Gene Barash

Legal & Project Director

Gene is responsible for legal and project management and is involved in business development, financing, tenant relationships, venture formation and deal making.

Gene has extensive experience in the fields of real estate transactions and sales, marketing and insurance and brings both an entrepreneurial and result oriented approach to the legal, marketing and business issues.

He has experience in working as a real estate agent and investment analyst based in Los Angeles County, helping identify investment properties for acquisition and facilitating the purchase, financing and sale of various real estate assets throughout Southern California.

Gene is an experienced business owner and founder, having been the co-founder and managing agent of a profitable insurance agency where he was responsible for contracting with insurance carriers, organizing marketing campaigns, developing new business and managing client accounts.

He has a BS degree from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was a UC Regents Scholar recipient and achieved a Latin Honors ranking.

Gene is currently a third-year student at Pepperdine University School of Law where he is on the Dean’s List and is a Deans Scholarship Recipient and is also a fellow at the Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship & the Law.

He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and holds licenses as a California Real Estate Agent and Insurance Broker. He is also fluent in Russian.