Ken Simons

Specialties

Investment, Retail

Scope of Experience

Investment Property, Sales, Retail and Office Leasing, Development Site Acquisition, Asset Management

Background & Experience

Consummate professional representing over 30 years of experience in many facets of Real Estate transactions, both fee and leasehold, asset management, tenant improvements, entitlements, remediation and financing. Specializing in developing strategies for clients and implementing for expeditious results.

Education

University of Santa Clara, Institute for Organizational Management 

UCLA- Real Estate

Professional Associations & Designations

Community Performance Awards: Congressional Record Citation – US Congress, Community Service Resolutions from California State Senate and State Assembly, Los Angeles City Council, Los Angeles Business Council, Mayor’s office - City of Los Angeles. Business Person of the Year - Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, Man of the Year - Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, Distinguished Service Award - Kiwanis. Community Participation: Member of the Advisory Committee for Leadership LA that is sponsored by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Former Chairman of the Board of Leadership LA Foundation. Former Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Business Council. Former member of the California State Senate Advisory Commission on Real Property Insurance. Past member of the Los Angeles Convention Center Commission appointed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Former member of the Board of Directors of the Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Board Moorpark-Simi Valley Boy's and Girl's Club. Former Member of the Board Moorpark Kiwanis Club. City Council member, City of Moorpark. Former Member Moorpark School District Bond S Oversight Committee, Commissioner on the Ventura County Transportation Commission, Member of the California State Channel Islands University Site Authority. Member of the Ventura County Consolidated Oversight Board.

Transaction History

$28,000,000 Corporate Headquarters Westlake Village. $68,000,000 Bulk Sale 203 Condos West Los Angeles, Ca. $17,200,000 Three parcel development Studio City, Ca. 20,000 sf Office Building, Beverly Hills Triangle, Ca. Sale and Lease up. 40,000 sf Office Building, Sherman Oaks, Ca. Sale and Lease up. 56,000 sf Office Building, Fallbrook, Ca. Sale and Lease up. $8,500,000 exchange for three single tenant triple net deals nationally. 23,000 sf Lease - Represented 99cents Only, Thousand Oaks, Ca. - Represented We Olive, The Oaks Mall, Thousand Oaks, Ca. 5,500 sf Lease - Represented The Village Fishmarket, Calabasas, Ca. 1,800 sf Lease - Represented Wildbirds Unlimited, Thousand Oaks, Ventura and Woodland Hills, Ca. 1,400 sf Lease - Represented Carrera Pastries, Agoura Hills, Ca. 4,700 sf Lease - Dudes Brewing Company, Westfield Mall, Santa Clarita, Ca. 

Under Assignment - Hertz Corporation, Site Locations, Camarillo, Ca.

Under Assignment - The Sports Authority, Site Disposition, Oxnard, Ca.

Under Assignment - Sprint Franchisee, Southern California Over 20 Retail

Listings in Southern California for Lease. Landlord representation of over 1,000,000 SF of retail space.

Strategic Clients

Retail Tenant Representations: We Olive and Wine Bar, Hertz, Massage Green and Spa, Sprint, The Dudes Brewing Company and many more.