Steven Delson brings more than 30 years of diversified professional residential, commercial, and community development experience on both a regional and national level to DBN Development, LLC.

Mr. Delson’s hands-on expertise and proven experience includes the following areas of the real estate industry:

• Land acquisition
• Management of planning and entitlements
• Project budgeting and costing
• Management of engineering, architecture, development and construction
• Sales and marketing management
• Asset management, valuation and disposition
  

Prior to the formation of DBN in 2005, Mr. Delson’s recent activities were split between running his development company and providing real estate consulting services to property owners and developers through S. Delson Advantage Corporation. As part of that work, in 2004, Mr. Delson successfully concluded an assignment as chief operating officer and vice president of Marina Developers, LLC, a company developing a marina based mixed-use project at Lake Elsinore, California when he was able to identify and coordinate the required capital infusion to develop the project through the sale of the management interest in the project. DBN will go beyond Mr. Delson’s former development company with a new organizational and financial structure, which will allow the acquisition of land and development of multiple projects and individual projects, which are of a larger size than previously undertaken.

Mr. Delson was formerly executive vice president of one of the nation’s largest and most successful community development firms, Mission Viejo Company (“MVC”). For a five-year period, concluding at the time Philip Morris divested itself of its real estate subsidiary, Mr. Delson had risen within the organization to being responsible for overseeing all construction, development and marketing operations for residential, commercial, and community projects in California and Colorado totaling approximately 40,000 acres.During his 24 years with MVC, Mr. Delson’s responsibilities covered a majority of the firm’s business, including assignments within multiple MVC divisions responsible for engineering, public works, planning, land acquisition, development, sales and marketing, and construction for residential and commercial properties.

Key projects Mr. Delson oversaw at MVC included:

• Completing the planning, entitlement and development of the 6,600-acre community master plan for Aliso Viejo, as well as successful efforts, which brought Fluor Corporation, Soka University and the Summit office campus to Aliso Viejo.
• Overseeing MVC’s evolution from a homebuilder to a developer, which sold sites to builders in various stages of completion.
• The development of:
• Pacific Park, the business-core of the 900-acre Aliso Viejo master-planned community
• numerous retail centers, including Park Plaza, a 500,000-square-foot community commercial center in Aliso Viejo
• the facilities of the Santa Margarita Water Districts ID #1 reclamation program
• the overall grading and infrastructure for Aliso Viejo
• many components of the creation of the man-made Lake Mission Viejo
• “off-property projects” in Azusa, Gardena and Ontario
• the initial design efforts on the San Joaquin, Foothill and Eastern transportation corridors (now, “the toll roads”).

Mr. Delson holds a current California A&B Contractor’s License. In his 30 years in real estate related businesses, Mr. Delson has earned a solid reputation of performance and integrity.

Ian Brown is Executive Vice President of DBN Development, LLC. A 25-year veteran in the commercial brokerage industry, Mr. Brown will guide DBN’s property acquisition initiatives, in addition to overseeing the marketing and leasing activities for the firm’s diverse portfolio of projects.

Mr. Brown was previously a senior vice president with Grubb & Ellis Company, serving developers and tenants throughout Southern California. As one of the nation’s top retail producers, Mr. Brown most recently focused on meeting the needs of retail clients in underserved urban marketplaces and emerging markets in the Inland Empire. He also served as a member of Grubb & Ellis’ President’s Council, the company’s premier symbol of achievement designated for top employees that consistently demonstrate superior achievement for the firm.

Mr. Brown’s previous experience includes positions with Cushman & Wakefield and the Xerox Corporation.

Mr. Brown is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). He received his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and marketing from California State University, Fullerton.

Lori Geisler, CPA brings more than 12 years of executive level financial operations experience to DBN Development, LLC. Throughout her career, she has handled various business operations and property management responsibilities for some of the nation’s top development, property management and brokerage firms.

Ms. Geisler’s breadth of experience includes:

• Preparing financial statements pertaining to multiple aspects of organizations in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Direct supervision and staff assembly of large departments.
• Evaluation and presentation of all possible financing opportunities.
• Management of the due diligence process for real estate acquisitions and dispositions by coordinating with real estate brokers, attorneys, lenders, title and escrow companies and consultants.
• Development of financial performance models for new real estate acquisitions and new development projects.
• Provision of analysis of profitability, cash flow and investment returns, as well as recommendations on investment opportunities.

Prior to joining DBN in 2006, Ms. Geisler was chief operations officer and chief financial officer of real estate development and property management company, Sanderson J Ray Development. In this position, she was responsible for all of the firm’s financial reporting and property management operations.

Ms. Geisler also has experience with CB Richard Ellis, serving as senior controller for asset services in the firm’s Newport Beach office.  In that position, she was responsible for maintaining the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of monthly financial reports on multiple accounting systems for more than 30 million square feet of office, retail and industrial real estate.