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Brookhurst Development Corp brings to the public-private development industry over 110 years experience in the design, construction, development and financing of public agency facilities. The professionals that comprise BDC tout unmatched depth and experience in the area of public facility development. Following are some of the key executives of the firm:
Jeff
D. Baize
Mr.
Jeff D. Baize is the founding principal of Brookhurst Development Corp
and it’s affiliate, Brookhurst Capital Corp.
Mr. Baize has over 25 years experience in the area of real estate
investments, finance, development and construction. He is
most noted for his expertise in the area of real estate
development through public-private partnerships having
participated in the closing of over $300 million in public-private
development ventures. He has lectured on the subject at
various universities and is currently co-authoring School
Facilities Planning: A Guide to Laws and Procedures for Funding,
Siting, Design and Construction wherein he authored the
section on public-private school construction developed under the
California Education Code.
The Brookhurst family of companies was
founded by Mr. Baize in 1996. Prior to this, Mr. Baize was Managing Director and head of Western U.S.
Operations for Richard Ellis, LLC, an international real estate
investment banking firm. While at Richard Ellis, Mr. Baize
oversaw the closing of several landmark properties including the
equity recapitalization of the Tower at Shoreline Square in Long
Beach and the Sheraton Grande at Torrey Pines. Mr.
Baize also contracted separately with Asia Pacific Capital Company
representing Asian capital investors in the acquisitions of the
Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco and the Sheraton
Grande in downtown Los Angeles.
Prior
to his career in real estate investment banking, Jeff was Vice
President in charge of the Western U.S. real estate equity
portfolio for the Prudential Insurance Company of America.
While at Prudential, Mr. Baize managed the development,
acquisition, sale and debt securitization of over $1 billion in
investment properties and ownership interests overseeing staff in
three regional offices covering a six state region.
Mr.
Baize has also served as a consultant at Los Angeles Unified
School District overseeing a team of seven professionals
orchestrating the acquisition of 45 sites for 13 major school
developments in the San Fernando Valley.
Mr.
Baize began his work in public-private education facility
development when in 1982 he worked for the architectural firm
Graeber, Simmons & Cowan designing college halls for Southwest
Texas State University. In his early years, Jeff
started his career in real estate working for Sanchez Dry Wall
Construction Company building apartment complexes in Corpus
Christi, Texas in 1977.
Education:
Affiliations
and Other Activities:
Thomas H. Baize Mr.
Thomas H. Baize is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of
Brookhurst Development Corp. For over four decades, Mr.
Baize has been an icon in the business community owning a
conglomerate of successful companies including real estate
investment and development entities. Mr. Baize
has an accomplished career of securing venture capital,
particularly in the area of real estate debt and equity for for
innovative and ground-breaking development opportunities.
Tom Baize has served as Director of
several banks as well as having created a number of highly
profitable corporations, including Frontier Research & Chemical.
Education: James
E
Mr. James E. Baize oversees Brookhurst
Development's Midwestern operations and manages the regional
headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. Baize
has an extensive and varied background in real estate development,
project management on construction funding through a family of
companies he founded with offices in Colorado, Arizona,
California, Hawaii, Guam, Philippines, China, Korea, Japan and the
corporate office in Indianapolis, Indiana. Baize Development
Corporation and its affiliates developed hundreds of government
and private projects in numerous Pacific Rim countries and
throughout the United States for over 40 years. So
successful was his operations that in 1995 an international
multi-billion dollar project management conglomerate
acquired his companies.
Jim has been exemplary in his
dedication toward community service by assisting a multitude of
community organizations such as the Board of Education of Wayne
Metropolitan School Corporation overseeing the financing of the
Ben Davis High School, serving as Chairman of construction for the
10th Pan American Games, President of the Ben Davis Lion's Club
and fund raising for both the baseball stadium construction at
Marion College and 10th Pan Am Games.
But perhaps his greatest contribution
to our country was his service in War World II when he was in the
United States Navy involved in four major invasions - Siapan,
Tinian, Guam and Iwo Jima. Jim was wounded numerous
times, the most severely occurring when the LCVP he was navigating
onto the shores of Iwo Jima was hit by a mortar killing all 38
marines on board. Badly wounded, he continued to
fiercely fight with the 4th Marine Division for seven more days
until he was struck by yet another mortar putting him in the
veterans hospital for the next seven months. By the
end of the war he had been awarded 23 medals. Jim Baize's
heroism is recognized in the Congressional Record (Baize War
Record) Words of War Book.
Jim is a frequent keynote speaker at
numerous conferences events as well as speaking at a multitude of
schools and community, trade and veteran organizations.
Education:
Mr. Mark A. Baize is Development
Director for the Texas operations of Brookhurst Development Corp.
Mr. Baize, a long time resident of the Texas Hill Country, is also
President and C.E.O. of High Forest Development, and is engaged in
the purchase and development of various commercial and residential
properties throughout Texas. Mr. Baize brings to BDC an in depth
understanding of the Texas economy as it relates to land
acquisition, entitlement, development, financing and construction.
In 2001, Mr. Baize developed Miller
Creek Recreational Vehicle Park. This facility was developed with
emphasis on water, soil, and electric conservation. The project is
one of the first such projects in Texas to receive a T.C.E.Q.
(Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) public water system
approval utilizing a reverse osmosis water purification system, a
system that improves poorer quality natural water to much cleaner
public water system standards.
Mr. Baize’s developments have used
various land conservation improvements as well. These techniques
provide for lush landscaping at the projects while increasing the
growth of beneficial hardwood trees and natural grasses ad
improving rain water retention, thus replenishing underground
aquifers.
Prior to BDC and High Forrest
Development, Baize was General Manager and Vice President of
Frontier Corporation, where he created and marketed new and
innovative cleaning and filtering process for the refurbishment of
HVAC systems and cooling tower components for hospital, school and
industrial facilities. Baize was also instrumental in the
development and patenting of a new product used to neutralize
dangerous hydrogen sulfide in oil, gas, and waste water treatment
systems.
During his earlier years, Mr. Baize
worked with various construction and building material supply
companies.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration - University of
Houston, Texas
Affiliations and Other Activities:
The Associated General Contractor (AGC)
Real Estate Investment Advisory
Council
National Association of Corrosion
Engineers
Water Environment Federation
Bob
Moreno
Mr. Bob Moreno is the manager of the
Sacramento Office of Brookhurst Development. Bob is an
experienced financial advisor to the development industry and has
been instrumental in several major development projects in
Northern California. He is presently a partner with Mr. Henry
Cisneros and Mr. David Hill in the master planned development
community, Parkebridge Communities, featuring 504 single family
dwelling units. He is also a partner in Greenfair Communities, a
master planned community that will feature 300 single family
dwellings and a variety of mixed use development including retail
and senior citizen housing. These development communities are
located in the Natomas area of Northern Sacramento, and adjacent
to UC Davis Medical Center in midtown Sacramento, respectively.
Mr. Moreno has also been a long time
advocate and supporter of the area’s public education system as
well as and established recognized leader in the Sacramento
political community. In these endeavors, Bob has served the
Natomas Unified School District (NUSD) as a Member of the
Executive Committee for their Measure M Bond Campaign. He is also
currently on the NUSD’s Budget Advisory Committee, and the
District’s School Site Counsel. Mr. Moreno is also a past
President for the NUSD PTA. He was also instrumental in
convincing the NUSD Board of Trustees to pursue the lease
leaseback development of the Inderkum High School, which resulted
in an early delivery of the project while saving the District
millions in costs.
Over the last three years, Mr. Moreno
has raised over a quarter of a million dollars for the schools and
students of Natomas Unified School District.
Professional Experience:
Bob began his career in finance with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith in 1987. He continued
managing portfolios when he started Moreno Financial in 1993. Bob
brings his expertise in Capital Markets with Moreno Consulting and
the complexities of the tax exempt market.
Education:
B.S. with Honors – California State
University, Sacramento School of Business
Advanced Studies – Merrill Lynch
Pierce Fenner & Smith, Princeton, NJ
Securities & Exchange Commission –
Series 7 Licensee
Ray
Rodriguez
As
a lifelong educator and construction professional, Ray Rodriguez
has helped numerous school districts and colleges improve their
programs and facilities during his 20+ years in public education.
As a highly recognized industry professional, Mr. Rodriguez has
worked with major school districts and colleges to plan and
deliver the facilities needed to educate tomorrow’s leaders.
During
the course of his career, Mr. Rodriguez has served in a multitude
of increasingly important positions including: Teacher,
Facilities Director, Deputy Superintendent, Chief Operations
Officer, Director of Educational Services. Additionally, He has
been a licensed general contractor since 1979. Currently Ray
is a founding partner of an affiliate of BDC, RMA Construction
Services Inc.
As
a regular participant in State and National facilities
organizations, Mr. Rodriguez has presented numerous seminars and
workshops on various subjects dealing with public facility
development. From managing private consultants, oversight of
contracts and programming of new schools, he provides information
on the latest trends and approaches to matters of concern for
school districts.
Mr.
Rodriguez has served as project manager for the construction
of a variety of educational and other governmental
facilities including pre-schools, elementary schools, high
schools, administrative headquarters and occupational centers.
Mr.
Rodriguez has served on numerous state and local committees
including successful school bond campaigns in the Rio Linda and
Los Angeles Unified School Districts and he is a former member of
the State Allocation Board Implementation Committee. Most recently
he participated in a series of Office of Public School
Construction workshops to develop guidelines for the
reduction of the costs of school construction.
Education:
Professional
Experience:
Principal
– RMA Construction Services, Inc. – Chief Operations
Officer of a California based construction consulting firm.
Primary responsibilities include managing the day to day
operations of the corporate office and overseeing all field
operations. Additional duties include strategic planning,
budget development, staffing and business development.
Director
of Facilities – Long Beach Community College District
Vice
President, Educational Facilities Group – Senior manager for
Parsons Brinkerhoff Construction Services, a California based
Engineering and Construction Management firm. Primary
responsibility was business development in the K-12 facilities
market. Additional responsibilities include staff recruitment,
development of strategic marketing strategies, proposal
development and coordination, client relations, project tracking.
Dennis
Martinez
Dennis
Martinez has more than 23 years of project management, civil
engineering, cost control and inspection experience in public
facility development. Martinez served as the Program Manager
during the start up of a $2.4 billion School Repair and
Construction Bond Program for the Los Angeles Unified School
District (LAUSD).
Martinez
served as program manager for the Long Beach Community College and
has also served as Program Manager for the new University of
California campus in Merced. Additionally, Dennis has served as
the project manager for the $235 million Los Angeles Central
Library Rehabilitation and Expansion project and the $718 million,
20-mile Metro Green Line light rail transit project.
Martinez has served as the Principal-in-Charge for the $140
million State of California Office of Emergency Services Mobile
Home Repair program. He is currently serving as a Cultural
Affairs Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles and a Board
Member for two non-profit, youth-focused organizations in Los
Angeles County. He has assisted public agency clients with:
Technical
and Administrative Oversight
Claims
Assistance
Construction
Management
Project
Planning
Contract
Administration
Resource
Allocation
Project
Labor Agreements
Owner
Controlled Insurance Programs
Public
Project Experience:
Long
Beach CCD Program Management
Los
Angeles Unified School District - Repair and
Construction Bond Program
Los
Angeles Central Library – City of Los Angeles
Whittier
Union High School - District FEMA Repair Project
Cultural
Affairs Commissioner - City of Los Angeles
Education:
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