JOHN C. GUNN
748 Palms Blvd, Venice, California 90291 ▪ (213)291-4083
SUMMARY / OBJECTIVE:
Senior
level executive with over 25 years experience in retail, multi-family, and
mixed-use development having built, entitled and/or managed over 3.6 million
square feet of retail and 2,100 units of multi-family throughout the western
United States. Expert
in real estate investment strategy, development, feasibility, finance, asset management,
design and construction.
Proven leader and integral team member with a unique, broad-based,
Òhands-onÓ skill set to find creative solutions, add value, reduce risk and
exceed financial objectives.
Currently
pursuing new opportunities with real estate owners, investment entities and
development companies involved in retail, multi-family, and mixed-use projects,
to provide leadership and advisory relating to the acquisition and value
enhancement of market rate properties or distressed assets/debt (due diligence,
feasibility, entitlements, design, strategic planning) or the operation and
asset management of existing portfolios.
EXPERIENCE:
Gunn Property Group ▪ Los Angeles ▪ 2010 to present
Owner ▪ Currently providing independent advisory services to a
variety of real estate owners, investors, and users relating to strategic
planning, due diligence, feasibility, entitlements, asset management,
construction management, development, design, marketing and project delivery.
Pierce Education
Properties ▪
San Diego ▪ 2009
Vice President of Development & Construction ▪ Lead executive responsible for the acquisition,
feasibility, design & construction of new ground-up and adaptive re-use,
value-add student housing and education related projects on a national
platform. Successfully sourced and
negotiated numerous student housing opportunities at
major universities across the country that exceeded company performance
criteria. Was an integral part of
the companyÕs expansion into the Canadian market.
Urban Partners, LLC ▪ Los Angeles ▪ 2005-2009
Regional Managing Director & Development Executive ▪ Responsible for managing a team of development
executives in the ground-up development of complex, mixed-use, public/private,
community-based, transit-oriented projects in urban locations throughout the
Southern California and Seattle markets.
Successfully completed numerous projects that transformed communities
and defined markets. Notable
projects include:
Ÿ Burien Town Square ▪
Burien, WA
Mixed-use, public/private, 400 unit condo, 75,000 square feet retail,
city hall, city park, transportation hub
Ÿ Wilshire Vermont Station ▪ Los
Angeles, CA
Mixed-use, TOD
(Metro), 450 unit apartment (80% market / 20% affordable) over 35,000 sf of retail
Ÿ Washington National Station
▪ Culver City, CA
Mixed-use,
redevelopment, public/private, Metro (TOD), residential, retail, office, hotel,
public parking
Ÿ Aspira Apartments ▪ Seattle, WA
$130 million,
37-story, 350-unit multi-family, high-rise apartment with 6,500 square feet
ground floor retail
Ÿ Riverpark ▪ Oxnard, CA
702
acre master-planned residential community, 2800 residential units,
500,000 square foot retail center
Ÿ Serenade Apartments ¥ Oxnard, CA
450 garden-style apartment
units
Ÿ University Gateway ▪ University
of Southern California ▪ Los Angeles, CA
1640-bed mid-rise student
housing building over 80,000 square feet of retail in prime USC location
Ÿ Art Center College of Design Student Housing ▪ Pasadena, CA
185 bed student
housing and master plan for adaptive re-use of industrial buildings into
graduate facilities
The Hapsmith Company ▪
Los Angeles ▪ 1996-2005
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer ▪ Lead
executive responsible for the companyÕs finance/capital, strategic planning,
project feasibility, entitlements, design/construction, asset management,
development, and operational activities.
Notable projects include:
Ÿ The Shops at Tanforan ¥ San Bruno, CA ¥ 1.0 million square foot regional
mall with difficult trade area.
Redesigned and redeveloped the mall
with new 80,000 square foot theater anchor and BART connection.
Ÿ Weberstown Mall
¥ Stockton, CA ¥ 1.0 million square foot regional mall. Negotiated
and constructed the
first
Dillards store in California. Renovated mall and successfully
structured sale of the mall.
Ÿ Norwood Center ¥ Sacramento, CA ¥
150,000 square foot grocery/drug anchored center. Negotiated
and built a new
Rite Aid store and successfully negotiating a sale that provided excellent
returns to partners
Ÿ Culver Center ¥ Culver City, CA ¥
200,000 square foot grocery anchored center. Successfully
re-designed
and renovated center and negotiated and built a new high volume Best Buy and
Ralphs grocery store.
Ÿ SuperMall of the Great Northwest ¥ Auburn, WA ¥ 1.2 million square foot ÒMills-styleÓ
super-regional mall.
Successfully
financed, recapitalized and negotiated sale of the property.
Art Center College of Design ▪
Pasadena ▪ 2002-2005
OwnerÕs Representative - Construction & Project Management ▪ While working concurrently for The Hapsmith Company, completed a complex $150 million, 20-year
campus master plan for expansion of the college with notable architects Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza and Daly Genik. Managed
the acquisition, feasibility, design and construction of the collegeÕs new
ÒSouth CampusÓ which involved the adaptive re-use of a vacant 100,000 square
foot industrial building into a $30 million LEED certified, award winning
project. Successfully negotiated a
99-year ground-lease with the City of Pasadena for the historic Pasadena Glenarm Power Plant building for further expansion of the
collegeÕs facilities. Responsible
for managing design, feasibility, capitalization and entitlements for a 185 bed student housing building at the South Campus.
Union Bank of California ▪ Los Angeles
& San Francisco ▪ 1985-1996
Vice President/Assistant Manager - Real Estate
Industries Group ▪ Completed the bankÕs training program at top 1% of class in 1986. Over an 11-year career with the bank,
successfully managed the loan portfolios of numerous prominent west-coast
development companies and provided underwriting in excess of $1 billion for
multiple project types, including single family tract homes, land development,
multi-family residential, retail centers, office buildings, industrial parks,
biotech facilities and hotels. From
1992 to 1995 co-managed the Los Angeles office of Special Assets where the team
successfully renegotiated and either settled or liquidated in excess of $2
billion of non-performing loans and REO.
From 1995 to 1996, co-managed the Los Angeles office of the Real Estate
Industries Group and managed a staff of 12, overseeing all developer
relationships within the office.
Notable clients included:
The Ezralow Co., Wareham Property Group, Goldrich & Kest, Shapell Homes, Homes by Dame, Lincoln Property Group,
Blackburn Development, National Partnership Investors, Cabot, Cabot &
Forbes, Duffel Financial, Samuelson, Hornaday &
Schafer, The Selleck Company, Ducket-Wilson,
and Christopherson Homes.
Equitec Securities Company ▪ San Francisco ▪ 1983-1985
Account Executive ▪ Successfully
co-developed a national network of over 500 Broker Dealers and 5,000 NASD
Registered Representatives.
Proactively advised and educated representatives with the technical
aspects of syndicated Equitec real estate, leasing
and mortgage limited partnerships and assisted with their due diligence process
and marketing.
University of Washington Ÿ Seattle, WA ▪ School
of Architecture & Urban Planning
¥ Bachelor of Science - Building
Construction & Construction Management ▪ 1981
LICENSES:
California DRE Brokers License
#01281065
NASD Series 7 securities license
NASD Series 63 securities license
California Insurance License
AFFILIATIONS:
International Council of Shopping
Centers (ICSC)
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Lusk Center for Real Estate Development
National Association of Securities
Dealers (NASD)