Center for Real Estate Development and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Ted Knetzger Mr. Knetzger is DivcoWest's Chief Operating Officer, and is primarily responsible for overall corporate strategy and internal management of the Company. Mr. Knetzger is one of the co-founders of Greenwich Capital Markets, LLC, presently known as RBS Greenwich Capital, where Mr. Knetzger is Vice Chairman and also previously served as the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman. Prior to Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Kidder Peabody & Company employed Mr. Knetzger where he was Co-Manager and Head Trader of Kidder Peabody's Government Bond Trading Department. Mr. Knetzger received his Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Virginia.
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Background Information: Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in San Diego and Boston, DivcoWest is a leading US real estate investment sponsor and commercial real estate management firm. As a globally-focused and fully-integrated company, DivcoWest has extensive experience in sourcing, structuring, acquiring, developing, redeveloping, managing, leasing and selling commercial real estate. The company is also is one of the nation's leading advisors and landlords for the nation's fastest-growing technology companies. DivcoWest was formed to continue the successful long-term real estate-related investment approach of its principals, Stuart Shiff, a founder of Divco West Properties; Robert Mashaal, founder of Yale Properties USA; Edwin (Ted) Knetzger, the founding member of Greenwich Capital Markets, LLC; and Jacqueline Moore and Steven Dietsch, previously with Divco Properties. In the last 24 months, DivcoWest has been involved in over $1.3 billion of commercial real estate transactions, including property acquisitions, dispositions, development and value-add redevelopment activities. |
