Meet our Team
Daniel Aguilar
Principal Founder
Bringing over 20 years of residential development experience, Daniel Aguilar joined the Mission Valley Properties team in the summer of 1999. While at Mission Valley, Aguilar was involved in the successful acquisition and entitlement of several small- to mid-size residential developments in the greater Bay Area.
In 1996, Aguilar founded a real estate consulting company that provided multi-disciplinary real estate services ranging from assisting regional homebuilders to securing debt and public financing to entitling projects in Santa Clara County and the North Bay. Aguilar also participated in the due diligence and closing efforts for several property acquisitions. From 1988 to 1995, Aguilar held the position of Vice President of Finance and Land Acquisition for Southwest Diversified/Coscan – now known as Brookfield Homes. In that capacity, Aguilar was principally responsible for all project financing, joint ventures, and public financings for projects in California and Arizona. Aguilar also assisted the location, due diligence and closing of land acquisitions in Northern California. Before joining Southwest Diversified, Aguilar was a Vice President at Citicorp Real Estate Group (California division for Citibank). During his five-year tenure, Aguilar managed a $400 million loan portfolio of composed of commercial and other income-producing properties.
Aguilar earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Fresno State University and has a Master of Business Administration in Finance/Urban Land Economics from UCLA. Aguilar was formerly on the Board of Directors for Home Builders Association, North Bay Division.
Steve Riter
Principal Founder
Steve Riter has over 25 years of residential development experience. He joined Mission Valley Properties in 2000. Since that time, Riter has been a principal in the acquisition and entitlement of residential units for development throughout Northern California. Prior to joining Mission Valley Properties, he was at Catellus Residential Group (CRG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Catellus Development Corporation. Riter joined Catellus in 1997 as the Vice President of Land Acquisition and Development, where he worked on the startup of the Northern California building division of CRG. Riter was responsible for acquiring and entitling residential properties and building a regional presence as a California homebuilder. Under Riter's direction, the division was involved in the acquisition and development of over 950 units within a rapid startup period of 30 months.
Riter's experience includes residential land acquisition and development experience with SummerHill Homes, a subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap Inc., which has developed and sold over 5,000 multi-family and single-family residential units in the Bay Area. Riter was also the Vice President of Acquisition for Southwest Diversified/Coscan (now known as Brookfield Homes) from 1990 to 1994, acquiring new development opportunities throughout California. From 1984-1990, with Vintage Properties, he was Project Controller for the Vintage Club and later transitioned to Manager of Land Acquisition. Vintage Properties was a $1.1 billion dollar mixed-use residential and commercial development company.
Riter is a member of the Board of Directors of Seneca Center, a $50mm non-profit serving children and families in the Bay Area. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business from Brigham Young University in 1981 and conducted Master of Business Administration studies at John F. Kennedy University.
Gregor Watson
Principal Founder As a principal of McKinley Partners, Watson acts as the portfolio manager
for the distressed housing platforms and debt funds at McKinley Partners.
Before McKinley Capital Partners, Watson co-founded ADD Ventures Inc., a real estate
group involved in residential land sales and development throughout
California with a focus on golf course related projects. Watson also
co-founded River K, a quick serve restaurant chain. He is currently an
active board member of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation,
a non-profit developer. TNDC owns and manages over 25 apartment buildings
throughout San Francisco. Watson received a BA from Regis University in
Denver, Colorado.
Jeff Shaffer
Principal
Jeff Shaffer joined McKinley Capital Partners to head up Southern California acquisitions and investments. Shaffer has 15 years experience in real estate development. He partnered to form a land development and homebuilding venture (Granite Homes) in 1996, purchasing RTC and bank-owned assets out of the last major downturn. That company rapidly expanded from an initial 21-lot holding to ultimately controlling approximately 1,435 lots in Sacramento and San Diego, California, San Antonio, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona. He then joined Pacific Ridge as the development manager for a 90,000-sft themed retail center in Sedona, Arizona, and several other projects totaling over 130,000 sq. ft. of retail. Subsequently, Shaffer joined a regional homebuilder in San Diego managing the entitlements, developments, and operations in San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, where he entitled and brought to market over 600 lots in 3 years.
Prior to his involvement in real estate, Shaffer worked on national security and military strategy issues for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
He earned a BA in International Relations from UCLA and a Master's degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University.
Hubert Hultgren
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining McKinley Capital Partners, Hubert was the Controller of Westwind Investors, LP a Private Equity firm with $1.0B of AUM. At Westwind he was responsible for the accounting and finance operations and managed the due diligence, acquisition and financing of $150M of direct real estate investments. Prior to that Hubert spent two years as the Senior Financial Analyst & Asset Manager for PasificWest Companies where he oversaw companywide financial planning, feasibility analysis, budgeting and review and was Asset Manager of 2,200 Affordable & Market Rate Apartments. Hubert also worked for East West Partners for two years as project controller for a $300M-213 unit mixed-use village development & $50M infrastructure projects at Northstar Mountain in Lake Tahoe.
Hubert started his career with Ernst & Young where he spent four years in the Real Estate Audit Group. Hubert has a Master's in Accounting from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science-Finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder – Leeds School of Business.
Emilian Halloran
Principal
Emilian Halloran has a background in acquisitions, finance, capital markets, architecture and construction management. Prior to joining McKinley, Halloran was a principal at RMA, a real estate private equity firm with over $650 million in equity under management. At RMA, Halloran headed the firm’s acquisitions efforts, developing and implementing the investment strategy for the firm and serving as a member of the investment committee. Prior to RMA, Halloran served as Vice President in Wells Fargo Bank’s real estate capital markets group where he was responsible for originating, underwriting and managing over $800 million in acquisition and construction financing. During his career, Halloran has been involved with the acquisition and financing of over $4 billion in real estate. He earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
Phoebe Schreiber
Director
Prior to joining McKinley Capital Partners, Phoebe Schreiber was an Investment Associate at Ascend Capital, a long/short equity hedge fund based in San Francisco, where she covered media and leisure stocks, including Hotel REITs. At Ascend, Schreiber also worked on a process management team toward optimizing investment strategy and procedures. Prior to Ascend Capital, Phoebe worked on client advertising campaigns at Google. Schreiber is a Chartered Financial Analyst Level III candidate. Schreiber earned a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.
Jason Hadnot
Director
Jason Hadnot has over 14 years of experience in land acquisition, development and construction of multifamily and single family housing. Hadnot served as Vice President of Land for Pacific West Companies, where he was responsible for project acquisition and entitlement of market rate apartments, affordable apartments, and student housing. From 2000 to 2008, Hadnot held the position of Vice President of Land Acquisition and Project Management for Standard Pacific Homes – Bay Area Division where he was involved in the acquisition and disposition of over 4,400 single family lots. From 1996 to 2000, with Western Pacific Housing (acquired by DR Horton), he was involved in forward planning and construction operations. Hadnot recently finished a 3 year term as an elected member of the Concord Naval Weapons Station Community Advisory Committee. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and is a licensed California General Contractor.
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