California People and Company News, Week of Oct. 23, 2026

Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. announced that Corinne Stewart has joined the firm as Director of Asset Management. Stewart brings extensive industry experience, helping organizations improve asset performance, address complex facility needs, and make informed long-term investment decisions.

Talonvest Capital announced an expanded focus on multifamily and the hire of Philippe Castillo as Associate Director. Castillo joins from Tricon Residential, a Blackstone portfolio company, where he led KPI reporting for more than 65,000 single-family rental homes and identified $100 million in potential operating savings. Previously, he underwrote more than 50 multifamily and mixed-use assets with Marcus & Millichap’s multifamily investment sales team in Washington, DC.

BKM Capital Partners, a leading institutional fund manager and operator focused exclusively on small- and mid-bay light industrial properties across the U.S., has made a series of promotions within its executive leadership team. The firm has promoted Brett Turner to CIO, a role previously held by BKM’ founder Brian Malliet, who will continue to lead the company as CEO. It has also named Turner, Mason Waite, Mike Valdes and Susan Rounds to the newly created role of partner.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its Real Estate Practice with the addition of attorneys Tiana DeLeo Dunn in San Francisco and Shane C. Griffin in Denver. Dunn joins from Jackson Walker LLP and Griffin joins from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Together, they bring significant experience advising developers, owners, investors, landlords, tenants, lenders, and other market participants.

DPR Construction named Carlos Crabtree its San Diego business unit leader. Crabtree will oversee business operations, support strategic initiatives to enhance project delivery, and work with teams across the region to strengthen customer relationships.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. announced that Lynn Martin has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. As current President of NYSE Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., Martin leads the New York Stock Exchange, and also oversees NYSE’s equities and options exchanges and serves as Chair of ICE Fixed Income & Data Services.

Huntsman Architectural Group has made three promotions spanning its San Francisco and New York City offices. Greg Dumont has been promoted to senior associate, and Meaghan Regnart and Julia Rubert have been promoted to associate. All three will work on design projects across the firm’s national portfolio.

Model/Z, a housing innovation and volumetric modular manufacturing company based in Los Angeles, has closed a $32-million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transaction designed to finance the production of modular housing for affordable and workforce housing developments. The transaction provides Model/Z with a working capital line to begin manufacturing modules ahead of a project’s onsite construction schedule on behalf of its clients.

ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified DST and REIT investments, announced the full subscription of Net-Leased All-Cash 20 DST, a debt-free, $17.8-million portfolio of net-leased necessity-based retail properties that adds to the growing acquisition pipeline for its Essential Income REIT. The 100% equity portfolio consists of six long-term net-leased properties leased to Tractor Supply Company, Dollar General, NAPA Auto Parts, Dollar Tree, and O’Reilly Auto Parts, representing 75,237 square feet across Texas, South Carolina and Alabama.

Optivolt, a power electronics company building the intelligence layer for solar, announced a $32-million Series A led by VXI Capital, a new hard tech fund, with participation from RA Capital, Valo Ventures, and Atlas Innovate. This round brings Optivolt’s total capital raised to date to $42 million.