{"id":1004206098,"date":"2018-02-07T07:05:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004206098"},"modified":"2022-12-09T02:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:44:47","slug":"granite-investment-names-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/granite-investment-names-new-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Granite Investment Names New President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004206102\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Ken-Hocker-Granite-Investment-Group.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004206102\" data-attachment-id=\"1004206102\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/granite-investment-names-new-president\/ken-hocker-granite-investment-group\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Ken-Hocker-Granite-Investment-Group.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ken Hocker, Granite Investment Group\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ken Hocker, Granite Investment Group&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Ken-Hocker-Granite-Investment-Group.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004206102 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Ken-Hocker-Granite-Investment-Group.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Hocker, Granite Investment Group\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Ken-Hocker-Granite-Investment-Group.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Ken-Hocker-Granite-Investment-Group.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Ken-Hocker-Granite-Investment-Group.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004206102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Hocker, Granite Investment Group<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Granite Investment Group has appointed Ken Hocker as the firm&#8217;s newest president.\u00a0Hocker brings more than 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry to this position, where he will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, as well as for the development and implementation of the company&#8217;s strategic plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Granite, Hocker served as executive vice president at Vintage Real Estate for seven years. There he played a vital role in the company&#8217;s 300 percent growth to become a $1 billion private equity firm. Previously, he was regional director of acquisitions and development at Weingarten Realty Advisors, as well as principal &amp; senior vice president at Equitable Real Estate Investment Management, and subsequently Lend Lease Corp., which acquired Equitable during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his career, Hocker has been responsible for more than $1.8 billion in commercial and multifamily acquisitions, ground-up developments and value-add properties. His skill set includes corporate and financial oversight, personnel management, asset management, property development and acquisition, and operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ken is a consummate professional whose abilities as a leader have resulted in tremendous growth and success for the companies he has served,&#8221;<\/em> said Allen Boerner, chief executive officer &amp; chairman of Granite Investment Group, in prepared remarks. <em>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t be more pleased to welcome Ken to our organization, where his experience, expertise and vision will prove invaluable to our operations, real estate investments and most importantly, our investors.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Granite Investment\u00a0Group\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Hocker will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, as well as for the development and implementation of the company&#8217;s strategic plan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":746,"featured_media":1004206102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,34267,21744,15],"tags":[39049,39051,39050,35379],"class_list":["post-1004206098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-orange-county","category-people","category-west","tag-granite-investment-group","tag-lend-lease-group","tag-vintage-real-estate","tag-weingarten-realty-investors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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