Octavio amezquita

Octavio has over 14 years of experience in commercial real estate management, leasing, acquisitions and dispositions. Octavio is a Principal of Jewell Capital, LLC where he oversees the management, leasing and repositioning of the assets within Jewell Capital’s commercial property portfolio. Octavio’s additional responsibilities include acquisitions, due diligence, investor reporting and managing relationships with JV Partners and service providers.

Prior to joining Jewell Capital, Octavio spent 10 years at LNR Partners and Starwood Property Trust. Octavio was a Vice President at Starwood where he was responsible for the management and leasing oversight of a commercial real estate portfolio of over 10 properties and with a market cap of over $200MM. Octavio’s additional responsibilities included due diligence, underwriting and closing of real estate transactions for the equity portfolio.

Prior to this role, Octavio was a Vice President of Real Estate Asset Management at LNR Partners. During his time at LNR, Octavio was responsible for the management, leasing, stabilization and disposition of over 100 properties with an excess value of $750MM. Octavio was also involved in the due diligence and underwriting of over $1Bn in CMBS loan B-Piece Acquisitions.

Prior to LNR, Octavio was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers within their financial services audit division. Octavio graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Business Administration from University of the Pacific.

Octavio played 4 years of Division 1 collegiate baseball at the University of the Pacific and was drafted in the MLB draft by the Detroit Tigers organization in 2004.