Transwestern Commercial Services, one of the largest privately held, full-service commercial real estate firms in the U.S., recently announced its West Coast region has recruited an established team of tenant advisory specialists headed by Calabasas resident Jonathan Larsen. The team will spearhead Transwestern’s Southern California commercial real estate efforts out of the firm’s Los Angeles office.

“We are very pleased that Jonathan and his team are joining our expanding company in Los Angeles,” said George Garfield. ”This team is widely recognized as top tenant advisors in Southern California and represents a major addition to our operations.”

During his career, Larsen has been involved in several Los Angeles area real estate transactions valued at more than $1 billion.

Larsen spent eight years at CB Richard Ellis and had recently been a principal with Trammell Crow for more than 10 years, consistently ranked among the top real estate professionals with that firm. 

Larsen has resided in Calabasas since 1992. He has been an active volunteer coach in the Calabasas Youth Programs of Basketball and Baseball for more than 10 years. He is also an active coach in Agoura Pony baseball and a former Cub Scout den leader.

Jonathan Larsen Leads club to open in Westlake

Ali Lassen’s Leads Club is currently accepting applications from professional business people to join its Westlake Village chapter. This will be a Thursday lunch group. Business professionals interested in joining should call Marla Rodriguez at (800) 767-7337 for more information.

Prospective members will have the opportunity to visit a chapter near them to hear business people talk about how Leads Club may help increase their client base.

Weekly meetings are held to promote members’ businesses, to exchange leads “and nurture fresh ideas.” Members have category exclusivity and act as “sales agents” for each other in their chapter.

For more information, visit www.leadsclubla.com.

Resident named

to VP post

Westlake Village resident Mark A. Hafner has been reelected as vice president of the Commercial Financial Association (CFA).

Mark Hafner Hafner graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s in business economics. He joined Celtic Capital Corp., a firm founded by his father, in 1985. Currently he is president/CEO of the Santa Monica-based firm.

Founded in 1944, CFA is the trade group of the assetbased financial services industry.