FOOTHILL RANCH, CA—High Desert is no longer considered a secondary market due to Inland Empire absorption and scarcity of development opportunities in the “near to port” locations, Stirling Development's Gordon Cope tells GlobeSt.com. As we previously reported, Cope recently joined the firm as director, financial planning and accounting; prior to joining Stirling, he served as a tax manager with Haskell & White LLP, a Southern California public accounting firm specializing in real estate.
In his new role, Cope will work closely with Stirling's executive team on all finance, accounting, treasury, tax and administrative functions. Reporting to Brian Parno, Stirling's COO, he will also be responsible for budgeting, tax planning, and financial review of all of Stirling's overall business activities and active projects including the Southern California Logistics Centre project in Victorville, Ocean Ranch Corporate Centre in Oceanside, as well as analyzing and forecasting potential new projects.
We spoke with Cope about his new role with the firm and the unique quality of financing and investing in California-based industrial properties.
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
