Bryan Russell oversees the Orange County and San Diego regions for Pendulum Property Partners. His primary responsibilities include the acquisition, asset management, and disposition of all investments within the two regions.
Bryan was one of the original four team members that started Pendulum in 2016. Before his promotion to partner in 2021, Bryan led acquisition and asset management efforts for $600MM of office, retail, and mixed-use assets.
Prior to joining Pendulum, Bryan served as an Assistant Vice President with Comerica Bank’s Real Estate Finance group in Los Angeles. He was responsible for originating bridge and construction debt for commercial real estate projects throughout Southern California in each of the primary asset classes. During his time with the bank, Bryan originated over $200 million of new loans and managed a $300 million portfolio of outstanding loans in various life cycles.
Bryan received his MRED from University of Southern California and graduated from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management with a BSBA in Finance. Bryan also serves as a committee member for NAIOP SoCal’s USC vs. UCLA Real Estate Challenge.
“There is a somewhat predictable swing of the pendulum in real estate investing. It requires creativity, deep analytical aptitude, experience and conviction to unlock value when fear grips the marketplace. This same skillset and extraordinary discipline are required at the other end of the pendulum’s swing, when the herd makes unrealistic assumptions in search of gain that set the stage for the next collapse. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, but the adept investor can find opportunity at almost any phase along the pendulum’s arc.”
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