Owner Aligned Asset Management

For Family Offices and Private Real Estate Owners

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Who We Are

Foothill Real Estate Partners is a commercial real estate advisory focused on asset management and strategic oversight of office, retail, medical, industrial, and flex properties across the United States. We partner with family offices, private investors, and ownership groups seeking institutional quality asset management delivered through direct, hands on involvement.

Our approach is grounded in partnership and strategy. We work closely with ownership to understand financial objectives, evaluate market conditions, and develop clear business plans designed to improve performance, strengthen income, and protect long term value.

While property management teams handle day to day operations, Foothill focuses on the broader investment strategy and operational execution. We guide capital deployment, oversee leasing execution, evaluate asset performance, and manage risk to ensure each property remains aligned with ownership’s financial goals.

We are committed to transparency, accountability, and disciplined decision making, serving as a strategic partner throughout the investment lifecycle.

    • Develop and execute clear business plans that align each asset with ownership’s financial goals

    • Strengthen income and control costs through proactive leasing and disciplined expense management

    • Provide transparent reporting and accountable oversight of property managers, lenders, and vendors

    • Prioritize capital investments that improve performance and long-term positioning

    • Underwrite and execute value add initiatives designed to enhance returns

    • Oversee renovations, tenant improvements, and capital projects from planning through completion

    • Develop market driven leasing strategies to strengthen occupancy and rent performance

    • Lead lease negotiations to strengthen terms, retain tenants, and attract new occupancy.

    • Coordinate brokerage teams and proactively manage rollover risk

    • Review underwriting assumptions and validate financial projections

    • Identify operational, leasing, and capital risks during diligence

    • Support acquisition closing and transition into stabilized asset management

    • Evaluate hold versus sell scenarios and market conditions

    • Prepare assets for market through lease and capital positioning

    • Support broker selection, buyer negotiations, and execution to closing

    • Evaluate site feasibility and financial viability

    • Underwrite development budgets and projected returns

    • Coordinate design, entitlement, and construction oversight

Advisory Services

Dean Coombs is the Principal of Foothill Real Estate Partners, a commercial real estate advisory providing asset management and strategic oversight across office, retail, medical, industrial, and flex properties nationwide.

Over the past decade, Dean has overseen more than $700 million in assets totaling over 4 million square feet. He built his career at Alturas Capital Partners, where he held asset management leadership roles across diverse portfolios executing value add and core plus strategies, directing portfolio strategy, leasing execution, capital planning, and operating performance with a consistent focus on increasing NOI and strengthening asset value.

Foothill was founded to deliver institutional quality asset management through a more direct and accountable model, partnering closely with ownership to enhance performance and protect capital.

Dean Coombs - Principal

Let’s Work Together

Every property deserves clear strategy and disciplined execution.

Let’s start a conversation about how Foothill can help you navigate today’s real estate market and maximize your investments.

deancoombs@foothillcre.com
(208) 830-8825