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Grant Chappell

NAI NorCal Principal

CalDRE: #01700439

Grant Chappell is the Principal / SVP of NAI Northern California, a top recognized real estate brokerage firm in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Before joining the company in 2005, Mr. Chappell worked at Wells Fargo as a loan officer specializing in purchase and refinance mortgages, for both English and Spanish-speaking clients. He served for 6 years on the Board of Directors for East Bay Rental Housing Assoc. (EBRHA) and continues to write a featured quarterly article for their magazine on East Bay Market Trends. Mr. Chappell served three years on the Board of Directors of the Center for Elders Independence as their Real Estate Advisor, a local non-profit that provides PACE Care for Senior Citizens and Senior Housing in the East Bay. Since joining NAI Northern California, Mr. Chappell has been involved in over 130 transactions including multi-family, mixed use, industrial, office and retail totaling more than $250 Million in Sales.

Jonathan Burmenko

Investment Advisor

CalDRE #02098549

Jonathan is a licensed real estate salesperson and investment advisor in California. Since joining NAI Northern California, Jonathan has formed a specialty in Bay Area multifamily properties and joined a high-performing team that puts the client’s needs first and forms strong, long-lasting relationships.

Before pursuing a career in commercial real estate, Jonathan worked as a personal trainer, where he gained valuable skills in leadership and catering to clients’ needs at the highest level. Jonathan has lived in the Bay Area for his whole life, being born in San Francisco and settling in Walnut Creek, solidifying a strong knowledge of the Bay.

Sam Hayes

Broker of Records

CalDRE #301842440

Sam began his career at CBRE working with the office leasing team before joining Mason-McDuffie Financial as a commercial mortgage broker. During his time there, he structured and financed $120 million in loans through life companies on office, industrial, retail and multi-family properties. He established a property management company focusing on add value potential and helped investors maximize ROI, while also managing his own investment properties.

Rob Chappell

Investment Advisor

CalDRE #02177598

Rob Chappell joins NAINorCal’s Team Chappell as an investment analyst who brings clarity and rigor to support clients’ decision-making across a range of scenarios. As part owner of a complex multifamily property in Berkeley, he has been fortunate to realize the successes of East Bay real estate ownership. He brings experiences in consultative software sales, private equity investment management (CalPERS while completing an MBA from UC Davis), and a deep understanding of Northern California markets via formative years as a financial analyst on Sutter Health’s Strategy and Business Development Team. In this new role, his focus is on building a community and honoring the enduring qualities of prudence and patience when managing investments.

As a husband and father, it is even more true now than before, that Rob’s greatest moments are with family (cooking, traveling, and exploring outdoors). Bonus activities include sneaking away to play in a pickup soccer game (e.g. at Gilman Fields in Berkeley), skiing in Tahoe, or the occasional trips out of town to meet with college friends (who tend to live further and further from each other as time goes on).

#1

Consistently ranked one of the top brokerages in the Bay Area

25,000

Proprietary database of 25,000 active real estate investors

$2B

Over $2B in total
transaction volume

NAI Northern California is the full-service outpost of NAI Global, the world’s largest network of owner-operated commercial real estate firms. With three offices in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, we lead commercial real estate investments throughout the Bay Area, across Northern California, and around the country and the world thanks to the far-reaching NAI platform.

NAI Global, with more than 375 offices strategically located throughout North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Asia Pacific. All told, we are more than 6,000 local market professionals managing in excess of 1.15 billion square feet of property and facilities. Annually, NAI Global surpasses $20 billion in commercial real estate transactions throughout the world.

Grant Chappell

DRE#: 01700439

510.336.4721

grant@nainorcal.com

Jonathan Burmenko

DRE#: 02098549

510.346.5788

jburmenko@nainorcal.com

Sam Hayes

DRE#: 01842440

415.226.1508

shayes@nainorcal.com

Rob Chappell

DRE#: 02177598

916.712.3990

rchappell@nainorcal.com

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