Our Leadership

Pat Luke is a Principal of BLVD Capital, a real estate investment firm focusing on the acquisition and redevelopment of real estate assets in California, and affordable multifamily housing preservation and redevelopment nationwide.  BLVD currently holds a portfolio of approximately 6,000 affordable units which it has preserved and/or redeveloped, valued at over a half billion dollars.  These affordable housing properties utilize a combination of Project Based Section 8, Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), and other Federal, State and Local programs.

 

Prior to joining BLVD Capital, Pat served as the Vice President of Acquisitions at California Landmark, a regional multifamily development and investment firm.  He was responsible for the formation and management of the acquisitions platform, and for the sourcing, acquisition and financing of the company’s multifamily investments.  While at California Landmark, he sourced and acquired performing and non-performing loans, value-add apartments, development sites and low income housing.  Pat created the investment platform for the company to acquire low income housing, focusing on Section 42 tax credit properties and Section 8 HAP contract properties.

Prior to California Landmark, he was Director of Multifamily Acquisitions for Starpoint Properties, a Beverly Hills based investment and operating company focused on value added and opportunistic investments. In this role, he was responsible for the sourcing, acquisition, disposition and financing of all multifamily properties in California. Additionally, in 2010 he helped create StarPoint Homes, LLC, which acquired distressed single family residences at trustee sales.  During his tenure with StarPoint, Pat managed the successful closing of over $480 million in multifamily acquisitions and dispositions.

Prior to joining StarPoint in 2005, Pat worked for commercial real estate brokerage firms Marcus & Millichap and Voit Real Estate Services, where he was involved in over $60 million of transactions.

Pat graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and the UCLA Real Estate Alumni Group. He was selected as one of Real Estate Forum’s Tomorrow’s Leaders in 2014.

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Monica Ball has been a residential real estate agent and member of the California Association of Realtors® and the San Diego Association of Realtors® since 2005, winning Rookie of the Year that year for Prudential California’s San Diego Region. Ms. Ball is currently with Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty, though her license has been on referral status since 2015 so she can focus on answers for the west coast homeless crisis and housing shortage. Promoting innovative housing typologies and streamlining buildability top her current list of priorities.

In 2017, Ms. Ball participated as a member of Urban Land Institute (ULI) with American Institute of Architects (AIA) on the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) “Housing the Next One Million” project. This led to her engagement with the City of San Diego Smart Growth & Land Use Committee and the federally designated Promise Zone. A radical, regional multi-family build-out on property owned by the local faith community is scheduled to begin the fall of 2018, in part due to Ms. Ball’s efforts.
Ms. Ball has worked with the San Diego homeless population since joining the Urban People Living In Faith & Trust (UPLIFT) Board in 2002. She was selected to be a member of the 25 Cities Design Team for the HUD/VA national homeless veterans housing effort in 2014, and is a current member of the Regional Task Force on the Homeless (RTFH) Coordinated Entry System (CES) Advisory Board. Ms. Ball has also served as the Social Issues Chairperson for the Downtown Community Planning Council (DCPC) since 2011, has been a Downtown Kiwanis Club & Foundation Board Member since 2004, and currently serves on the Downtown San Diego Partnership Policy Advisory Committee.
Prior to real estate, Ms. Ball worked for Nordstrom in a management capacity in multiple San Diego stores in the 1980’s, and worked as an Account Manager for Clear Channel Broadcast (now iHeart Media) in the 1990’s.

After an extended hiatus from academics, Ms. Ball will earn her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Arizona State University Lake Havasu, a campus she helped to establish and fund. Ms. Ball also attended Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and California State University, Long Beach.

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Andrew Lamming is a partner with the nationally recognized law firm, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, where he handles a wide range of real estate transactional matters with an emphasis on low-income housing developments.  Andrew has represented a variety of for-profit and non-profit developers in the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation and disposition of housing projects throughout the United States.

 

Andrew earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School.

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Scott J. Alter is Co-Founder and Principal of Standard Communities. As Principal, Mr. Alter manages all aspects of investments, asset management, construction, financial structuring, and corporate strategy for Standard Communities. Since co-founding Standard Communities in 2008, Mr. Alter has led Standard to become a California Benefit Corporation and one of the 50 largest affordable housing owners in the country, with more than $4 billion in AUM and over 18,600 units. Over the course of his career, Mr. Alter has played an integral role in the acquisition, management, disposition, and financing of real estate transactions with a capitalization of more than $6 billion over the past 20 years.

Well-known in the philanthropic community, Mr. Alter serves on the Host Committee for the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and is a current Board Member and Co-Founder of Housing on Merit, a California-based non-profit focused on creating a bridge to permanent affordable housing for vulnerable populations. Additionally, Mr. Alter is an active board member of multiple locally focused community organizations in New York City. Mr. Alter earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University with a concentration in Labor Economics and Finance.

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Bryan Barker has 15 years of experience in providing financing solutions to developers of affordable multifamily communities throughout the United States. He specializes in using tax exempt bonds to provide construction and permanent financing. Past financing structures have included private placements, direct bank purchases and credit enhancement (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Most transactions have also involved low income housing tax credits.

Mr. Barker has arranged over $3 billion of financings. Mr. Barker joined Citi Community Capital, formerly GMAC Commercial Mortgage Affordable Housing Division, in 2002.

Mr. Barker is a graduate of St. Lawrence University (B.A., Economics).

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Suzanne Hollander is a real estate attorney, speaker, professor, broker and voice for property rights, real estate, housing and infrastructure development.  The U.S. Department of State appointed Suzanne to its Fulbright Specialist Roster as an Expert in Real Estate.  In 2019, Suzanne was awarded U.S. Federal Funds to travel to Peru and investigate Chinese Investment in Real Estate and Infrastructure in Latin America.  Suzanne has researched affordable housing policy and demand in Peru and visited “squatter cities” in need of housing solutions in Peru, Brazil and throughout Latin America.

 

Suzanne is a Professor of Real Estate Law at Florida International University (“FIU”) Hollo School of Real Estate and the Program Director of Professional Development in FIU’s University-wide Office to Advance Women Equity & Diversity (AWED).  Commercial Real Estate Women Network awarded Suzanne its Global Impact Award for Career Advancement for Women in 2018 and Globestreet recognized Suzanne as a Woman of Influence in Commercial Real Estate – Mentor Category 2019. Suzanne is appointed to the National Diversity and Inclusion Task Force of Commercial Real Estate Women.  In Miami, Suzanne is a Board Member of CREW Miami and 100 Women in Finance.

 

Suzanne is a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, where she was awarded a full tuition academic scholarship in honor of the first women dean of the law school.

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Jeffrey E. Jaeger is Co-Founder and Principal of Standard Communities. For the past 20 years, Mr. Jaeger has played an essential role in the acquisition, management, disposition, and financing of real estate transactions with a capitalization of more than $6 billion. Mr. Jaeger is responsible for all facets of investments, asset management, construction, financial structuring, and the strategic direction of Standard Communities. Under Mr. Jaeger’s leadership, Standard Communities has become one of the 50 largest affordable housing owners in the country, with a portfolio of more than 115 deals totaling over 18,600 units.
Active in the Los Angeles philanthropic community, Mr. Jaeger is a current Board Member and Co-Founder of Housing on Merit, a California-based non-profit focused on creating a bridge to permanent affordable housing for vulnerable populations. Mr. Jaeger is also a current Board Member of Inner-City Arts, one of the nation’s most effective arts-education providers located in the heart of Skid Row, Los Angeles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Michael D. Ravitch is a partner at Grossberg, Yochelson, Fox & Beyda, LLP.  Mr. Ravitch concentrates his practice among areas of acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of real property as well as the preparation of joint venture documents.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with high distinction from The Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from The George Washington University Law School. Mr. Ravitch was a Member of The George Washington University Law School Law Review and The Order of the Coif.  He was also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Pennsylvania from 1990 until 1995.  Mr. Ravitch came to Grossberg, Yochelson, Fox & Beyda as a law clerk while in law school, and has been with the firm ever since.  Mr. Ravitch advises numerous individuals and real estate companies on contractual, business and management issues, and has lectured on various real estate related topics from time to time over the years.

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Tyler has been a multifamily investment broker since 2007. He joined Marcus & Millichap in January, 2017 after working at two other national brokerage firms in Los Angeles as a member of a team solely concentrated on institutional apartment transactions and Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties. Tyler joined the AHA team in 2019.

Tyler has been involved in transactions totaling over 5,000 units, working on behalf of notable institutions such as BlackRock, AIMCO, BRE Properties, Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase. He has built strong relationships within the multifamily industry and continues to leverage his experience.

He received his Bachelor of Arts from University of the Pacific and lives in Newport Beach, California.

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