California People and Company News, Week of July 10, 2026

• Gantry, the largest independent commercial mortgage banking firm in the U.S., has promoted Joe Foley to the role of Director within the firm’s client-facing loan production team. His new role will see him relocate from San Francisco to Los Angeles, where he will commence with earning his master’s in real estate development degree from USC while working from the firm’s El Segundo office.  

• RETS Associates, one of the nation’s leading executive and permanent search firms focused exclusively on the commercial real estate (CRE) industry, announced that industry veteran Christina Truong has joined the firm as a Director in Los Angeles. Truong brings more than a decade of experience spanning recruiting, operations, and advisory services within the real estate industry. Most recently,, she served as a Managing Director of Operations, leading recruiting efforts for a leading real estate technology firm. 

• Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. hired Adrienne Perez as Technical Director, Agency Environmental Services. Based in Atlanta, Perez will provide technical leadership, quality assurance, and compliance oversight for environmental due diligence services supporting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily transactions nationwide.  

• SRS Real Estate Partners has expanded its California Industrial footprint with the opening of a new office in Greater Los Angeles and the addition of industrial real estate professionals Chris McKenzie and Jason Sneed. McKenzie joins SRS as VP, bringing more than a decade of industrial real estate experience. Before joining SRS, McKenzie was a principal at Lee & Associates, where he consistently ranked among the firm’s leading producers. Sneed joins SRS as an Associate. He previously worked alongside McKenzie at Lee & Associates.  

• The BLVD Group, a leading multifamily investment and development firm, appointed Estelle Chan as Director of Acquisitions.  Based in BLVD’s Los Angeles office, Chan will lead the firm’s affordable housing acquisitions platform, overseeing nationwide sourcing and execution of both project-based Section 8 investments and 4% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit developments. 

• Global architecture and design firm Corgan announced that Sabu Song has joined the firm as a Studio Design Director and Associate Principal in the firm’s Los Angeles office. In this role, Song will help lead design vision and execution. 

• TrustPoint AI, a leader in asset and portfolio management technology for construction, renovation, bridge and land development lending, appointed William ‘Tres’ Seippel as Chief Innovation Officer. Seippel will lead the growing suite of data intelligence products including models for portfolio risk scoring, loan grading, forecasting, and benchmarking; and AI-driven workflow automations across the loan lifecycle. 

• LTC Properties, Inc., a REIT investing primarily in seniors housing and health care properties, has increased commitments under its credit facility to $1.1 billion from $800 million. LTC entered into a second amendment to its July 21, 2025 credit agreement to increase the aggregate commitment of its lenders by $300 million to a total of $1.1 billion. The $300 million increase expands the company’s aggregate revolving credit commitment to $900 million from $600 million. Additionally, the agreement increases the accordion feature from up to $1.2 billion to up to $2.0 billion. 

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