Brian M Dunne
Senior Vice President
License ID 00694651
NAI Capital - West Los Angeles
11150 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 1550
Los Angeles, California 90025
United States
310-806-6151
310-809-9206
Specialties
Investment
Scope of Experience
Brian Dunne is a senior commercial real estate executive with more than 40 years of experience advising owners, investors, developers, and institutions across Southern California. His expertise spans acquisitions and dispositions, development and entitlements, portfolio and asset management, leasing, finance, and strategic planning. Brian is frequently engaged by organizations navigating expansion, real estate cycles, or complex commercial real estate transactions.
Background & Experience
Brian has built a career in evaluating and executing complex commercial real estate opportunities, including land assemblage, redevelopment, office, mixed use, hospitality, multifamily, and special-use assets. His background includes overseeing entitlement processes, negotiating leases and sales, securing financing, managing development sites, and supervising financial and operational performance across multiple asset types.
Brian has held senior‑level roles in brokerage, leasing, asset management, and advisory services throughout his career. Earlier on, he worked alongside the Marciano brothers during the early growth of Guess Jeans, assisting with the leasing and opening of warehouse facilities in Downtown Los Angeles.
Education
Loyola Marymount University
Transaction History
· Sold the Beverly Hills Fine Arts Theater for $2.85 million
· Closed 44 escrows for land assemblage and redevelopment in North Hollywood, totaling $87 million, for JSM Construction and Prudential Life Insurance
· Represented the seller of 319 N. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, for $35 million
· Assisted the buyer of 9200 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, in securing hotel entitlements and later sold the property through bankruptcy court for $9.7 million following 9/11
· Represented the Consulate of Brazil in a 12‑year, 20,000 SF office lease valued at $9.7 million
· Represented the buyer of 8484 Wilshire Boulevard, a 10‑story, 208,000 SF Beverly Hills office building acquired for $18.7 million
· Secured $30 million in financing for 8484 Wilshire Blvd. and served as Portfolio Asset Manager and Property Manager for six years
· Managed construction of a $50 million, 48,500 SF first‑class casino in Gardena, California
· Disposition Specialist for Great Western Bank REO properties, arranging the sale of over 1 million SF, including 1100 Wilshire (200,000 SF) for $19 million, plus additional Hollywood assets totaling $15 million
· Director of Leasing for a national syndication company with 2.6 million SF of high‑rise office properties in Beverly Hills and Westwood, leasing office space valued at $50 million
Strategic Clients
· JSM Construction
· Prudential Life Insurance
· Great Western Bank
· Consulate of Brazil (Beverly Hills)
· High-net-worth private family portfolios
· National syndication and institutional ownerships groups
