Our goal at Greenbridge is to provide our properties with a boutique approach to all aspects of the value chain by delivering customized and precise short term and long term strategic plans. Focusing on the highest level of client and tenant support through immediate responses to even the smallest details.

Our Team

Meet our team of commercial real estate professionals.

Principal

Sean Hashem

Overview:
Sean’s experience includes all aspects of real estate representation, acquisitions, repositioning, dispositions, sale/leasebacks, landlord/tenant matters, asset management activities, construction management, real estate management, loan negotiations and brokerage activities. Sean has also been involved in building companies from the ground up and purchasing existing companies or acting as an angel investor to new startup companies as his concepts aid in reaching maximum growth potential.

Years of Experience:
With over 28 years of experience as a Commercial Real Estate expert specializing as an owner and developer, Sean has a gifted ability to identify deficiencies, potential opportunities and develop innovative and cost-effective solutions for enhancing competitiveness and revenues in all his endeavors.

Principal

Fareed Kanani

Overview:
Fareed oversees the acquisition, asset and property management of Greenbridge properties and works hand in hand with the Greenbridge team to structure purchases, co-ordinate property improvement plans, and implement property optimization strategies. Fareed actively oversees Greenbridge’s portfolio and applies customized improvement and turnaround programs that maximize returns on investment; with special focus on acquiring projects that have a high profit margin spread on cost; given each project’s designated capital structure. Fareed maintains strong working relationships with lenders and the capital markets to structure deals appropriately.

Years of Experience:
Fareed has over 20 years of experience serving in Senior Banking positions and management roles and has served fortune 500 companies in the procurement, asset management and disposition of large commercial portfolios with particular experience as manager of distressed commercial and homebuilder construction assets.

Director Of Operations

Brenda A. Saidfar

Overview:
Brenda has been in the real estate industry for over 10 years. She brings prior experience in Real Estate development from her time at Y2K Capital Company where she helped with real estate business development.

She oversees acquisitions and asset stabilization for Greenbridge properties along the west coast in addition to an array of other creative hats she wears when dealing with architects, contractors, and our marketing team to implement asset turnaround strategies.

Outside of Greenbridge, her desire for community service and engagement has her always finding new ways to get involved and volunteer with numerous non-profit organizations related to children and the homeless communities at stake. She was invited by the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, to publicly speak on the new “A Bridge Home” location dedicated by Council President Wesson. She has also been a panelist on various occasions speaking on construction and development in Los Angeles and how to engage communities and government agencies to help make an entitlement and permitting process as smooth as possible. She is currently serving on the board of the Wilshire Center Business Improvement District (WCBID) since 2016. Brenda is passionate about her work and the people she works with.

Personal:
Brenda is a native of Los Angeles, California and earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

Partner

Joshua Allen Farahi

Overview:
Joshua Allen joined Greenbridge Investment Partners in 2014. Prior to joining the Greenbridge Team, Joshua was a private wealth manager for high net worth individuals located in Beverly Hills, CA. His primary focus was in equity analytics with focus on establishing risk management protocols for a proprietary derivatives portfolio. Often, as part of his overall investment strategy, Joshua would utilize direct real estate investments to anchor many of his clients’ portfolios. At Greenbridge, Joshua is an integral part of the Greenbridge acquisition process, and once assets are acquired, taking a lead role in asset and property management of the Greenbridge Portfolio.

Joshua is critical to the process of structuring Greenbridge purchases, coordinating property improvement plans, and implementing property optimization strategies. Joshua also plays a lead role at Greenbridge Finance, a private lender focused on fixed and floating rate commercial real estate financings throughout the United States.

Senior Vice President, Property Management

Ron J. Lepp

Overview:
Throughout his real estate career Ron has property managed for some of the largest real estate companies in Los Angeles including; Douglass Emmett, G&L Realty Corp, Charles Dunn Company, Property Management Associates and NSB Associates. Ron has managed over 6 million square feet of property and is experienced in all types of buildings, large and small retail centers, multi family residential buildings and industrial complexes. Handling relationships such as: Sears and Roebuck Company, Los Angeles Unified School District, State of California, Kaiser Permanente, Gold's Gym, Albertson Super Markets, Los Angeles Junior College board of Trustees, Nara Bank, HRA Associates (USC), Subway Sandwich Stores and Sit N Sleep mattresses. Ron has broad National Credit management experience.

Personal:
Ron is a registered broker with the state of California for over 32 years and holds his Real Estate Property Administration designation from BOMA. In 1990, Ron was elected president of the Beverly Hills Board of Realtors and in 1991 he received Realtor of the Year honors.

Property and Project Managing Director

Richard Seges

Overview:
Rich Seges joined Greenbridge Investment Partners in 2019 to oversee operations and projects for the company’s Seattle area portfolio. Prior to joining the Greenbridge Team, Mr. Seges worked in real estate development, asset management, and operations across the US and in 25 other countries. His background includes commercial office, retail, residential, data centers, distribution facilities, and affordable housing in the private sector, for non-profit entities, and with public/private partnerships.

Personal:
In his spare time Rich is exploring the PNW one hiking trail at a time, snowboarding, playing tennis, traveling when he can.

Staff Accountant

Nelia Corpuz

Nelia has many years of experience in Accounting, Finance, Audit, Analysis from different companies that include Real Estate & Properties Development. Prior to joining Greenbridge, she was also part of the team on special projects and implementation of various computerized systems. She holds a Bachelor Science Commerce - Accounting from State University Philippines.
Accounts Payable

Emelita Matteau

Day Porter

Jose Rivera