About

About This Intero Commercial Group 

Since its inception in 2005, This Intero Commercial Office group, has seen remarkable success; placing as high as #179 on the “RealTrends 500” list out of 150,000+ brokerages nationwide. To add to our accolades, we’ve successfully managed over $3 billion in property sales within the past two years alone! What makes Intero even more impressive is that it’s an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway – one of the most prominent and respected brands globally. Our commercial division is flourishing with the help of this mutually beneficial relationship, granting us more tools and a wider reach. This translates to our customers’ advantage as we are now able to deliver an even higher quality of service and satisfaction than ever before. Our team comprises experienced industry veterans; altogether, they have accumulated over 150 years in the field of commercial real estate, becoming proficient experts in every asset class imaginable! Drawing on our extensive knowledge and experience, we provide quality guidance for even the most complex of commercial real estate transactions. Plus, with local and national relationships in tow, we have solidified ourselves as one of the leading brokerages in the Bay Area.

Our Clients Success Team

Jim McArthur

Senior Vice President

Jim McArthur has been in and around, the Real Estate industry his entire life. Starting in construction building both residential and commercial projects, designing, financing, sales, leasing, and assemblage. The one exception would be professional-level property management which he gladly defers to others. His first construction job was in high school as a shop boy and runner with Bernard’s Brothers Const. (now Bernard’s) in Southern California, where he grew up. After school he moved to Palo Alto, CA in the early 1980s to work in construction, he obtained a General Contractors License, where he worked primarily in the SFR housing market on the mid-peninsula performing client work. He and his partners were also flipping houses, long before it became what it is now. This led to doing entitlement work and small development work with some local partners.

In November of 1995, he received a patent that he wrote for a tool he designed that would help homeowners recycle. The tool is sold throughout the country and in some parts of Canada. This created a lot of free time which was spent working with a friend doing commercial loans, which led to opening a small residential mortgage company that was run from his office in Sunnyvale, CA until the financial crisis in 2008. He returned to the construction industry as a project manager for a commercial contractor in the Bay Area.

Jim was later recruited to Intero Commercial by the division manager because of his vast experience and contacts. He has been active in the industry for 8 + years, Jim has focused on Office Sales/leasing, Multifamily, and selling developed projects with entitlements. He has found success putting together “Assemblages” and disposition to large established developers. Jim recently sold a 6-parcel assemblage in Downtown San Jose to Urban Community. This is one of the area’s largest multiparcel assemblages that sold at the time for a record price.

Bill Harrigan

Senior Vice President

Bill Harrigan was the Founding Commercial Broker for Intero Real Estate Services, Inc. in 2002. He is the First Senior Vice President at Intero Commercial. Before joining Intero Commercial, Bill was ranked in the top (5) producing agents nationally with Coldwell Banker Commercial. Licensed in California in 1979; Bill has 35+ years in the business specializing in investment grade real estate since 1984. Bill has superior knowledge for asset types including Industrial, Multi-Family and Mixed-Use Redevelopment. Bill has established long term relationships in the industry with institutions and private equity that has created a successful platform for national acquisition and dispositions. Bill earned his B. S. Degree as a student athlete at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado is now a proud member and of the rapidly growing Intero Commercial East Bay Team.

Professional Strengths

• 1031 Exchange \ Options
• Joint Venture Partnerships
• Access to Private Equities
• Portfolio Liquidations
• Syndications for secure cash flow & growth

Matt Hagar, MSRE, CCIM

President

Matt is as hard-working and dedicated to his craft as they come. He has won multiple awards and has been a top producing broker since very early in his career. In addition to his personal production, Matt and his partners started and grew their real estate firm to 3 offices and over 60 associates in just 3 years time.
In the same time period, Matt has also become the #1 individual producer in his organization. He was also recently named 1 of 10 rising stars worldwide in the commercial real estate industry by the CCIM Institute.
Matt specializes in the acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate assets in the East Bay Area of Northern California. He draws on his 11 years of real estate experience and local connections as a 4th generation East Bay Resident to provide an unmatched level of local knowledge and expertise for his clients.
Through this extensive education and real world experience, Matt has become a leading area expert on various investment strategies and the maximization of portfolio returns. He is passionate about putting this knowledge and expertise to work to locate inefficiencies within the market, thus maximizing portfolio value for his clients.

Education

University of the Pacific-Bachelor of Science Business Administration (Entrepreneurship)
University of San Diego-Masters of Science in Real Estate
CCIM Designee

Awards

CCIM Rising Star-March/April 2018
Intero Honors Circle 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Commercial Brokers Association (CBA) “Rookie of the Year”

Marian Chaney

Vice President

Marian graduated from a top college in Beijing, then obtained a master’s degree in psychology in the US. She possesses strong analytical abilities, exceptional communication skills in both English and Chinese, and is proficient in doing business in multi-cultural context. She has high standards in work ethics and performance. She was a director in corporate work before pursuing a career in real estate; and she has been a top performer as an agent since 2013. She was honored to be in the President’s Circle at Intero Real Estate Services (top 5%).

Marian has handled and closed commercial real estate transactions in multiple classes of assets, including land development, hotel project, assisted living facilities, office building, shopping center, and office/retail leases, etc. She is a CCIM candidate and now part of the ASIA Group at Intero Commercial.

Marian is personable, responsible, and caring. She takes pride in creating value for her clients through her knowledge and service.

Education

Renmin University of China, BA in Law
Azusa Pacific University, Master in Clinical Psychology
UCLA, Human Resource Management
UCSC Extension, Marketing Management

Yuan Chang

Senior Vice President

Yuan-Sing Chang has been in commercial real estate starting from 2001 and started out with BT Commercial specializing in retail and office leasing/sales in the Bay Area. Yuan is also a LEED accredited professional and was involved with the first LEED certified hotel in California. Yuan has represented many tenants including: Red Ribbon Bakery, Taste of China, Randstadt , Kumon, Foxconn, Boiling Point, Kimco, Hilton Garden, Holiday Inn, and many others. Yuan is also the president for CAREA the Chinese American Real Estate Association, Loopnet, Costar, and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese

Markita Whitlatch

Operations Manager – The Hagar Group

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Gina Cefalu-Fink

Office Manager

Gina is the Operations Manager for the Hagar group. Her job description is immense, which makes her a critical component to the success and production of the entire office. She is responsible for a variety of tasks such as marketing, sales support, client communication, and file coordination. Gina also has a real estate license, which allows her to assist directly with clients and prospects of the Hagar group. Having owned multiple businesses prior to her joining the Hagar group, as well as being the mother to 7 kids, she is very organized and excellent at multitasking which makes her proficient in numerous roles. She draws on this prior experience to enable the Hagar group to provide the best support available to its clients.

Chelsea Brown

Director of Marketing

Chelsea entered the commercial real estate industry after serving in the United States Air Force as an Intelligence Operations Specialist. After reentering into civilian life, she decided to step into the commercial real estate industry locally in Indianapolis as an office and marketing manager for a boutique tenant representation firm. She then joined a site selection firm which advised companies through the entire cycle of the expansion process by focusing on location modeling, site selection, incentive procurement and incentive compliance management. For the last several years, prior to joining CARMEN Commercial Real Estate, Chelsea has been consulting with hundreds of commercial real estate companies all over the United States, focusing on their marketing and operational needs and goals.

Chelsea is a graduate of American Military University with a bachelor’s degree in Intelligence Operations and a minor in Terrorism Studies. She lives in Fishers, IN with her three children, Bella, Austin & Rosalee, and her two dogs, Ernie and Hugo