Principal Investor Makes Switch To Brokerage Director At Pegasus Investments

Nov. 9, 2011 - PRLog -- LOS ANGELES, CA- Pegasus Investments has tapped Trevor Carl Nelson to partner with and serve as a Director of the Century City based investment advisory firm. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading business development, expanding the retail team, creating a new multi-family platform and growing relationships within the institutional marketplace.

Previously, Nelson served as Director of Acquisitions for Westside Capital Ventures, a Los Angeles-based private commercial real estate investment and development firm, where he was responsible for over $300 million in acquisitions and dispositions in student housing, single-tenant retail, shopping centers and traditional apartments.

In his new position, Nelson states that he is looking forward to being able to apply the investment insight that he gained as a principal investor to transactional representation: “I have always appreciated working with the brokers that understood what it was like to own real estate and to evaluate deals as an investor. Those brokers, myself now included, have the ability to address the genuine concerns of property owners, provide clients with real numbers, and actually think like principals - which is rare in this business and it adds a great deal of value to transactions.” He went on to say, “I intend to expand the team at Pegasus with that type of broker - a professional agent that thinks like an investor.”

When Pegasus was initially established in 1990 it focused on retail properties in Southern California. Since 2004, under the direction of owner Ken Chasin and Executive Vice-President David Chasin, as its network of clients has grown, the business has expanded to include transactions in apartments, core multitenant retail and office properties. In 2011, Pegasus will close over $165 million across a broad range of product types and geographies.

As Director of Acquisitions for an opportunistic firm, Nelson underwrote billions of dollars of deals from every asset class -  from drug stores to portfolio sales of NPL’s to CBD office buildings to ground-up mixed-use projects. Nelson was selected due to his broad investment knowledge, deal exposure and experience, which will add value to Pegasus’s diverse client base.

Pegasus has been actively seeking a senior-level executive to successfully manage the exponential growth that it has experienced over the past few years. Pegasus Executive Vice-President, David Chasin said “We are excited to bring Trevor on as a partner to help grow the business. I have worked with Trevor on deals for many years and was consistently impressed with his common sense and deal-making skills.” Nelson added “This is a very exciting opportunity to be able to join an already successful business with so much intrinsic client demand driving growth.  In this market, the potential is vast, and I look forward to building something extremely successful with Pegasus.”