Master of Real Estate Development

Ryan Devine

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Ryan Devine is a Lecturer for Real Estate Development & Finance in the Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program. His goal is to assist teaching students in the MRED program the technical skills necessary to analyze real estate investments and master key financial metrics and valuation methods, including building and interpreting acquisition pro formas.

Ryan began his career as an analyst at Clarion Partners, LLC in 2019, where he focused on analyzing real estate transactions across the West Coast. He has been involved in more than fifty transactions totaling over $4 billion across multiple sectors, including industrial, self-storage, life science, and multifamily assets.

Ryan received a BBA in Real Estate and Finance, Investment, and Banking from the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2018.

Michael Marrone

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Michael Marrone has 20 years’ experience in real estate transactions and portfolio management. He recently left Clarion Partners LLC after 13 years.  In that period, he was portfolio manager for two accounts, led industrial transactions nationally, and co-led the transactions group nationally.  Michael has extensive experience on real estate acquisition and development in the US. Prior to Clarion, Michael worked in distressed debt investing and industrial development.

Michael has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from University of San Diego, and a Masters of Business Administration from University of Southern California.

Mark Ruff

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Mark Ruff brings four decades of diverse experience across the real estate industry, blending expertise in finance, investment, development, brokerage, teaching, and consulting. He began his career in 1988 as a Financial Analyst with a Southern California development firm and later joined Arthur Andersen’s Real Estate Capital Markets Group, where he worked on high-profile transactions including bank mergers, securitizations, and large-scale acquisitions.

He went on to establish his own brokerage and property management firm before taking leadership roles at an affordable housing development company, where he advanced from Director of Acquisitions to Vice President of Investments. In these positions, he directed affordable housing acquisitions, site underwriting, and investment strategy for complex real estate assets. Mark has also advised international investors, prepared pro-formas for residential and mixed-use developments, and consulted on U.S. real estate market cycles.

As an educator, Mark has taught at USC, UCLA Extension, and through national professional training programs. At UCLA, he designed and delivered courses in real estate development, market analysis, finance, and investment, including UCLA’s first course in affordable housing development. He recently designed and launched a groundbreaking course, Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate, in Fall 2025.

Mark holds a Bachelor’s degree from USC, an MBA from Woodbury University, a Master of Real Estate Development from USC, and a Professional Designation in Construction Management from UCLA. Beyond his professional work, he has served with nonprofit organizations focused on housing rights and LGBTQ+ advocacy, and he is an avid cyclist who has participated in charity rides such as the 545-mile AIDS LifeCycle ride.

Maria Hoye

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Maria Pilar Hoye advises clients on land use, environmental, and regulatory issues associated with entitling, developing, remediating, and managing complex developments in California.

Maria focuses her practice on obtaining land use entitlements and environmental approvals for major real estate and development projects in California. She advises clients involving planning and zoning regulations as well as related environmental issues, including state and federal land use and environmental laws. Maria also advises on the evaluation of potential environmental liabilities, environmental regulatory compliance, and negotiation of environmental agreements for real estate and other business transactions.

Maria is on the Board of Valley Industry Commerce Association and on the Board of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and she previously served on the Board of PUENTE Learning Center.

Maria formerly served as Chair of the Environment, Land & Resources Department in Latham’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. She is a former adjunct professor of Environmental Law at the University of Southern California Law School. She has previously served on a number of firm committees including Latham’s Training and Career Enhancement and Finance Committees.

Kate Johnstone

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Kate Johnstone is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Environment, Land and Resources practice group within the firm’s Corporate Department. Kate received her JD from UCLA School of Law, where she specialized in Environmental Law, was elected to the Order of the Coif, and received faculty awards for Energy Law, Local Government Law, and Professional Responsibility. Kate’s practice focuses on environmental and energy regulatory transactional matters and land use matters, including advising on project siting and entitlement strategy and writ of mandate litigation. She has experience in matters involving the California Environmental Quality Act, various federal environmental laws, and various state and local planning, zoning, and historic preservation laws, among other environmental laws.

Prior to joining Latham, Kate served as a judicial extern to Judge Jean P. Rosenbluth in the Central District of California and worked as a law clerk for the Environmental Defense Fund. While in law school, she served as Chief of Production of the UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review and President of the UCLA Environmental Law Society. Between graduating from Occidental College and attending UCLA School of Law, Kate worked in the financial market research and environmental consulting fields.

Kate grew up between Rochester, New York and Hanover, New Hampshire, and has lived in Los Angeles since 2011.

John Heintz

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John Heintz represents clients in complex infrastructure siting, environmental regulatory compliance, and environmental litigation. His experience includes matters involving the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Clean Air Act and related state air laws, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the California Public Utilities Code, and the California Coastal Act.

John also counsels a variety of clients in their interactions with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the California State Water Resources Control Board, the California Coastal Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, along with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board and South Coast Air Quality Management District.

John maintains an active and varied pro bono practice working with nonprofit affordable housing developers and asylum seekers.

During law school, John was a member of the Texas Environmental Law Journal and participated in the Texas Environmental Law Clinic, where he focused on Federal Endangered Species Act compliance.

Prior to practicing law, John worked for a public affairs/public policy firm developing strategic plans for a variety of government, gaming, healthcare, energy, and American Indian Nation clients.

Jim Suhr

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Jim Suhr, principal of James Suhr & Associates LLC, has focused on urban infill development throughout his 40+ year career in Southern California real estate.  Jim has been involved in developing a number of transit-oriented mixed-use projects, including The Culver Studios in Culver City and Wilshire Vermont Station in Koreatown, as well as industrial, office, apartment, condominium, hotel and historic rehab projects across Southern California.  Jim has provided management and advisory services to public and private sector clients including Hackman Capital Partners, Hilton Universal City, Four Seasons Hotels, the State Bar of California, the Port of Los Angeles, and many others.  Prior to forming JSA, he held positions with BRE Properties, Newhall Land & Farming, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros., and The Ratkovich Company.  He is a graduate of UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and School of Urban Planning.

Howard Kozloff

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Howard Kozloff is a real estate developer, urban planner, and educator whose work bridges real estate, design, finance, and public-private partnerships. He is CEO and Founder of Noblespace, a development firm focused on innovation campuses, science and technology districts, and mixed-use environments that connect research, entrepreneurship, and community. As Principal and Founder at Agora Partners, Kozloff leads real estate strategy and implementation for public and private clients, shaping development and public space through entrepreneurial planning frameworks that align value creation with public benefit.

He previously co-founded HATCHspaces, a pioneering platform for life-science real estate in emerging innovation markets; and served as Director, Development Strategies and Director of Operations at Hart Howerton, focusing on real estate and planning strategies for large-scale urban and resort communities worldwide. Across these roles, Kozloff has built a reputation for translating complex urban, institutional, and market dynamics into actionable development strategies and memorable places.

Kozloff currently teaches in UCLA’s Master of Real Estate Development program, and previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and the University of Southern California. His teaching links design thinking, financial modeling, and civic engagement to emphasize how built environments can be simultaneously economically viable and socially meaningful.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Design of the Environment from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master in Urban Planning from Harvard University, and a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University. Through his professional and academic work, Kozloff continues to champion real estate as both a creative enterprise and a civic catalyst.

Anthony Mason

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Anthony Mason is the Founding Principal of AMA Project Management (an Anthony Mason Associatiates, Inc. Company), an Independent Project Management Consultancy established in 1984 and incorporated in 1987 in Los Angeles whose primary focus is the representation of Clients in the Project Management of commercial / non-profit projects of various types, scales and complexities.

In 1984, Tony created the Intent of Design IGMP/GMP Project Delivery Method as an alternative to Design/Bid/Build which was subsequently renamed by Harvard GSD as the “Integrated Project Management Approach” (IPMA) to Project Delivery in response to the challenges encountered on the Four Seasons Hotel Development in Los Angeles.

Since then, he has successfully completed approximately 130 projects utilizing this method that was the subject of a Publication by Harvard GSD in 2009 of the LMU William H. Hannon Library.

AMAPM’s project list includes:-

  • Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles
  • Loews Hotel (now Regent), Santa Monica
  • Bacara Resort & Spa (now Ritz Carlton), Santa Barbara
  • Beverly Hilton Hotel Renovation, Beverly Hills
  • Beverly Wilshire Hotel Renovation, Beverly Hills
  • LMU Life Sciences Building, School of Film and TV, Student Housing, Palm Court, Los Angeles
  • Atrium Office Development, El Segundo
  • DreamWorks Campus Development, Glendale (including the subsequent campus expansion)
  • Sony LOT Master Plan Projects, Culver City
  • LA Chargers Headquarters and Training Center, El Segundo
  • Sony Imageworks, Culver City
  • Warner Bros. Animation Studios, Glendale, Sherman Oaks and London
  • Warner Music and Warner Records Headquarters, Burbank
  • Endeavor and Paradigm Talent Agencies, Beverly Hills
  • GoodRx Headquarters, Santa Monica
  • JHA Projects: Goldenberg-Ziman, Factor Foundation, JEKMC Acute Psychiatric Care Facility, Fountainview Independent Living Facility, Reseda
  • Awesomeness TV Studios, Santa Monica
  • Inter Active Corporation Headquarters and Ticketmaster Headquarters, Sunset Blvd.
  • Extron Headquarters, Anaheim and Raleigh
  • Malibu Beach Inn
  • Del Toledo High School and Wildwood High School Renovations
  • Post Production Studios for TVN, Four Media, Ascent Media, Liberty Media, Burbank
  • Telepictures Live Audience Show Stages and Production Facility Phase 1 and Phase 2, Glendale

For a full list, see www.amapm.com

Prior to founding AMA in 1984 (and incorporating in 1987), Tony worked as a Senior Project Manager for Project Management Consultants, PMI/APC International in London, UK in the project management of commercial offices, retail galleria developments and industrial catering facilities, and as a London based project coordinator for a design/build contractor Mid Orient Technical Services / Mid Mac Corporation on multi-site Middle-Eastern projects in Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Iraq.

Prior to this, Tony worked for General Contractors in the UK (Sir Robert McAlpine and Wiltshire Construction, where he was a Construction Project Manager / Project Engineer focusing on Office, Department Stores and Hospitality Projects.

Alfred Fraijo Jr.

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Alfred Fraijo Jr. is the founder and CEO of the Somos Group. He founded Somos to
spearhead innovative projects for clients that require multi-disciplinary expertise in
planning and law with the goal of reimagining urban placemaking. He specializes in
managing the design and permitting of complex development projects for government
and private-sector clients.

Under his leadership, a team of planners and lawyers has developed some of the most
transformative planning and research projects in urban communities, spanning
commercial, residential, hospitality, and healthcare sectors. Prior to starting his own
firm, Alfred was a senior partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton, LLP, where
he led the Real Estate and Land Use Practice team in Los Angeles and served on the
firm’s Executive Committee.

Alfred was born and raised in Los Angeles and is passionate about community service
and serves on prominent organizations advancing urban redevelopment and social
equity. He is a leader in the Latinx and LGBTQ communities, serving on the executive
boards of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the California Community Foundation, the LA
Phil, and For People of Color, a non-profit organization dedicated to growing diversity in
the legal profession. He also serves on the Board of Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit
that advocates for formerly incarcerated individuals who seek to reintegrate into society.
Alfred also is the founder of Inclusive Action for the City Inc., a multidisciplinary nonprofit
organization advocating for equitable land use and sustainable development policies.
Alfred has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a J.D. from Loyola
Marymount University