Commercial real estate lender Walker & Dunlop Inc. is expanding its housing property sales team to California, hiring Gideon Orion as managing director. Orion is based in Los Angeles and will join the firm’s national seniors housing property sales team led by Managing Director Joshua Jandris. Orion will be focused on originating and executing seniors housing property sales opportunities across the United States.
“We are excited to continue building out our focused seniors housing property sales team with the addition of Gideon,” Jandris said. “His strong track record, specialized expertise and excellent reputation will bring additional skill to our team and help us continue to expand our dedicated seniors housing group.”
“While we have had a strong foothold in the Southern California property sales space for several years now, Gideon represents our first dedicated seniors housing expert in the region’s highly active seniors’ space,” said Executive Vice President Kris Mikkelsen.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Orion served as managing director and managing broker of California for Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, an advisory firm exclusively focused on seniors housing and healthcare real estate. Previously, he served as director for Cushman & Wakefield.
