Lilly Enterprises, Inc. is a full-service real estate brokerage firm founded in 1979 by Ms. Lilly V. Lee (Los Angeles Times Tribute Article), considered by many to be one of the most influential Angeleno businesswomen and cultural leaders of her time.
We currently serve a diversified client base, which ranges from first-time property investors to financial institutions and high net worth individuals, both domestic and foreign. The market we primarily serve is Los Angeles County.
CRAIG LEE
Mr. Craig Lee, Esq. is President and General Counsel of Lilly Enterprises, Inc. He joined the company in 1980 and has been instrumental in expanding the scope of services offered by Lilly Property Management Company from a primarily apartment based property management company to include retail, office, medical office, industrial, common interest developments, condominiums and single family residential. His current responsibilities with Lilly Enterprises, Inc. include the operation of the company's property management portfolio. As a commercial property owner himself, Mr. Craig Lee prides himself on treating his clients properties in the same high valued respect that he would treat his own.
Mr. Lee graduated in 1977 with a bachelor of arts degree in biology from the University of California at Los Angeles. He received his law degree in 1980 from Loyola Law School and has been an active member of The California State Bar since 1980. He is also an active member of The Asian Business League of Southern California (ABL), Lambda Alpha International Los Angeles Chapter (LAI), The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) and The Apartment Owners Association of California, Inc. (AOA). He served on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region for 7 years and was Chairman of the Real Estate Committee where he oversaw the disposition of all excess owned real estate, which allowed the creation of an endowment fund to ensure continued mission centric services. Throughout his career, Mr. Lee has helped advise his clients through hundreds of millions of dollars in successful closings in California and Arizona, through the disposition, acquisition, 1031 tax deferred exchanges and refinancing of real estate assets. Some notable accomplishments include the entitlement of a 60 acre parcel of land in California, which included the production of the first environmental impact report and specific plan for the area in 10 years and the acquisition of 2,000 acres of land for over 2,800 multi-family dwelling units in Arizona.
Executive Managing Director
Matthew Lee officially commenced his commercial real estate career in 2009 with BRC Advisors Commercial Realty. Since then, he has been actively involved in multi-family sales, acquisitions, 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges and apartment building management throughout Los Angeles County. Unofficially, he comes from an extensive family history of commercial real estate experience, through the personal ownership and management of multi-family, retail, industrial and land assets throughout Phoenix, Arizona and Los Angeles, California. Since the inception of his career, Matthew has worked alongside a number of differentiated and respected commercial real estate professionals, helping to provide him the tools and insight necessary to oversee a transaction from a variety of angles. He has had the privilege of representing many sophisticated investors on both a domestic and foreign scale. While recognizing that though investor objectives may always be the same, the paths to achieving such are not. Whether the individual is already well-established or they are just entering the industry, Matthew individually tailors his approach to the needs of the client while going above and beyond what is typically expected of a commercial real estate agent. Utilizing proven business platforms geared towards assisting clients with acquisitions at their lowest and/or dispositions at their highest, coupled with an unparalleled work ethic, is what truly makes Matthew a distinguished favorite to work with in the commercial real estate industry.
Matthew Lee currently serves as the Executive Managing Director for Lilly Enterprises, Inc. Throughout the years, he has successfully closed over $90MM in commercial sales volume. He is an active member of The Asian Business League of Southern California (ABL), The National Association of REALTORS (NAR), The Multiple Listing Service (MLS), The Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors (BHGLAAR) and The California Association of Realtors (CAR). Formally a Manhattan Beach native, he currently resides in The South Bay with his wife and two kids.
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