Watson | Setzer

Real Estate Partners L.L.C.

 

Members

Christopher M. Watson, Managing Member

Mr. Watson is a founder and Managing Member of Watson Setzer Real Estate Partners LLC.  With 25 years of first hand real estate industry experience, Mr. Watson, shares the responsibility for day to day investment and management activities.  Prior to forming Watson Setzer Real Estate Partners LLC, Mr. Watson was a Senior Vice President and Management Committee Member at Maier Siebel Baber Real Estate Investment Advisors, a division of U.S. Trust Company, where for 10 years he was responsible for securing all investor equity, spearheading investor relations and most recently oversight of the portfolio asset management.  These responsibilities included direct involvement in marketing, leasing, construction management, and budgeting for all properties owned by Maier Siebel Baber throughout the Western United States.   Previously Mr. Watson was Executive Vice President of Pacific Gateway Properties, a publicly traded real estate investment company for 6 years, where he was responsible for the operations of the company’s portfolio, including marketing, leasing, acquisitions, dispositions and construction services.  Mr. Watson began his real estate career in 1982 as an office leasing and investment sales specialist with CB Commercial Real Estate Services in Walnut Creek California, servicing the needs of domestic and international clients.  During his ten year career in commercial brokerage at CB Commercial, Mr. Watson was awarded the Rookie of the Year in his first year of production and was a qualifier as a top “5” producer in the office each year thereafter.  Mr. Watson is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.
chris@watsonsetzer.com

 

Curt B. Setzer, Managing Member

Mr. Setzer is a founder and Managing Member of Watson Setzer Real Estate Partners LLC.  With 25 years of real estate industry experience, Mr. Setzer shares the responsibilities for day to day investment and management activities.  Prior to forming Watson Setzer Real Estate Partners LLC, Mr. Setzer was a Senior Vice President of Capital Transactions at Maier Siebel Baber, Real Estate Investment Advisors, a division of U.S. Trust Company, where he was responsible for initiating and managing all property acquisitions, dispositions and financing for all properties owned by Maier Siebel Baber throughout the Western United States.  Prior to this role, he headed the asset management division of the firm.  Previously Mr. Setzer was a partner at Simeon Commercial Properties, a San Francisco based real estate investment and development company, where he shared responsibility for development, acquisitions and asset management for office, industrial, R&D and life science properties throughout the bay area.  Prior to Simeon, Mr. Setzer was a project manager at Paragon Group and Bedford Properties in which he managed the development of office buildings and business parks in Northern California and San Diego.  Mr. Setzer began his real estate career as an office leasing specialist with Cushman & Wakefield in Contra Costa County, California. Mr. Setzer is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.
curt@watsonsetzer.com

 

Peter D. Setzer

Peter Setzer joined Watson Setzer Real Estate Partners LLC in September 2007.  With fifteen years of real estate experience, Peter Setzer will focus on sourcing investment and development opportunities in Silicon Valley and will be responsible for asset management and leasing for all assets in that submarket.  Prior to joining Watson Setzer Real Estate Partners LLC, Mr. Setzer spent five years as a Leasing Manager for Equity Office Properties in San Jose, where he was responsible for leasing and marketing a 2.5 million square foot portfolio of Class A office space.  There he completed over 900,000 square feet of leases valued in excess of $385 million. From 1993 to 2001 Mr. Setzer was the Senior Leasing Manager for Paragon Group/Insignia/ ESG in Redwood City and San Francisco overseeing a portfolio of approximately 2.1 million square feet.  Mr. Setzer is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.

 peter@watsonsetzer.com