Experience

Jonathan is a member of Avison Young’s global leadership team and U.S. Executive Committee. He is the leader of Avison Young’s Downtown Los Angeles office, where he oversees delivery of all services to clients, develops new business and recruits additional talent to enhance local service offerings on a global basis. A real estate executive with over 33 years of experience, he has been recognized on numerous occasions as a top commercial real estate broker by CoStar, Connect Media, Bisnow and the Los Angeles Business Journal, and has completed many of the largest leases and sales throughout the US. Jonathan specializes in representing tenants for all their office and industrial real estate needs, and he is an expert in various types of transactions such as leasing, sale/leasebacks and investment sales throughout the United States. 

Before joining Avison Young, Jonathan was the Regional Managing Principal and served on the Board of Directors for Cassidy Turley. Jonathan also started and oversaw the brokerage group for the West region of Transwestern and served on the company’s Board of Directors. Prior to working at Transwestern, he launched, managed, and operated the profitable Los Angeles office of Trammell Crow Company (TCC) as a Principal, where he consistently ranked in the top 5 percent of TCC brokers nationally. Prior to TCC, he was a First Vice President at CBRE and ranked in the top 10 percent nationally.

Credentials

Professional Recognition

• 2022 & 2023 CoStar Power Broker Quarterly Deals - Top Deal Q1
• 2022 Los Angeles Business Journal – Brokerage Executives of the Year
• 2016-2022 Avison Young – Circle of Excellence Top Producer
• 2020 Los Angeles Business Journal – Who’s Brokering Los Angeles
• 2016-2022 Los Angeles Business Journal - 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles
• 2015-2021 Los Angeles Business Journal - Deal of the Year - Los Angeles
• 2003-2021 CoStar Power Broker of the Year- Los Angeles
• 2017, 2019, 2020 Connect Media – California Broker of the Year Award
• 2013 & 2014 Cassidy Turley National Top Producer Award
• 2015, 2013, 2011, 2010 Los Angeles Business Journal Top Tenant Advisory Broker
• 2011 Transwestern Top Outsourcing Service Award
• 2011 Top Tenant Advisory Broker Nationally for Transwestern
• 2010 Top President of US Private Clubs Award (Jonathan Club)
• 2008-2011 Transwestern Champions Club (top 5% nationally)
• 2006 Transwestern “Newcomer of the Year” Award
• 2002 Los Angeles Business Journal Broker of the Year Award
• 2002 Top Tenant Advisory Broker Nationally for Trammell Crow Company
• 1996-2007 Top National Broker for Trammell Crow Company
• 1990-1996 CBRE Top Broker Award
• 1989 CBRE “Rookie of the Year” Award

Community Leadership

• Los Angeles Advisory Board, The Posse Foundation
• California Hospital Foundation Board of Directors
• Board of Directors, The Dedeaux Foundation (Jonathan Club
• Board Member and Past President, Jonathan Club (2007-2010)
• Advisory Board, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
• Board of Directors and Executive Committee, United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Education

• University of Washington, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, Finance and Marketing
• University of Southern California - USC Gould School of Law

Professional Affiliations

• Los Angeles Commercial Realty Association (LACRA)
• CoreNet Global
• Urban Land Institute (ULI)
• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® (SIOR)

Major Lease Transactions

• Los Angeles Unified School District - 1,000,000 SF - Headquarters Space
• Daily Mail Group - 1,800,000 SF - Showroom Space
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP - 400,000 SF - Law Space
• Cogent Communications - 500, 000 SF - Office Data Center Space
• Unum Insurance - 250,000 SF - Regional Headquarters Space
• Aon Insurance - 150, 000 SF - Regional Headquarters Space
• Wells Fargo Bank - 125,000 SF - Regional Headquarters Space
• Citigroup - 125,000 SF - Regional Headquarters Space
• iHeart Media - 125,000 SF - Regional Headquarters Space
• Los Angeles Community College District - 100,000 SF - Headquarters Space
• Hasbro Studios - 80,000 SF - HQ Space
• DLA Piper - 65,000 SF - Law Space
• Deloitte - 65,000 SF - Office Space
• American Express - 65,000 SF - Law Space
• Paul Hastings - 65,000 SF - Law Space
• Mercedes Benz of Beverly Hills - 61,000 SF - Office/Showroom
• Holland & Knight - 42,000 SF - Law Space
• Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ - 40,000 SF - Regional Headquarters Space

Major Sale Transactions

• 2600-2800 Colorado, Santa Monica - $300,000,000 - Class A Office
• 110 E. 9th St, Los Angeles, CA - $180,000,000 - 180,000 SF Building
• 333 S. Beaudry Ave, Los Angeles, CA - $74,500,000 - 935,000 SF Building
• 500 & 520 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA - $65,000,000 - 1,365,000 SF Hotel
• 540 N. Oak St, Inglewood, CA - $45,800,000 - 114,000 SF Building
• 2 N. Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA - $43,000,000 - 235,000 SF Building
• 110 Freeway & 7th St, Los Angeles, CA - $38,000,000 - 450,000 SF Land
• 234 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA - $36,900,000 - 123,000 SF Building
• Pico Rivera, CA - $32,000,000 - 396,000 SF Building
• 825 N. San Vicente, West Hollywood - $24,500,000 - 30,000 SF Building
• 250 E. Olive Ave, Burbank, CA - $22,000,000 - 76,000 SF Building
• 770 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA - $22,000,000 - 98,136 SF Building
• Various Land & Buildings - $20,000,000 - Various Lands & Buildings
• 770 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA - $18,500,000 - 100,000 SF Building
• SW Quadrant of Beverly Blvd/605 Freeway - $15,000,000 - 830,000 SF Land
• 4920 Riverside, Baldwin Park, CA - $15,000,000 - 90,000 SF Building
• 1212 S. Flower St, Los Angeles, CA - $12,500,000 - 50,000 SF Building
• 14420 Bloomfield Ave, Santa Fe Springs, CA - $10,500,000 - 91,000 SF Building
• 20131 Prairie St, Chatsworth, CA - $9,820,000 - 100,000 SF Building
• San Diego Portfolio - $8,500,000 - 7 Buildings
• 620 N. Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA - $7,250,000 - 50,000 SF Building
• 1000 W. 6th St, Los Angeles, CA - $7,000,000 - 100,000 SF Building
• 700 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA - $5,000,000 - 50,000 SF Building
• 617 S. Olive St, Los Angeles, CA - $5,000,000 - 80,000 SF Building
• 7819 S. Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA - $3,450,000 - 6,000 SF Building
• 1900 W. 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA - $2,850,000 - 2,500 SF Building
• 2740 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, CA - $2,000,000 - 5,028 SF Building
• 2216-2220 S. Union Ave, Los Angeles, CA - $1,800,000 - 6,000 SF Building
• 1200 W. Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA - $1,700,000 - 25,000 SF Building
• 223 Beaudry Ave, Los Angeles, CA - $1,350,000 - 15,000 SF Building
• 2200 Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA - $1,250,000 - 20,000 SF Building
• 101 S. Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA - $750,000 - 10,000 SF Building
• 312 N. Garey St, Los Angeles, CA - $550,000 - 15,000 SF Land