Our Team

Mr. Au is an active member of the Coalition for Better Housing, San Francisco Apartment Association, Bay Area Council, and the National Multi Housing Council. He was named Multifamily Executive Magazine (MFE)’s 2017 Executive of the Year and received the 2018 Spirit of Life Award for philanthropy and community service by the Real Estate Committee of the City of Hope cancer research hospital.

Education

• Harvard Business School, MBA
• Carnegie Mellon, MS in Information Networking
• UC Berkeley, BS in Mechanical Engineering & Computer Science

Mr. Crane joined Veritas Investments in 2018 as its Regional President for Southern California, and alongside Mr. Au, co-founded Veritas Investments Los Angeles (“VILA”) in 2019 and opened the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Crane now serves as President of VILA, and oversees all Acquisitions, Asset Management, Capital Markets and Operations for Southern California. Over his career, he has approximately 19 years of real estate experience, and has been directly involved in over $29 Billion of acquisitions, dispositions, work-outs and financings. Prior to joining Veritas Investments, Mr. Crane was a Partner and Managing Director at Clarion Partners, where he served as Co-Head of Acquisitions for the Western United States, and Co-Head of the firm’s Los Angeles office. During his tenure at Clarion Partners, Mr. Crane sourced, structured and acquired approximately $2.4 Billion of assets across the Office, Multifamily, Retail and Industrial sectors, which included a mix of core, core-plus, value-add and ground-up development opportunities. Prior to joining Clarion Partners, Mr. Crane was a Principal at Artemis Real Estate Partners, Director of Acquisitions at Rockwood Capital, and Vice Present at JPMorgan Real Estate Partners. Mr. Crane began his real estate career as an Associate and eventually Vice President of Lehman Brothers in the Real Estate Principal Transactions Group.

Education

• UCLA Anderson School of Management, MBA
• University of Virginia, BA in Economics

Mr. Corbett joined VILA in 2020 as a Director of Acquisitions for Southern California. In his role, he is specifically focused on developing strategic relationships, sourcing new opportunities, negotiating deal terms, and supporting all related analysis and diligence activity to drive acquisitions for the firm’s multifamily value add platform. He has over 9 years of experience in the industry, and has closed approximately $500 Million in total transaction volume. Prior to joining Veritas, Mr. Corbett was the Director of Acquisitions at Cityview where he spearheaded acquisitions for the firm’s $1 Billion value-add fund.

Education

• UCLA Anderson School of Management, MBA
• University of Southern California, BS

Ms. Lo oversees all income tax related matters at Veritas, including managing the income tax compliance and advising on the tax implications of acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and other transactions. She has over 15 years of tax experience, specializing in real estate and partnership taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic tax planning.

Education

• University California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Spencer Hogan is focused on property acquisitions and asset management for Southern California. He has more than eight years of real estate experience. Formerly, he was an Associate Director within the Investments division at RealtyShares with a focus on value-add multifamily acquisitions throughout the United States. He also led the underwriting and transaction processes for an investment sales team at Newmark Knight Frank.

Education

• San Francisco State University, BS in Finance

Chloe Toosinejad joined VILA in 2020 with a focus in asset management. Her concentration is in developing opportunities for maximized value creation while executing the VILA business plan. Prior to joining VILA, Chloe was the West Coast Senior Asset and Acquisitions Manager for Strategic Realty Capital, LLC, where she helped grow a value-add multifamily portfolio totaling 50 assets/12,000 units. She began her professional career with Prudential California Realty in market research and has been in the real estate investment and management profession for over 9 years.

Education

• UCLA, BA in Geography & Environmental Science

Benjamin Lalezari joined VILA in 2021 with a focus in property acquisitions and asset management for Southern California. Prior to joining VILA, Ben was an investment banking analyst with Cowen focusing on buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions. He helped underwrite and diligence over $350M in transaction value within the U.S.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, BS in Business Administration

Patric Lopez joined VILA in 2022 as a Senior Analyst focusing primarily on property acquisitions and asset management for Southern California. Prior to joining VILA, Patric worked at E&S Ring Corporation, where he served as an Acquisitions and Asset Management Analyst, helping maintain the overall portfolio performance of over 30 properties and 7,000+ units. During his tenure, Patric led the underwriting and diligence processes of $1 billion+ in total transaction volume within Southern California. After graduating from Chapman University in 2018, Patric began his professional career at CBRE in the Valuation Advisory Services division as a Valuation Associate and has served over 5 years of real estate experience within the multifamily sector.

Stephanie Blotta joined VILA in 2021 with a focus in marketing & leasing. Prior to joining VILA, Stephanie was the Leasing Manager at Greystar where she oversaw and managed 500+ units. Stephanie began her career in the multi-family sector 6 years ago with Air Communities, formerly Aimco.

Education

• Cal State LA – BA in Political Science