Steve Gozini is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of BH Properties, a real estate investment firm he established in 1994. Under his leadership, the company has grown from a modest portfolio into a nationally recognized platform with approximately 118 properties across 16 states.

James "Jim" Brooks has over 30 years of wide-ranging principal-based C-suite level operating leadership experience and hands-on experience in real estate management -- including finance, asset management, leasing, acquisition, disposition, development, and repositioning across all product types.

As President at BH Properties, Jim ensures a more efficient platform for its lenders, tenants and employees while contributing to the company’s real estate initiatives and future strategies.

Prior to joining BH, Jim began his career in the 1980’s working for Koll Development Company in Los Angeles before joining the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund in the early 1990’s where he was responsible for the re-structuring and liquidation of a $1.4B portfolio of distressed assets including performing and non-performing mortgage loans and sourcing additional capital investment opportunities as either direct investments or in joint venture. Jim also held senior positions at numerous leading investment, family office and real estate companies, including Tishman Speyer Properties and Topa Property Group along with establishing Fifth Street Real Estate Company in partnership with Angelo Gordon & Co. focused on value-add investments. In aggregate, he has managed over $1.9B in acquisitions, development and financings.

Jim earned his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master’s degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University. He is a California licensed real estate broker.

Andrew Van Tuyle brings over 25 years of extensive experience in the acquisition, disposition, financing, brokerage, and management of commercial real estate.

Brian Park is a seasoned commercial real estate executive with over 20+ years of industry experience.

As Executive Managing Director at BH Properties, he leads the firm’s asset management strategy and oversees all aspects of operations, including leasing, property management, dispositions, construction, major capital projects, and technology integration.

In his role, Brian is responsible for optimizing performance across BH’s portfolio of retail, office, and industrial assets. His leadership blends strategic vision with disciplined execution, leveraging deep market knowledge and analytical rigor to drive value and maximize returns.

Prior to joining BH Properties, Brian served for nine years as Senior Managing Director of Asset Management at Jamison Properties, where he led portfolio initiatives across one of the largest privately held real estate platforms in Southern California.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from New York University.

As Senior Managing Director of Finance, John is responsible for maintaining and managing the company’s lending relationships, existing loans and new debt placement. In addition, John is active in the firm’s acquisition and origination of long-term ground lease investments, note acquisitions (performing and non-performing) along with overseeing the firm’s marketable securities portfolio.

John has more than 17 years of experience in commercial real estate finance and investments and has completed the capitalization and sale of a broad range of property types, including retail, office, mixed-use, multi-housing, medical office, self-storage, student housing, data centers including fee simple, leased fee, leasehold and note sales. Capitalizations include structuring senior floating and fixed-rate debt, mezzanine debt, preferred equity and joint venture equity.

Prior to joining BH Properties, he gained experience at HFF, was a Broker Associate at a Los Angeles-based firm, an Investment Executive at Wedbush Morgan Securities, and a Specialist and former member of the Pacific Stock Exchange. John has been instrumental in the disposition and financing of more than $7 billion in transactions during his career.

John holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and CFA charter holder, a California licensed Broker and holds NASD Series 7 and 63 licenses.

Justin Thompson has worked as an attorney private practice for more than 25 years. During that time, he represented many of the industry’s leading developers, investors and property owners. In that capacity, Justin has been involved in a wide variety of transactions including acquisitions/dispositions, financings, development, leasing, loan restructurings, land exchanges, sale-leasebacks, and joint ventures, across all property types.

Most recently, Thompson was a partner at Nixon Peabody, LLP, serving as west coast lead of the real estate group for the AMLAW 100 firm. He also served as managing partner for the firm’s Los Angeles office from 2018 through 2021. Previous to that, Thompson was a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLC in Los Angeles, where he was the firm’s expert on condominium/common interest development and related regulatory work.

Thompson earned his JD from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville where he was a Regional Editor and Member of the Journal of Law and Education. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, earning a BA in business administration with a focus in real estate and urban land development.

Luz Marquez has over 30 years of financial, accounting, and audit experience. She has spent over 12 years with BH Properties, most recently as Senior Managing Director. She has responsibility for different facets of the business including accounting, audit, tax, human resources, administration, and the family office.

With more than 53 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, Ron Platisha has spent the last 18 years with BH Properties where he has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and is currently Senior Managing Director of Multi-Family Operations while participating in strategic initiatives.

Prior to joining BH Properties, he gained experience in several key positions with CB Richard Ellis, where he served as Executive Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer of the Americas and Principal Accounting Officer. He has also held positions in the internal audit department of H.F. Ahmanson & Co. and was a Senior Auditor for KPMG International.

Ron graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a B.S. degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting.

Tae Nam is Senior Managing Director, Asset Management.

Tae has over 22 years of broad operational and transactional experience in real estate.  In his career, he has managed more than $11 billion in assets under management and completed more than $1.5 billion in acquisitions and dispositions. He has worked on investments across all asset classes, including multifamily, office, medical, retail, and industrial. Most recently, Tae was Senior Vice President at Lewis Group of Companies, leading the company’s asset management platform of approximately 12,000 apartments and 44 retail, office, and industrial projects. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President, Asset Management, at American Realty Advisors, responsible for providing asset management supervisory services for the firm’s multifamily assets. He filled senior executive roles with Adler Realty Investments, Inc. and Jamison Properties as well.

Tae has over 22 years of real estate experience and earned a B.A. degree from The Johns Hopkins University and a M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School.