ADNAN TAPIA
Adnan began his real estate career in 1993 and has over a period of more than 28 years worked on 17+ million square feet or $4.9 billion worth of US and India focused real estate transactions across several product types including office, medical-office, industrial, retail, residential, hospitality, mixed-use, land, and life cycles in areas such as real estate private equity, financial consulting, acquisitions, and development. At Ploutus Advisors Inc, Adnan leads the firm's investment efforts and oversees the pursuit and execution of value-add and opportunistic institutional quality assets across product types such as commercial, multifamily, healthcare and more.
Prior to Ploutus Advisors Inc, Adnan co-managed the western US operations for UrbanAmerica; an institutional urban real estate private equity firm that originated over $2.0 billion in commercial and residential transactions throughout the US. During his tenure at UrbanAmerica, Adnan helped source, underwrite, evaluate, structure, and present to the investment committee potential acquisition and development joint venture opportunities. He played a key role on several projects including a $485 million acquisition of a 3.1 million square foot national office portfolio and $108 million acquisition of a 1,100-room resort hotel. He also assisted in the development of strategic business relationships. Prior to UrbanAmerica, Adnan worked at global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield where he evaluated and structured complex transactions, and consulted on acquisition, disposition, real estate development, and leasing. Adnan has advised clients such as O’Melveny Myers, Alaska Airlines, Sempra Energy, Warner Bros., Washington Mutual (now part of JP Morgan Chase) and City National Bank among several others. Adnan started his real estate career in India, where he worked on over 550 acres of land transactions and 1.3 million square feet of real estate development projects.
Prior to Ploutus Advisors Inc, Adnan co-managed the western US operations for UrbanAmerica; an institutional urban real estate private equity firm that originated over $2.0 billion in commercial and residential transactions throughout the US. During his tenure at UrbanAmerica, Adnan helped source, underwrite, evaluate, structure, and present to the investment committee potential acquisition and development joint venture opportunities. He played a key role on several projects including a $485 million acquisition of a 3.1 million square foot national office portfolio and $108 million acquisition of a 1,100-room resort hotel. He also assisted in the development of strategic business relationships. Prior to UrbanAmerica, Adnan worked at global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield where he evaluated and structured complex transactions, and consulted on acquisition, disposition, real estate development, and leasing. Adnan has advised clients such as O’Melveny Myers, Alaska Airlines, Sempra Energy, Warner Bros., Washington Mutual (now part of JP Morgan Chase) and City National Bank among several others. Adnan started his real estate career in India, where he worked on over 550 acres of land transactions and 1.3 million square feet of real estate development projects.
- Cornell University, Ithaca – Master in Engineering (Engineering Management, Real Estate)
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland – MBA (Banking and Finance)
- Nominated to the Honor Society of Beta Gamma Sigma
- University of Pune, India – Bachelor in Engineering (Civil)
- Licensed Real Estate Broker – California
- Lecturer, UCLA Extension: Course - Real Estate Development, Construction, and Management
- Cornell Real Estate Council (CREC) Southern California Leadership
Acquisitions, Development, Real Estate Private Equity, High-Net-Worth Advisory, Property Due Diligence & Underwriting, Project & Construction Management, Asset Management, Brokerage & Transaction Origination, Financial Structuring, Joint Ventures, Equity & Debt Financing