Ken Gaitan

Regional Director – Western Region

Ken is a 30-year veteran of commercial real estate having served in production and leadership positions with national and regional mortgage banking firms (CBRE, HFF & Johnson Capital), CRE lenders (Merrill Lynch & JPMorgan) and institutional owner (Bank of America). Ken’s expertise in all commercial real estate asset types includes origination/underwriting of debt and equity as well as distressed special situations, asset management & dispositions.

Noteworthy leadership positions include: Senior Vice President/Regional Manager, Bank of America OREO, Western Regional Manager, Merrill Lynch CMBS Group and First Vice President, CBRE Capital Markets. Through his role as intermediary, lender and/or principal, Ken has closed more than $4 billion of CRE transactions. Ken has been an active speaker at leading industry conferences such as: ULI, BIA, IMN, ICSC, MBA-CREF, YPO, USC Marshall School of Business and UCI Merage School of Business. Ken earned his Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and is an active alumnus, having served on the Board of Governors of the USC Alumni Association and the Board of Directors for the USC Latino Alumni Association.