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Our Team
Our exemplary team operates with an unwavering commitment to our clients, ensuring matters are handled with the utmost discretion.
Rooted in a legacy of principal-led real estate development, we bring deep expertise in land use, multi-family, and adaptive re-use in San Francisco, Mid-Peninsula, and South Bay Area. We operate as a confidential partner for family offices and private clients, moving beyond the traditional brokerage model to serve as direct participants in complex transactions.
From sophisticated financial modeling, acquisition and disposition, to managing projects in the $5M – $100M range, we lead discrete, off-market opportunities, for individuals, family offices, and institutional capital.
Team Founder & CEO
Gary J. Schefsky, J.D., LL.M., Prof. Venture Investor, & California Real Estate Broker. Managing, Principal Broker. (Corp. Broker License Number 01823306).
Mr. Schefsky is an alternative asset investor & portfolio manager (start-up, venture capital, secondaries, and real estate) with deep experience in real estate development, broker transactions, and leasing. Mr. Schefsky brings a unique set of skills - creative architectural vision, strategic thinking, disciplined due diligence, and operations.
For 17 years he operated a family office derived in commercial real estate, where he oversaw investment strategy, portfolio diversification, and project development. Mr. Schefsky has worked on major real estate, adaptive reuse redevelopment projects in excess of $20M, including creative architectural vision, entitlement planning, financial strategy and assessment, leasing, and sales. He re-envisioned, financially structured, and sold through joint venture urban core buildings in excess of $33M/each.
Gary gives back to the community as a patron to the arts and avid art collector. He is a member of SFMOMA Photography Accessions Committee, former Board Member, Chair Strategic Directions, San Francisco Botanical Gardens & former Board of Trustees Member, Finance Committee of A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles. He also supports educational opportunities for underserved individuals, preservation of the environment and animal species, and the advancement of humanitarian justice and social welfare through the Schefsky Foundation.
Mr. Schefsky holds a BA, cum laude, and Minor from the University of California, Davis, and a JD and LL.M in Transnational Business Practice from the University of the Pacific.
Sample Adaptive Projects Led by Mr. Schefsky Include:
1495 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo
Successful pre-planning approval for the redevelopment of a 1970s single-tenant bank building, located in San Mateo, El Camino Real, into a 30,000 sq. ft. mixed-use office, retail, and branded ground floor quasi-retail use. The project received City Planning pre-planning approval.
116 New Montgomery Street
Adaptive, re-envisioning of 116 New Montgomery, a 133,000 sq. ft. historic high-rise office building, into a boutique hotel, condo, or Class A office building. Work included a creative architectural vision for opening up uses along Minna Alley, assessing multiple reuse scenarios, space planning, and financial modeling including historic tax credits. Structured a joint venture for the acquisition and redevelopment of the building, representing both Buyer and Seller.
Affiliated Team*
Business Development & Capital Market Partners
John Paye
John Paye is our team builder to capital investors, joint-venture partners for commercial real estate projects, and he leads residential real estate transactions through his principal broker, Turner Real Estate.
John is an exemplar of championship performance in the real estate business and as a former professional athlete.
- San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XXIII Champion Ring Holder
- Stanford Football Hall of Fame member
- Stanford Basketball Hall of Fame member
John's career transitioned from professional sports to real estate land development, focusing on high-end home redevelopment projects. He currently represents buyers and sellers of residential real estate in the mid-Peninsula.
Having lived long-term in Atherton, Menlo Park, Stanford, and Woodside, John has a deep understanding of the mid-Peninsula residential market and specific neighborhoods. He guides clients through complex real estate processes with a "calm quarterback" demeanor.
John gives back to the community by coaching Menlo Atherton College Women's Basketball and serving as President of the NFL Alumni Nor-Cal Chapter. He is the Founder of the Inside Anne's Closet Colon Cancer Awareness Initiative and supports the developmentally disabled, stemming from being the father of a developmentally disabled son.
Affiliated team providers are not employees or agents of New Luna Ventures, Inc. John Paye is an agent whose primary broker is Turner Real Estate CA DRE# 01174204.