Adam Norvell
Founder & Managing Partner, 36th Street Partners
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Owner/Operator of industrial properties in Southern California
Phone (310) 200-4196
Owner/Operator of industrial properties in Southern California
Property Types
Industrial
Markets
Inland Empire (California), Los Angeles, Orange County (California), San Diego
Bio
Adam Norvell is the Founding Partner at 36th Street Partners. He is responsible for creating and implementing the overall real estate investment strategy for the ?rm, with a focus on opportunistic acquisition and development opportunities. Mr. Norvell has over eighteen years of real estate experience, which includes all product types such as multifamily, commercial (office, industrial, retail, hotel, mixed-use), and single-family master-planned residential communities.
Mr. Norvell began his career in multifamily acquisitions for Strategic Realty Capital in Los Angeles, CA. While there, he was responsible for sourcing investment opportunities in the Southeast region of the United States. During this time, Mr. Norvell sourced and closed 20 transactions totaling over $330 million in acquisitions. Concurrently, he was part of a larger team that was successful in acquiring $2 billion worth of apartments in over 100 separate transactions.
Mr. Norvell founded 36th Street Partners in 2012, working nights and weekends to acquire opportunistic commercial real estate assets in partnership with a family office in Los Angeles. During this time, Mr. Norvell spent over four years at Woodridge Capital Partners where he helped manage over $3 billion worth of real estate assets. Of particular note, Mr. Norvell worked directly with Woodridge Capital’s CEO to successfully structure both equity and debt ?nancing for the redevelopment of the Century Plaza Hotel - a US $2 billion development - then the largest project in the City of Los Angeles.
36th Street Partners became a full-time endeavor for Mr. Norvell in 2016, when he acquired and developed 250,000 square feet of industrial across two adjacent properties in Phoenix, AZ. These properties were stabilized and sold in 2019 and 2020. In 2019, Mr. Norvell joined Manhattan West to lead the commercial real estate investment strategy. During his four-year tenure at Manhattan West, he grew the real estate team to nine full time employees, including the creation of an in-house property management team, and successfully acquired over $150 million of opportunistic and value-add multifamily and industrial projects.
Mr. Norvell received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. In addition, he earned a Master of Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business and a Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development at the University of Southern California. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Mr. Norvell enjoys spending time outdoors with his family.
