Experience Summary
John Schaaf serves as a Senior Associate of Partner Valuation Advisors New York Office. Mr. Schaaf has over two years of commercial real estate appraisal experiences appraising office, industrial, retail, and special-use properties. In his prior roles valuation and consulting assignments have included investment-grade properties in the local, national, and international markets for commercial lending, financial reporting, portfolio valuation, tax purposes, litigation, and due diligence.
Throughout his career, Mr. Schaaf has significant experience working on large-scale projects including multi-story Class A Offices on Madison Avenue, million-square-foot industrial properties in the Tri-State region, and hundreds of lease valuations for dental offices, fast food restaurants, and retail stores. He has assisted clients and communicated with auditors with the valuation of national portfolio of assets on a quarterly and yearly basis to ensure the highest standard of quality and timely results.
Prior to joining Partner Valuation Advisors in June 2023, Mr. Schaaf served as Senior Analyst at JLL Valuation Advisory from 2021-2023.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Finance - Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Registrations
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Experience Summary
Daniel Lewis is a Vice President at Partner Valuation Advisors.
Prior to joining Partner, Daniel spent nearly two years at Bowery Valuation, where
he was a member of the Private Lending office. He has appraised multifamily, retail, office, mixed-use, manufactured housing, hotel, & condominium properties throughout the United States for a variety of clients.
Before joining Bowery, Daniel served as a Real Estate Advisor Intern at ERG Commercial Real Estate based in Long Island, New York.
Education
Pace University – Lubin School of Business:
Master of Business Administration in Corporate Finance
Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a minor in Business Management
Appraisal Licenses
New York
Steve Schuman, Vice President for Partner Valuation Advisors, LLC (Partner) and based in St. Louis, MO, is a real estate professional and urban planner with over 16 years of expertise in real estate, planning, and economic development consulting. His career has been marked by a deep commitment to urban and historic redevelopment, coupled with a profound understanding of the intricate opportunities and challenges within these domains.
Before his current role at Partner, Mr. Schuman was Vice President at JLL Valuation Advisory Services. Prior to that, he was an Associate and Senior Real Estate Strategist at Development Strategies, Inc.
Memberships
- American Planning Association
- Urban Land Institute
Education
- M.A. in Urban Planning and Real Estate Development, Saint Louis University 2006
- B.A. in Urban Affairs, Saint Louis University 2004
Registrations
- Certified General Real Estate Appraiser – Missouri and Illinois
Shawn-James O’Connor serves as Executive Vice President within Partner Valuation Advisors. He has specialized in senior housing and health care for 23 years working on valuation and consulting engagements related to a wide variety of seniors housing and health care properties, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, CCRCs, acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and medical office buildings.
Mr. O’Connor has experience in conducting market/feasibility studies, FNMA regulatory compliance and management consultant reports, Fair Market Value of Debt reports, HUD/FHA along with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac compliant reports, and valuation services on more than 2,000 existing, proposed, and shuttered seniors housing and health care assets in 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada.
Since 2008 he has provided hundreds of in-depth, comprehensive appraisals nationally with regard to multi-level care retirement campuses; CCRCs comprising entry-fee and lifecare components often focusing on the asset’s unique economic and functional obsolescence.
Since 2016 he testified as an expert witness on behalf of petitioners (including Brookdale Senior Living; Bonaventure Senior Living; Vi Living; and Spectrum Retirement in front of Colorado’s State Board of Assessment Appeals Court; Arizona’s State Board of Equalization; and Missouri’s Board of Equalization.
Patrick McCrae serves as Director of Partner Valuation Advisors. Mr. McCrae has over 18 years of commercial real estate experience appraising retail, office, industrial, multifamily, hotels, and special-use assets throughout the United States. For the past 15 years, Mr. McCrae has specialized in the appraisal of seniors housing properties. Additional experience includes preparation and desk review of consulting and valuation reports, market studies, and cash flow analysis reports for owners/developers, insurance companies, pension fund advisors, government agencies, commercial lending institutions, and investment companies. Mr. McCrae has also provided litigation support services and has been deposed as an expert witness relating to the valuation of seniors housing assets.
In addition, Mr. McCrae was appointed for several years as a Special Magistrate for the Value Adjustment Board of Hillsborough County, Florida. In his role as Special Magistrate, Mr. McCrae provided over tax appeal hearings and provided written recommendations to the Value Adjustment Board in compliance with Florida Statutes regarding ad valorem taxation.
Prior to joining Partner Valuation Advisors in 2023, Mr. McCrae spent six years as a Senior Director at JLL Valuation Advisory focused on the valuation of seniors housing assets. From 2005 -2017, Mr. McCrae served as a Director of Integra Realty Resources – Tampa Bay.
Natasha Khan serves as a Vice President with Partner Valuation Advisors. Ms.Khan has 10 years of commercial real estate experience with six years of commercial real estate appraisal experience working on multifamily, manufactured housing, industrial, retail, office, raw and developed land, marinas, residential subdivisions, and self-storage assets. Ms. Khan currently focuses on multifamily and manufactured housing community (MHC) assets and has appraised properties all throughout the United States and Canada.
Prior to joining Partner Valuation Advisors, Ms. Khan served as a Vice President at JLL from 2016 to 2023 as a generalist appraiser with a focus on MHC, multifamily, and institutional properties starting in 2020. From 2014 to 2016, Ms. Khan served as a landlord leasing representative for a private equity company, leasing their Class A office portfolio in Dallas, TX.
Ms. Khan is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and holds appraisal licenses in seven states plus Washington DC.
Kyle Dieterich serves as a Director for Partner Valuation Advisors in the United States with a focus on the greater Dallas-Fort Worth and surrounding areas within the State of Texas. Responsibilities include valuation services for a variety of property types, team building, and job origination.
Mr. Dieterich began working in appraisal services as an appraiser trainee that specialized in data research for eminent domain and condemnation litigation proceedings regarding right-of-way projects.
Over the years, valuable insight was gained by working with several valuation groups in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth areas that had a diverse group of clients and projects. As a result, experience with a broad range of property types that includes but is not limited to office, industrial, retail, multi-family, religious facilities, self-storage, and vacant land was gained.
Karlie Guta serves as a Director for Partner Valuation Advisors. In this role, Ms. Guta is focused on conducting appraisals for Seniors Housing and Healthcare properties, nationwide. With four years of experience appraising Senior Housing and Healthcare related properties, Ms. Guta offers extensive experience in developing appraisal and appraisal-related services.
Prior to Partner Valuation Advisors, Ms. Guta served as a Director for JLL Valuation and Advisory in which she served a similar role.
Jack O’Brien is a Vice President for Partner Valuation Advisors (PVA) based in St. Louis, Missouri. He has experience in industrial, office, retail, multifamily, self-storage, and vacant land. His responsibilities include the analysis of different types and complexity of self-storage properties including existing properties, proposed properties, expansions, and redevelopments. Additionally, O’Brien has experience in niche sectors of the commercial real estate industry such as net leased retail and medical office space. He performs market rent analysis and studies in multiple regions.
Prior to joining PVA, O’Brien worked under JLL Valuation Advisory. Previously, he gained experience in real estate while working with Rodan Management.
Justin C. Hebbel serves as Senior Vice President for Partner Valuation Advisors. Mr. Hebbel has over 14 years of commercial real estate appraisal experience appraising industrial, retail, multifamily, office, self-storage, right-of-way, and various types of land development. In his current role, Mr. Hebbel is currently focused on performing various appraisal and consulting services for commercial asset valuations.
Mr. Hebbel has worked in the commercial real estate industry since 2008 primarily in commercial real estate appraisal and valuation. His background includes the valuation of real estate for multiple applications including market value appraisals, portfolio valuations, investment advisory services, and market rent studies.
He has experience appraising a variety of property types including but not limited to office properties, medical office buildings, industrial properties, self-storage, cold-storage, lifestyle centers, triple net properties, restaurants, manufactured-housing communities, limited and full-service lodging/hospitality properties, multifamily, and residential and commercial subdivision development sites.
Prior to joining Partner Valuation Advisors, Mr. Hebbel served as a Vice President for JLL Valuation and Advisory in which he served a similar role. Before that, Mr. Hebbel served as an Analyst with Newmark Knight Frank and Integra Realty Resources (IRR).