JLL Capital Markets adds Senior Director in Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Sept. 14, 2026 - JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has expanded its Debt Advisory platform with the addition of Senior Director David Ghannadi to its Orange County Capital Markets team.

In this role, Ghannadi will be primarily responsible for originating debt and equity solutions in the private capital sector of commercial real estate owners located on the West Coast, working alongside clients to structure and place financing solutions that align with their investment strategies and capital needs.

Ghannadi will report to Greg Brown and Matt Stewart, Senior Managing Directors and Co-Heads of the Orange County office of JLL Capital Markets.

Ghannadi has more than 18 years of commercial real estate experience and joins JLL from Columbia Bank where he was responsible for commercial real estate and multifamily lending. He held similar roles at Pacific Premier Bank, Convoy Capital and Banc of California.

He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from University of San Francisco School of Management and a Bachelor of Science, Marketing/Finance from California State University Long Beach.

"David's expertise and energy aligns with our goal to continue building out our private capital business line in Southern California while preserving our client-centric, collaborative culture," said Brown.

"I'm excited to join JLL Capital Markets and work alongside the talented Orange County team," said Ghannadi. "JLL's platform and market-leading capabilities provide an exceptional opportunity to deliver comprehensive debt and equity solutions to clients across the West Coast. I look forward to leveraging my lending experience and relationships to help clients navigate today's dynamic capital markets environment and achieve their investment objectives."

JLL's Capital Markets group is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The group's in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients, including investment sales and advisory, debt advisory, M&A and corporate finance, loan sales, equity & fund placement, net lease, derivative advisory and energy & infrastructure advisory. The group has more than 3,000 Capital Markets specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries.

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