Kidder Mathews is pleased to welcome valuation advisory specialist Bill Drewes, MAI as senior vice president. Before joining the firm, he served as valuation services director at Colliers International for nearly a decade, followed by almost five years as managing director of CBRE’s valuation department in Los Angeles.
Drewes holds the prestigious MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute, demonstrating his nuanced understanding of commercial property valuation and his commitment to sound and ethical professional practice. His clients include fund managers, attorneys, lenders, principals, asset managers, and loan servicers. Intended uses of assignments include financial reporting; loans; and estate matters such as partial interest valuations, tax appeals, cost segregation, and litigation support.
His background before valuation includes commercial loan underwriting, credit committee service, litigation support, and management.
“Bill’s decades of experience and extensive network in Southern California will be a tremendous asset for Valuation Advisory Services. We are thrilled to have him,” said Randall Clemson, Executive Vice President of Kidder Mathews Valuation Advisory Services.
“I’m excited to be here providing valuation services and helping build our Los Angeles team,” said Drewes. “We’re in such a dynamic period, both in the market cycle and the unfolding events in the Los Angeles metro area. Kidder Mathews has a clear competitive advantage with its collaboration across business lines, unmatched in the region, and I look forward to providing exceptional outcomes for our valuation clients.”
Kidder Mathews has more professionals with the MAI designation than any other independent commercial real estate firm on the West Coast. The group consists of 42 appraisers — including 24 MAI designees and seven members with the esteemed CRE® designation. These “Counselors of Real Estate” are prominent real estate practitioners recognized for their expertise, experience, and ethics in providing advice that influences real estate decisions.
Kidder Mathews Valuations Advisory Services has seen substantial growth over the past five years, with an over 75% increase in assignments. The division now performs 2,800 appraisal, consulting, and cost segregation assignments annually.
About Kidder Mathews
Kidder Mathews is the largest independent commercial real estate firm on the West Coast, with over 900 real estate professionals and staff in 20 offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona. Kidder Mathews offers a complete range of brokerage, appraisal, asset services, consulting, and debt & equity finance services for all property types. The firm performs $12 billion in transactions, manages 53 million square feet of space, and conducts 2,800 appraisal, consulting, and cost segregation assignments annually. For more information, visit kidder.com.
