Category: Team Members

Adam Nelson

Managing Director

Adam Nelson joined ProEquity Asset Management Corporation in September of 2018. As a Managing Director, he focuses primarily on the firm’s private client asset management business. He leverages more than 20 years of experience in office leasing and sales to assist clients in identifying, underwriting and executing on acquisition opportunities throughout California.

Adam began his career in the Downtown Sacramento office of CBRE in 1997. During his more than 15 years with the firm his team was consistently recognized regionally and nationally as CBRE’s premier office sales/leasing team. In 2013, Adam began working for The Buzz Oates Group of Companies, one of California’s largest family owned and operated real estate firms. As the First Vice President of office properties, he handled lease negotiations and property dispositions for the company’s 1.7 million SF office portfolio. While at Buzz Oates, Adam was recognized as Sacramento’s number one office transaction specialist.

Adam earned a B.A. in Business Administration from California State University, Chico. He is a licensed real estate agent in the state of California, a member of SIOR and an active member and past president of the Association of Commercial Real Estate (ACRE). He has participated at the board level for several non-profit organizations and is a proud member of The Sutter Club and Ranchero Vistadores. Adam has lived his entire life in Northern California and currently resides in Sacramento with his wife and two young children.

Keith Mellor

Vice President

Biography coming soon.

Jeffrey Fanzo

COO, Managing Partner

As Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner, Jeff heads the firm’s Phoenix office and is one of four principals in charge of the firm’s continued growth across the U.S. He plays an active role in managing company operations, engaging in new business development and sourcing acquisition opportunities for investment strategies. Jeff also oversees the day-to-day administrative, project management and operational functions of the business. Additionally, he leverages his extensive background in real estate development and management of distressed real estate to help deliver value for clients and spur growth for the company.

Prior to joining ProEquity in 2015, Jeff served as Director of Real Estate for Trigild, a receivership and fiduciary organization. In that role he managed over 5 million SF of assets, including major office, multifamily, hotel and retail assets located across the country. Notably, he oversaw a 38-property portfolio in eight states that was in bankruptcy where he served as senior leader of the commercial operations team, asset manager and agent of the receiver. His relationships with brokers and national tenants helped stabilize the portfolio and lead to a successful disposition at a sale price 28% above the price anticipated by the special servicer.

In addition, Jeff held project manager / superintendent positions at J.F. Shea Co. and MDC Holdings where he gained valuable expertise in commercial, residential and land development. He utilizes his wealth of knowledge in these fields to help grow ProEquity’s Value Add and Development platform.

Jeff earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business and holds real estate licenses in Arizona. He is a Licensed Commercial and Residential Contractor (KB-1) and he is a Certified Professional Constructor (CPC) with the American Institute of Constructors. He is certified in Energy Star, Storm Water Compliance and holds OSHA 10 Certifications.

Tyler Sheldon

Chief Investment Officer, Managing Partner

As Chief Investment Officer, Managing Partner and head of the San Francisco office, Tyler is responsible for sourcing new business and managing commercial properties with an emphasis on developing strategies that create value for each asset. He also plays a pivotal role in the acquisition, underwriting and funding of the owned assets.

Tyler started out his more than 25-year career working as a leasing broker for Warner Center Properties in Los Angeles where he had the opportunity to work with institutional owners such as the Harvard Endowment and Alaska Permanent Fund. In the late 1990s, he shifted to a corporate sales position where he spent several years as a global accounts manager for a major software firm and worked closely with clients such as IBM, Hewlett Packard and Sun Microsystems before moving back into commercial real estate in 2005.

Over the past 15-plus years, Tyler has had an active role in asset management services for investment and development properties. Prior to joining ProEquity Asset Management in 2014, he served as vice president of asset services at Kidder Mathews in the San Francisco Bay Area where he was responsible for sourcing new business opportunities and handling all aspects managing and operating properties. Over the course of his career, Tyler has helped to facilitate more than $400M in brokerage and investment transactions and actively managed over 3.5 million SF of properties in California and Nevada.

Tyler graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. His professional affiliations include the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute (CCIM).

Michael Turner

CEO, Managing Partner

Michael is not only the founder of ProEquity but serves as its ongoing Chief Executive Officer responsible for overseeing its continued national growth, long term and short-term strategies and is responsible its key relationships. Michael works with lenders/servicers, institutional, private clients as well as ProEquity joint venture partners. Additionally, Michael and his team has been involved in the acquisition, repositioning and disposition of a portfolio of valued over $85 million dollars.

Michael started his career at CBRE (Sacramento, California) in 1995 working both industrial and retail markets throughout Northern California. While there Michael worked with Fortune 500 companies on expansion representation, along with national development companies, and institutional investors. Michael continued his career with a boutique firm (Gallelli & Tear Retail) that sold to Colliers in 2006. Additionally, Michael served as regional manager for Borelli Investment Company (San Jose, California), where he oversaw the turnaround many distressed properties during the recession of 2008, throughout Northern California.