Mr. Friedman joined Shorenstein in 2004. He oversees the Western United States Investment Group which includes Capital Transactions, Asset Management, Leasing, and Development. His responsibilities include overseeing the sourcing of investment opportunities and directing the underwriting, due diligence, structuring and closing of capital transactions. In addition, he is responsible for the investment performance of assets in the West through oversight of the development and execution of asset specific strategies during the company’s ownership.

Mr. Friedman is a member of the Urban Land Institute, Lambda Alpha International, the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council, and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.

Prior to joining Shorenstein, Mr. Friedman was a principal at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc. overseeing capital transaction and asset management assignments throughout the Western United States. Mr. Friedman continued in this role when he joined Morgan Stanley upon its acquisition of Lend Lease in 2003.

Mr. Friedman graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a B.A., and from University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Management with an M.B.A.