lease in Woodland Hills, CA, and NFL
Networks’ 130,000 SF lease extension
and expansion in Culver City, CA.
PAUL WITTORF, 36
Senior Vice President
Transwestern
Houston
Wittorf represents
many of the largest
landlords across the
country on their most
prestigious assets and
currently oversees the marketing and
leasing of nine projects totaling more
than 6. 3 million square feet. He’s a
national leader in production volume
for 2013 with more than one million
square feet of leases and 33 transactions—progress that is expected to make
him one of the top producers at
Transwestern nationally. During 2012,
Paul completed 65 transactions totaling
746,675 square feet with an aggregate
value of $170.4 million, earning him
both internal and external accolades for
production. He’s seen a “massive flight
to quality” in Houston-area office space,
with companies expecting office spaces
to help them recruit and retain talent. “I
expect this trend will continue and
develop nationally, ultimately challeng-
ing architects and developers to creative
inventive environment-enhancing solu-
tions to users,” he says.
JOSEPH YIU, 36
Chief Investment Officer
Elm Tree Funds LLC
St. Louis
Yiu has acquired,
advised on, and/or
financed over $2 bil-
lion dollars of single-
tenant properties dur-
ing his 14 years in real estate. Early on, he
showed leadership skills: At 25, he co-
founded the Norseman Group, a real
estate specialty finance company. Three
years after its launch, Norseman closed
over $1 billion dollars of financing and
advisory business. Now, as CIO with
ElmTree Funds, he oversees procure-
ment of new leads for net lease and build-
to-suit opportunities and analyzing and
underwriting investment opportunities
for the fund. At Elm Tree, he has acquired
or invested in $400 million worth of net
lease assets over the past two years. He is
currently a member of the Penn Club of
NY, Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center and
Zell-Lurie Real Estate Mentor Program,
and serves on ULI Northern NJ’s Capital
Market Committee. ◆
About this year’s honorees:
• They were chosen from among
450 submissions
• Three are co-founders of their
organizations
• Capital markets and investment sales professionals each
represent about one-quarter of
CONGRATULATIONS TO
SCOTT CLOUD
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, INVESTMENTS
Carter’s “ 40 Under 40” Honoree
in Real Estate Forum’s Top Forty of 2013
Investing in opportunistic real estate
assets with a focus on value-add.
Developing mixed-use, multi-family
and student housing projects.
Advising on real estate strategy.
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ABOUT THIS YEAR’S
HONOREES:
They were chosen from more
than 450 submissions
Three are co-founders of their
organizations
Capital markets and investment
sales professionals each represent one quarter of the total
