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Monday, July 18, 2011

JONES REAL ESTATE WELCOMES 3 NEW TEAM MEMBERS!

JonesRE has brought in three new agents to better serve our clients. We would like to announce our new team members, Michael Moniak, Manuel E. Hernandez Hernandez and Jana Farman.

Michael Moniak
Michael Moniak began his career with Greg Jones in 2003. Michael has an extensive background in commercial real estate and working with Fortune 100 companies. His experience in marketing, property management, and computer technologies enables him to work effectively with both property owners and tenants to obtain profitable results.

Michael's commercial real estate career began in 1984 with C.J. Segerstrom & Sons where he established their first PC's and evaluated profits for all properties, including The South Coast Plaza. His marketing expertise includes working on national brands, such as: Kraft-Budget Gourmet, StarKist Tuna, and Schick Razors. Technology achievements include working in New Zealand for Unisys to sell a multimillion dollar data warehouse system to the largest retailer in the South Pacific, The Warehouse.

Blending solid educational training along with proven professional expertise, Michael earned an MBA from Pepperdine University and BA in Finance from California State University, Fullerton. He has taught business classes at San Bernardino Valley College and served on the board of directors for the American Red Cross-Rio Hondo Chapter, The Gary Center, and the Whittier Uptown Association. His hobbies include long board surfing and teaching paraplegics to ski at the U.S. Adaptive Recreation Center (USARC) in Big Bear.

Manuel E. Hernandez
Most people refer to him as “Manny”, he is a native Angelino and a veteran of the United States Army. He studied Economics at the California State University Los Angeles. After he obtained his education, Manny went on to be a top performing sales representative at Rich Steel of Los Angeles for 20 years. In 1984, Manny found his calling for Commercial Real Estate specializing in the sale of commercial, land, investment and new tract homes. Manny is a licensed real estate broker in the states of California and Washington. He began working with Jones Real Estate in 2011. Manny is currently a member of the RIAOC Board of Directors and is Chairman of the Education Committee. Manny’s enjoys studying world history and spending time with his grandsons at the ball park.

Jana Farman
A North Orange County native, Jana is a Commercial Real Estate advisor with extensive knowledge in site selection, negotiations and marketing of retail, office and industrial properties. She places a high value on customer service and in maximizing the client experience while maintaining transaction satisfaction and profitability for both sides. She gets those tough deals done!

In 2011, Jana was actively pursued by a number of brokerages due to her success and strong work ethic selecting Jones Real Estate as her brokerage of choice being attracted to a successful, well established brokerage with a team atmosphere focused on customer service.

Jana is a member of the Greater Southern California chapter of CCIM, RIAOC, and a Board of Director for the North Orange County YWCA. She has a BS Degree in Business and an MS Degree in Organizational Leadership with 20 years experience working in the corporate sector which gives her richer business acumen as she understands the inner workings of a corporation.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

JONES REAL ESTATE RECEIVES 15 OFFERS IN 3 WEEKS!!

JonesRE just went under contract in the sale of a 60,000 square foot multi-tenant retail shopping center anchored by Ralph’s Super Market, known as the Pacific Place Shopping Center. Located in Los Angeles County, in the city of North Whittier, this property is a great investment opportunity. Within 3 weeks of being on the market, JonesRE received 15 offers! Four Buyers were all cash at full price! This is due to our extensive marketing and strategic approach in locating qualified Buyers.

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About Greg Jones

Greg Jones is the Broker and President of Jones Real Estate. Greg has been involved in Commercial Real Estate since 1978 and has credentials from USC. He is a native of California, which only helps him to better serve his clients and their needs. Greg lives and breaths Real Estate and is constantly seeking investment and development opportunities. Greg is also the President of G&M Management Services, Inc. G&M Management is a full service property management company that was established in 1984. Greg is very involved with Rotary International and is an active member with the Boys and Girls Club of La Habra and Brea.

Affiliations

  • California Association of Realtors
  • National Association of Realtors
  • Orange County Commercial Association of Realtors (OCCAR)
  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
  • American Industrial Realtors Association (AIR)
  • Realty Investment Association of California (RIAOC)
  • The Broker Investment Guide
  • The Smith Guide
  • Property Line
  • LoopNet
  • CoStar Group
  • Property By Net
  • Yardi Systems - Property Management
  • REA
  • CoStar - ARES
  • Member of Whittier, Brea, and La Habra Chambers of Commerce

About Jill Valentine Jones

Jill has been licensed in real estate since 1991 and obtained her brokers license in 2005. Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in communications from the University of Southern California in 1989, Jill began her real estate career with the Warren Companies, as a Leasing Agent and Property Manager. Her responsibilities included leasing office and Industrial Space in the Irvine Spectrum, negotiating service contracts, managing the annual building budget, and implementing marketing programs for the project. In addition, she implemented advertising campaign and ad placement for vacant office space, as well as handling lease negotiations and preparation.

To further advance her career, Jill was hired by R&B Commercial Management, a national leasing and property management company, from 1991 to 1993, as a Leasing Agent and Property Manager. Her first property she worked at was a Class A, 10 story office building in Anaheim. She was in charge of leasing the executive suites to 100% occupancy, where she reached her goal in just a few months. Jill implemented monthly Broker luncheons to promote new business, supervised Tenant Improvements from start to finish, prepared monthly management and marketing reports for building owner, maintained tenant-landlord relations, consistently achieved leasing goals. Jill was promoted within six months to a 500,000 square foot Industrial/Office complex where she was responsible for all leasing and marketing functions.

Prior to forming her own Real Estate Brokerage Corporation, Jill worked for a retail developer, ICI Development in 2004. After forming a broad base of clients, Jill had an opportunity to branch off, to form her own Brokerage Company in 2005. After five years, Jill joined forces with Jones Real Estate where she currently focuses on all aspects of Real Estate. Jill specializes in Landlord and Tenant Representation and has relationships with several regional and national tenants. Jill also represents investors seeking opportunities and also acts as a principle when purchasing investment properties for her own account.

About Mike Horbund

Mike brings twenty-five years of general contracting experience with an emphasis on commercial office and industrial roofing, renovations, and restorations. When we are seeking the most competitive prices and quality of work, Mike knows what to expect out of contractors, while settling performance deadlines and monitoring each stage of any construction process. Mike has been licensed as a Real Estate Agent since 2004 and has continued to focus on property management.

Not only can Mike build it from the ground up, he is very personable which provides for a very professional interface with tenants and owners. Mike is focused on leasing vacancies and locating investment opportunities in today’s ever changing market.

About Mike Perlof

Mike brings to Jones Real Estate eight years of professional experience in the commercial real estate industry. Prior to joining Jones Real Estate, Mikes last professional position was with Mar West Real Estate, one of the nations largest property management firms of Commercial Owners Associations, in the capacity of Property Manager and Executive Assistant. In his capacity as Property Manager, Mike was responsible for the every day management of over twenty-five Commercial Owners Associations in the Orange County, Inland Empire, and Los Angeles areas, which not only included the management of each of the twenty-five business parks, but each corporation as a separate entity. In his capacity as Executive Assistant, Mike worked along side the firms President, Craig Stevens, working with over sixty-five developer clients (including LNR Corporation, Panattoni, Master Development Corporation, Voit Development Company, BaccHus Development Company, Boeing Realty Corporation, The Koll Company, to name a few) in the formation of over seventy-five Commercial Owners Associations.

Mikes natural instincts have advanced his career into Commercial, Office, and Industrial leasing and sales. Mike is a people person and is tenacious at resolving deal point issues which have resulted in the successful closing of very complex lease and sale transactions. He is currently in the process of attaining his CCIM and CPM designations.