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\"Alina<\/a>

Alina Mardesich, SVP, George Smith Partners<\/p><\/div>\n

George Smith Partners continues to grow its Los Angeles-based team. After welcoming\u00a0two vice presidents <\/a>earlier this\u00a0month, the company hired Alina Mardesich, a 25-year real estate veteran, as senior vice president. She will be responsible for arranging financing for a variety of assets and for managing client relationships. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAlina has more than 25 years of expertise in commercial real estate finance and a strong background in loan originations, deepening our firm\u2019s capabilities in a sector where we already have a stronghold,<\/em>\u201d said Shahin Yazdi, George Smith\u2019s principal & co-managing director, in prepared remarks.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining the company, Mardesich was part of Oaktree Capital Finance where she served as senior advisor, arranging financing for value-add and transitional assets throughout the West Coast. During her career in real estate, she held several leadership positions with companies such as Sabal Financial Group, U.S. Bank and Fremont Investment and Loan, originating more than $2.5 billion in financing. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of George Smith Partners<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alina Mardesich, the new senior vice president, will serve as an intermediary between capital sources and property owners, sponsors and developers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":1004190483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1594,21742,21744,15],"tags":[33306,37566,33231],"class_list":["post-1004190482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-los-angeles","category-latest","category-people","category-west","tag-george-smith-partners","tag-sabal-financial-group","tag-u-s-bank"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGeorge Smith Partners Continues Team Expansion - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/george-smith-partners-continues-team-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Smith Partners Continues Team Expansion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alina Mardesich, the new senior vice president, will serve as an intermediary between capital sources and property owners, sponsors and developers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/george-smith-partners-continues-team-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-15T12:55:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T19:30:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/09\/Alina-Mardesich-SVP-George-Smith-Partners-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Roxana Baiceanu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/george-smith-partners-continues-team-expansion\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/george-smith-partners-continues-team-expansion\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Roxana Baiceanu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/94dbd38faeeb26b4b597d7fbd793c52a\"},\"headline\":\"George Smith Partners Continues Team Expansion\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-15T12:55:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-08T19:30:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/george-smith-partners-continues-team-expansion\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/george-smith-partners-continues-team-expansion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Alina-Mardesich-SVP-George-Smith-Partners-.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"George Smith Partners\",\"Sabal Financial Group\",\"U.S. Bank\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Los Angeles\",\"News\",\"People\",\"West\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/george-smith-partners-continues-team-expansion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/george-smith-partners-continues-team-expansion\\\/\",\"name\":\"George Smith Partners Continues Team Expansion - 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