Lauren Baker
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Research at Bellwether Asset Management, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Nadia Chowbay
I've worked with Lauren for four years in a supervisory and peer capacity. When we first met I was in a supervisory role and as she grew, we became peers. She has grown tremendously during this time and the one characteristic that hasn't changed is her hard work. Lauren started as a Research Associate in the Atlanta office. The office was brand new and Lauren played an integral part in building it out and training new associates. Her main responsibility was managing a portfolio of commercial real estate properties and building/maintaining relationships with top brokers and developers in her market. She exceeded expectations in her metrics 24 months in a row and was then promoted to a market analyst role. This was a new group at CoStar where Lauren again, played a big part in building that role out . At that time, my responsibilities moved to the New York City market and got the most amazing news when I found out Lauren was my Analyst! We went to New York to present to top revenue grossing clients every quarter. She was savvy and knew exactly what each client wanted to hear without them telling her. She could answer every high level economic question thrown her way and did so with confidence and poise. Her sharp analytic skills and her down to earth demeanor made her a huge asset to our company and our clients. We worked like a machine and she made everything run smoothly. The best thing about working with Lauren is her great attitude during hectic times and her ability to create a good atmosphere where she is. I would highly recommend Lauren Baker to any company with so much pride. She is irreplaceable and anyone would be lucky to have her.
Justin Gaither
Lauren worked with our company as a campus representative. She did great work for us and helped us market and promote our service to students at her school. Anyone would be very lucky to have Lauren on their team.
Nadia Chowbay
I've worked with Lauren for four years in a supervisory and peer capacity. When we first met I was in a supervisory role and as she grew, we became peers. She has grown tremendously during this time and the one characteristic that hasn't changed is her hard work. Lauren started as a Research Associate in the Atlanta office. The office was brand new and Lauren played an integral part in building it out and training new associates. Her main responsibility was managing a portfolio of commercial real estate properties and building/maintaining relationships with top brokers and developers in her market. She exceeded expectations in her metrics 24 months in a row and was then promoted to a market analyst role. This was a new group at CoStar where Lauren again, played a big part in building that role out . At that time, my responsibilities moved to the New York City market and got the most amazing news when I found out Lauren was my Analyst! We went to New York to present to top revenue grossing clients every quarter. She was savvy and knew exactly what each client wanted to hear without them telling her. She could answer every high level economic question thrown her way and did so with confidence and poise. Her sharp analytic skills and her down to earth demeanor made her a huge asset to our company and our clients. We worked like a machine and she made everything run smoothly. The best thing about working with Lauren is her great attitude during hectic times and her ability to create a good atmosphere where she is. I would highly recommend Lauren Baker to any company with so much pride. She is irreplaceable and anyone would be lucky to have her.
Justin Gaither
Lauren worked with our company as a campus representative. She did great work for us and helped us market and promote our service to students at her school. Anyone would be very lucky to have Lauren on their team.
Nadia Chowbay
I've worked with Lauren for four years in a supervisory and peer capacity. When we first met I was in a supervisory role and as she grew, we became peers. She has grown tremendously during this time and the one characteristic that hasn't changed is her hard work. Lauren started as a Research Associate in the Atlanta office. The office was brand new and Lauren played an integral part in building it out and training new associates. Her main responsibility was managing a portfolio of commercial real estate properties and building/maintaining relationships with top brokers and developers in her market. She exceeded expectations in her metrics 24 months in a row and was then promoted to a market analyst role. This was a new group at CoStar where Lauren again, played a big part in building that role out . At that time, my responsibilities moved to the New York City market and got the most amazing news when I found out Lauren was my Analyst! We went to New York to present to top revenue grossing clients every quarter. She was savvy and knew exactly what each client wanted to hear without them telling her. She could answer every high level economic question thrown her way and did so with confidence and poise. Her sharp analytic skills and her down to earth demeanor made her a huge asset to our company and our clients. We worked like a machine and she made everything run smoothly. The best thing about working with Lauren is her great attitude during hectic times and her ability to create a good atmosphere where she is. I would highly recommend Lauren Baker to any company with so much pride. She is irreplaceable and anyone would be lucky to have her.
Justin Gaither
Lauren worked with our company as a campus representative. She did great work for us and helped us market and promote our service to students at her school. Anyone would be very lucky to have Lauren on their team.
Nadia Chowbay
I've worked with Lauren for four years in a supervisory and peer capacity. When we first met I was in a supervisory role and as she grew, we became peers. She has grown tremendously during this time and the one characteristic that hasn't changed is her hard work. Lauren started as a Research Associate in the Atlanta office. The office was brand new and Lauren played an integral part in building it out and training new associates. Her main responsibility was managing a portfolio of commercial real estate properties and building/maintaining relationships with top brokers and developers in her market. She exceeded expectations in her metrics 24 months in a row and was then promoted to a market analyst role. This was a new group at CoStar where Lauren again, played a big part in building that role out . At that time, my responsibilities moved to the New York City market and got the most amazing news when I found out Lauren was my Analyst! We went to New York to present to top revenue grossing clients every quarter. She was savvy and knew exactly what each client wanted to hear without them telling her. She could answer every high level economic question thrown her way and did so with confidence and poise. Her sharp analytic skills and her down to earth demeanor made her a huge asset to our company and our clients. We worked like a machine and she made everything run smoothly. The best thing about working with Lauren is her great attitude during hectic times and her ability to create a good atmosphere where she is. I would highly recommend Lauren Baker to any company with so much pride. She is irreplaceable and anyone would be lucky to have her.
Justin Gaither
Lauren worked with our company as a campus representative. She did great work for us and helped us market and promote our service to students at her school. Anyone would be very lucky to have Lauren on their team.
Experience
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Bellwether
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Research
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Jan 2023 - Present
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Vice President, Research and Client Services
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Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
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Associate
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Dec 2018 - Jan 2021
Bellwether Asset Management, Inc. (“Bellwether”) is a privately held firm located in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in commercial real estate asset management services. Bellwether is engaged on an exclusive basis by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”) as a consultant to assist Oaktree with active, hands-on asset management across its real estate portfolio. Through collaboration with Oaktree’s investment teams and operating partners, Bellwether assists in the monitoring and analysis of investments representing more than $18 billion AUM across a wide range of real estate-related assets in the United States, Europe and Asia, including direct property investments, corporate investments, residential land and residential and commercial loan pools. Show less
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CoStar Group
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United States
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Real Estate
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700 & Above Employee
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Market Analyst II
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Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
• Write detailed analytic reports for Apartment, Office, Retail, and Industrial submarkets in the New York, Stamford, and Northern New Jersey metros• Analyze and forecast real estate trends using econometric models that employ proprietary and external data• Present to clients and major players advanced findings on the real estate economy and general outlook for the region• Ensure CoStar data quality by identifying outliers through the use of SQL, Excel, and the CoStar Product• Mentor and edit work for other CoStar Market Analysts• Attend CRE events and conferences to gather insight for submarket reports and build rapport with clients• Provide media outlets with real estate quotes, such as The New York Times, CNN, and Bloomberg Show less
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Market Analyst
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Mar 2015 - Dec 2018
• Track the performance of the Charlotte, Nashville, Memphis and Raleigh Apartment market with responsibilities that included writing quarterly market reports, forecasting market fundamentals, tracking the construction pipeline, and preparing client deliverables for market specific inquiries • Tertiary markets included in coverage: Asheville, Charleston, Columbia, Durham, Greensboro, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Savannah, Spartanburg, and Winston-Salem• Utilize Excel to analyze commercial real estate fundamentals, economic data, and demographic data and created graphs for client presentations• Assist clients in developing informed opinions of market strengths, weakness, and opportunities through the creation of custom analysis• Previously in role forecasted for Tampa, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Sarasota, Punta Gorda, Fort Myers, Tallahasee for office, retail, logistics, light industrial/manufacturing, multi-family and hotel property types• Maintained existing office, retail and multifamily reports for CoStar Market Analytics on an ongoing basis; updated economic overviews for all markets quarterly• Researched and produced submarket reports for office and multi-family developers, operators and investors covering market fundamentals, rent trends, supply, demand and investment activity; reviewed content for Apartments.com Show less
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Research Associate
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Aug 2014 - Mar 2015
•Build an up to date and accurate database of commercial real estate information by conducting comprehensive phone interviews with real estate professionals to obtain real time transaction and property data, while effectively growing and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with clients•Proactively track the full scope of commercial real estate information, such as listings, transactions, lease deals, etc. •Present customers with the highest quality of commercial real estate information that accurately reflects the condition of the market•Dissect trends from information provided and personally verify data in order to diagnose the health of the commercial real estate market Show less
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Education
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University of South Carolina-Columbia
Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance, Management, Marketing
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