Mr. Novak is a Partner at Berkeley Partners.  Mr. Novak is responsible for the firm’s overall operations including acquisitions and asset management.  Mr. Novak has over 19 years of real estate experience in asset management, acquisitions, dispositions, development, and construction. He started his career with Arthur Andersen in San Francisco in the Real Estate Valuation Group. He then spent over five years on the investment management team for National Office Partners (a partnership of CalPERS and Hines) focusing on portfolio and asset management for over $1.0 billion of assets. Most recently, Mr. Novak worked as a developer in the Bay Area focusing on entitlements, project management, and construction of infill development projects.

Mr. Novak is a member of the Pension Real Estate Association, the Urban Land Institute and NCREIF.  Mr. Novak holds a BA in Economics from Cornell University.