He has managed complex ground-up, value-add, and adaptive reuse/conversion projects across various asset classes: industrial, office, hotel, and multifamily.
He has held senior positions at local PE firms Group I and Riaz Capital. Of recent note, Ari navigated a complex entitlement process for an 83-key hotel, negotiating a developer agreement with the jurisdiction. The project was approved unanimously by City Council.
Prior to his career in real estate development, Ari was a Project Manager at United Mechanical, one of the largest design-build union mechanical contractors in the Bay Area. At United, Ari estimated, bid, and managed design-build mechanical projects for Fortune 500 companies like Apple and Amazon.
Ari is a licensed General Contractor and has been featured as a guest lecturer at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Design. He holds a B.A. in Construction Management from Chico State.