Elizabeth Fujino serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Sunstone. She previously served as an Associate with Suburban Land Reserve, a land investment and development company. Ms. Fujino has experience in various types of real estate assets including master planned communities, condominium conversions, industrial parks and multifamily. During her 10 years of real estate experience, she has worked on projects in various development stages ranging from entitlement, acquisition, management and disposition. Ms. Fujino received a B.A. in marketing and advertising from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management. She is also a member of the Urban Land Institute. Ms. Fujino is married and has one son.
With many headwinds facing the commercial real estate market, the landscape will never be the same. In this panel, we will be exploring the following topics:
Speakers: Michael D’Onofrio, Joseph W. DeMatteo Sr., Elizabeth Fujino, Lisa Forster, and Larry Genet
Sunstone is a fully integrated real estate operator, developer and fund sponsor in business since 2012. After 30 years in the commercial real estate business, the founders of Sunstone chose workforce multifamily housing as a sector because of its solid performance throughout varying economic cycles. Sunstone performs its own architectural design work, construction, asset management and fund management to achieve maximum efficiency, cost containment and investor returns. Its acquisition team sources transactions with proprietary software and a network of local brokers. Capital markets works with investors and lenders to optimize Sunstone's access to debt and equity. Risk is managed through a comprehensive due diligence and underwriting process with investment committee oversight. Hands-on portfolio management is effected from acquisition through disposition. Sunstone's markets include Texas, Florida, California, Arizona and Nevada.