Turo Partners is a commercial real estate investment company, focused on the acquisition, development, renovation, and management of properties in California, Nevada and other western states, largely in the industrial sector. The company’s capital partners include family offices and individual investors.
Will Marks, Principal
Will Marks is the founder and principal of Turo Partners. Prior to Turo Partners, Will spent 20 years as an equity research analyst, first at Montgomery Securities (which became Banc of America Securities) and later at JMP Securities. His focus areas were the commercial real estate and hotel sectors. Will was twice ranked as the top real estate or lodging analyst in the Wall Street Journal’s annual Best on the Street survey. Earlier in his career, Will worked for several years as a commercial real estate leasing broker at Iliff Thorn in San Francisco. He is also the author of three books: http://www.mpcpress.com/books/ Will received his Bachelor of Arts from University of California at Davis in 1988 and his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management in 1994.
GS Management Company – Bay Area
Beverly Howell
Beverly J. Howell is Chief Operating Officer and a principal of GS Management Company. Ms. Howell has worked in commercial real estate since 1983. Prior to GS Management Company she was the principal of a local property management company, which merged with GSMC in 1996. From 1985 – 1992 she was a Portfolio Manager with Koll Management Services overseeing an extensive industrial and office portfolio in the East Bay. Ms. Howell received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business with an emphasis in Accounting from San Francisco State University.
Phyllis Osaki
Phyllis Y. Osaki is the Chief Executive Officer and a principal of GS Management Company. Ms. Osaki has worked in commercial real estate since 1977. Prior to joining GSMC, she was No. California Regional Vice President with Koll Management Services, and she was the No. California District Vice President with PREMISYS Real Estate Services, Inc., a national property management company which was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company. Ms. Osaki has in-depth experience in marketing, leasing, construction management, project acquisition/renovation and commercial property management. She earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree and Standard Teaching Credential from San Jose State University.
NCS Real Estate Management - Reno
Brittany B. Diehl
Brittany currently serves as the Vice President of Property Management as well as a Property Manager for Nevada Commercial Services, Inc. In addition to overseeing the other managers and managements systems, her management portfolio consists of over 1.7 million square feet of office, retail and industrial space and associations totaling over 400 acres of land. She joined the group in 2004 and aided in the transition of the management portfolio from Grubb & Ellis|NCG to Nevada Commercial Services, Inc.
Michael Caudell
Mike came on with Grubb & Ellis|NCG as a Property Management Accountant in June 2004 and now works for Nevada Commercial Services, Inc. He is responsible for all of the management accounts and has the additional responsibility of doing the corporate accounting side of the business.
ProEquity Asset Management – Sacramento
Dana Shaw
Dana started with ProEquity in December 2020. She has a Bachelors from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters from Santa Clara University. Prior to joining ProEquity, Dana worked in Property Management for almost a decade.