ScanlanKemperBard Adds SVP of Asset Management

PORTLAND-ScanlanKemperBard Companies has hired Stephen Wong as a senior vice president of asset management. It is the third new hire in recent months for the locally based real estate merchant banking and development advisory firm, which has been ramping up its acquisitions pace.

Wong has spent the last two years as an acquisitions officer for locally based Harsch Investment Properties. Prior to that, he managed and acquired properties throughout the West for the pension fund clients of LaSalle Investment Management. At SKB, Wong’s primary responsibilities will focus on asset management, though he will also assist in acquisitions and dispositions, says company principal Robert Scanlan.

“Stephen has an excellent track record in the field of real estate asset management, property acquisitions and dispositions in the western US and will be a great asset… .,” says Scanlan. “We continue to be very aggressive throughout the western United States, and Stephen’s experience in various markets working on a variety of real estate product types will be very beneficial.”