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Craig Sweitzer, Founder & Owner

After working for national brokerage companies for 15 years, Craig founded and opened Urban Works Real Estate in 2002. The idea of leading a good group of people towards a common goal was exciting and timely as Portland embraced the restoration and redevelopment of the city and central neighborhoods. The continued flexibility of creating new brokerage systems and networks based on local knowledge with the added challenge of growing a quality brokerage group has been rewarding. Craig’s team approach to securing brokerage assignments is a difference that most customers recognize immediately in the form of good service. All brokers at Urban Works are company employees working towards the common goal of what is best for our clients. As a native Portlander raised and schooled in southeast and northeast neighborhoods, Craig has always been an advocate for city neighborhoods and the critical role they play in making our city interesting and unique. Craig always enjoys great food, music, close friends and time with his wife Linda and their two children Jack and Maria.

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Linda Elorriaga-Sweitzer, CFO

Before joining Urban Works Real Estate as Chief Financial Officer, Linda owned and operated one of the largest office furniture businesses in Oregon before selling it to Boise Cascade Corporation. Linda’s supervision of operating budgets, growth margins and long term financial planning have helped Urban Works to grow at a faster pace than what was initially conceived. Prior to her commitment to Urban Works, Linda had sales and management positions at US West Communications in Seattle after graduating with honors from the University of Oregon with both a statistics and business management degrees. In addition, she continues to oversee the management of various investment properties for a private family trust. When Linda is not untangling brokerage payroll, she can often be located on a tennis court playing for one of her two tennis teams, walking Louie in the park and organizing the daily activity of Jack & Maria.

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Dan Bozich, Senior Vice President

Dan has been a part of Urban Works since it’s beginning in 2002. Prior to joining the firm, Dan worked with Craig for seven years at both at Trammell Crow and Grubb & Ellis in their retail brokerage groups. Dan excels and specializes in national tenant representation and has substantial experience with national developers in pre-leasing and redevelopment assignments. Dan has a tremendous understanding of both the suburban and urban retail marketplace, and has sold more investment, owner-user properties and land than any broker at Urban Works. Dan is also well entrenched, with local and regional projects that include Ziba Design, SkyLab, Gerding/Edlen and Unico Properties. When Dan isn’t working, which is rarely, he enjoys exploring all that the Northwest has to offer with his wife Lisa and children Will and Ella.

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Charlotte Larson, Senior Associate Broker

Charlotte joined Urban Works in April 2009 after successfully launching her brokerage career alongside Sara Daley at Windermere Commercial in 2005. She has negotiated countless real estate transactions and enjoys the challenge of implementing complex urban redevelopment projects while serving the diversity of stakeholders involved in shaping Portland’s commercial centers. Underlying her body of work in commercial leasing and sales is a commitment to supporting the local economy and sustainable growth of the Portland region. She has successfully represented adaptive reuse, transit oriented development, mixed use and historic rehab projects in addition to the business owners who give them life. Charlotte transitioned to brokerage from urban planning after completing Portland State University’s graduate program in real estate development. She is an east coast transplant and moved to Portland from Massachusetts in 1998.  Outside of the office Charlotte enjoys gardening, the local restaurant scene and exploring the Pacific Northwest.
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Kia Hartley, Associate Broker

Kia has been with Urban Works since July of 2009. Her focus is retail leasing and marketing in the central business district and the City's emerging South Waterfront neighborhood.  She is currently working with several landlord/developer clients including Williams & Dame, Gerding/Edlen Development and Hoyt Street Properties.  Prior to joining the Urban Works team, Kia had a successful career as an interior architect whose work spanned from the Pearl and the South Waterfront to Los Angeles.  Kia was born and raised in Portland, received her Architecture degree from the University of Oregon, and now resides close to downtown.  Away from the office, Kia loves to travel the world, dine with friends, and spend time outdoors.

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Alison Renz, Associate Broker

Alison has five years of experience in both residential and commercial real estate. She has worked in multiple roles including marketing, operations and as a broker’s assistant until becoming a full time retail broker. Alison has worked on the marketing team for clients such as Starbucks Coffee, New Seasons Markets and Goodwill Industries as well as for numerous significant developments in and around the Portland Metro area. She brings knowledge of all sides of the business with an attention to her client’s needs and a passion to serve her community.  Outside of Urban Works Alison is an avid volunteer, enjoys live music and the arts and spending time with her husband and dog in and around the Portland area.

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Adam Khawaja, Associate Broker

Adam joined Urban Works in the summer of 2011 as Associate Retail Broker, with an extensive retail background. Prior to joining Urban Works, Adam worked for Beam Development in property management, leasing, construction, sales and marketing for many of the company’s notable building projects including: Eastbank Commerce Center, Water Avenue Commerce Center, The Fairmount and Milepost 5.  Formerly, Adam was on the management team at Intrawest Retail Group, a multi-million dollar retail, rental, and repair operation in Vail, Colorado.  Adam will focus on retail leasing and sales in and around the Portland Metro area.  Adam graduated from the University of LaVerne and received his bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science.  In his free time he enjoys snowboarding, skateboarding, running and spending time exploring Portland with his fiancé, Jessica.

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Megan Vassar, Operations Manager

Megan joined Urban Works in 2011 to coordinate our Marketing and Operations.  She is responsible for all Urban Works marketing materials including our customized listing brochures, UrbanWorksRealEstate.com, numerous postcards, demographic profiles and tenant representation tour packages.  In addition to her marketing role, Megan keeps the office running smoothly and enjoys working closely with the brokers to provide the highest level of service to our clients.  Also born and raised in the Portland area, Megan received her Journalism and Communications degree from the University of Oregon.  Megan enjoys the Pacific Northwest experience to it’s fullest; dining and shopping in Portland, traveling to Duck football games and to the Oregon Coast with her husband and two puggles.

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