T H E S T O R Y
Originally established on April 28, 2000 as Tahiti Partners I, LLC, our legacy projects and experience stretch back to the 1990s. Tahiti Partners Real Estate Development Corporation was incorporated in 2002 and restructured as Tahiti Partners Properties Corporation in 2009. In 2010, the company executed on a portfolio business strategy that resulted in the acquisition and repositioning of over 600 multifamily units in the Midwestern United States. Optimal Real Estate, Inc. was formed in 2014 as the spin-off brokerage firm of veteran Downtown Los Angeles broker, Eugene Page, after decades with large institutional firms.
Centre Urban Real Estate took its current form when Tahiti Partners Properties Corporation merged with Optimal Real Estate in 2018. In doing so, the combined companies paired a successful principal investing track record with institutional service experience to form a true full-service real estate investment and operating platform. With over a century of collective principal experience and billions of dollars of transactions spanning development, brokerage, lending, advisory, legal, accounting, and underwriting, the Centre Urban team and principals are able to provide solutions for a wide spectrum of commercial real estate investments and strategies.
Centre Urban Real Estate took its current form when Tahiti Partners Properties Corporation merged with Optimal Real Estate in 2018. In doing so, the combined companies paired a successful principal investing track record with institutional service experience to form a true full-service real estate investment and operating platform. With over a century of collective principal experience and billions of dollars of transactions spanning development, brokerage, lending, advisory, legal, accounting, and underwriting, the Centre Urban team and principals are able to provide solutions for a wide spectrum of commercial real estate investments and strategies.
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Eugene F. Page
Principal, Head of Advisory & Brokerage page@centre-urban.com Eugene Page is a Principal and oversees acquisitions, brokerage, and advisory services for Centre Urban Real Estate. With over 35 years of real estate experience, Mr. Page holds broad expertise in strategy consulting, marketing, workouts, repositioning, and brokerage. Most notably, he was a member of the team that represented the creditor during the Rockefeller Center bankruptcy in the 1990s. He held the SIOR designation and has lectured to real estate audiences all over the world.
Professional Experience
Mr. Page was most recently founder and President of Optimal Real Estate, Inc., which ultimately merged to become Centre Urban Real Estate Partners. Mr. Page was previously a senior managing director at the Charles Dunn Company, opening the Company’s North Orange County office. Additionally, Mr. Page developed and co-led the worldwide Organizational Strategy practice for Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) where he assisted clients such as Boeing, Disney, Capital One, Bank of America, and Whirlpool design and implement internal real estate functions that support corporate strategy. Prior to JLL, Mr. Page’s leadership experience includes directing Price Waterhouse’s Corporate Real Estate Consulting Services, as well as a Principal at Knight Frank Faulkner, where he helped launch Mitsui Fudosan in the United States by advising on, repositioning, and leasing its first major asset in the United States – the AT&T Center in Downtown Los Angeles. Earlier in his career, he was with Cushman & Wakefield. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS USC Alumni Real Estate Network, Board of Directors USC Career Advantage Program, Mentor Encore Trojans, Advisory Council USC Marshall Alumni Association of OC, Board of Directors EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS University of Southern California, Master of Business Administration Villanova University, Bachelor of Science State of California Real Estate Broker |
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Geoffrey S. Payne
Principal, Head of Finance & Development gpayne@centre-urban.com Geoffrey Payne is a Principal at Centre Urban Real Estate, overseeing all aspects related to finance, development, construction management, and asset management. As a lawyer, accountant, and real estate manager, he has been acquiring, developing and managing projects for over 40 years. Mr. Payne has handled the purchase, sale and financing of more than 40,000 apartment units and has handled billions of dollars of real estate transactions. Mr. Payne has taught and been a speaker at real estate symposiums including for IREM, BOMA, and the State Bar of California.
Professional Experience
Mr. Payne was a founder of Tahiti Partners Properties Corporation in the 1990s which developed commercial, multifamily, and residential projects throughout the western US. There, Mr. Payne oversaw the development of projects that include a 300,000 sf office complex and over 100 high-end homes in Palm Springs. Mr. Payne fully took over operations following the 2008 global financial crisis and oversaw the implementation and execution of a significant multifamily value-add strategy in the midwestern US. Earlier, Mr. Payne was an attorney at Cox, Castle & Nicholson where he represented banks, lenders, developers, family offices and trusts and other real estate and corporate interests, his emphasis being in finance and taxation. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Payne worked at Hughes Aircraft as a controller for US government defense programs. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation, Board of Governors Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, Dean's Advisory Board Cedar House, Board of Directors and Past President EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS Loyola Law School , Juris Doctor California State University, Fullerton, Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance State Bar of California State of California Real Estate Broker State of Oklahoma Real Estate Broker |
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Martin M. Q. Nguyen
Associate Principal martin@centre-urban.com Martin Nguyen is a Principal at Centre Urban Real Estate, overseeing all aspects related to project finance, underwriting, and investment. Working in both Los Angeles and New York City, Mr. Nguyen has accumulated over $3.0 billion worth of finance and underwriting experience through his career. While pursuing graduate studies at USC, he was recognized with Honors for Outstanding Performance in both Finance and Design for his Comprehensive Exam and is one of the youngest-ever graduates of the distinguished MRED program.
Professional Experience
Mr. Nguyen previously worked for RealtyMogul.com, a leading online CRE capital marketplace for equity and debt, in their Los Angeles and New York City offices. He reported directly to the Chief Investment Officer, who was the former Chief Credit Officer and Head of Underwriting for JPMorgan Chase’s CMBS division. He has underwritten and analyzed national CRE assets ranging from traditional multifamily and commercial properties to specialized products such as hospitality, student housing, and self-storage. Mr. Nguyen has covered various structured finance products, including joint venture equity, preferred equity, mezzanine debt, and variations of senior debt. Prior, Mr. Nguyen was at Bishop Street Commercial in Honolulu, Hawai’i, which was acquired by CBRE. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS USC Alumni Real Estate Network, Board Member USC Asia Pacific Alumni Association, Young Alumni Council Urban Land Institute - Associate Member Congressional Youth Leadership Council, Past Senior Member EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS University of Southern California, Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development (M.R.E.D.) University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Finance, International Business State of California Real Estate Broker State of Hawai’i Real Estate Salesperson |
