Ada Chan is a Senior Vice President at Cain International, a real estate investment firm with over $16 billion in assets under management and offices in London, New York, Miami, and Beverly Hills. As a seasoned real estate professional with more than 20 years’ industry experience, Ada is responsible for the capitalization of the One Beverly Hills development, a 17.5-acre mixed-use urban resort which represents the unification of several properties including the iconic Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. With wellbeing and sustainability at the forefront of its masterplan, One Beverly Hills will be home to over eight acres of botanical gardens featuring over two miles of walking paths. The site is currently one of the largest and most environmentally advanced private real estate development projects underway in the U.S., designed to exceed California’s own ambitious sustainability goals. Ada concurrently serves as a Senior Advisor for Biproxi, a new commercial real estate online sales platform for institutional debt and equity transactions.

Prior to Cain International, Ada was a Senior Vice President at Bank of America’s Commercial Real Estate Banking group (BofA) based in their Los Angeles office. In her over 9 years at BofA, Ada transacted and closed in excess of $3 billion in gross loan commitments as well as delivered banking solutions to some of the most reputable managers and operators. Ada specialized in restructuring and recovering distressed assets, having managed and transacted over $500 million in loan workouts and dispositions while working for OneWest Bank (from 2010 to 2013) and for iStar (from 2006 to 2008). From 2008 to 2010, Ada worked for Weintraub Real Estate Group, a Malibu-based developer, where she was Project Manager responsible for investment underwriting, operations, and asset management of a diverse Southern California real estate portfolio.

Ada started her career in engineering, working for notable general contractors Hathaway Dinwiddie and Swinerton Builders. She contributed to major Southern California construction projects that redefined their respective communities, including Constellation Place, USC Neuroscience Center, and Cedars Sinai North Care Tower.

Ada holds a BS in Civil Engineering Building Science, a MS in Civil-Structural Engineering, and an MBA all from the University of Southern California (USC) and is a Registered Professional Civil Engineer in California. Ada is an active member of Urban Land Institute (ULI) at the Americas and District Council levels, currently leading as the NEXT Americas Co-Chair, Urban Development Mixed Use Council (Silver)Vice Chair, ULI-Los Angeles Advisory Board Member, and ULI-Los Angeles Capital Markets Initiative Council Co-Chair. Ada is also on the City of Hope Los Angeles Real Estate Council Executive Committee and is the Past-President (2015/2016 term) of their emerging leader group, Building Hope. She continues her involvement at her alma mater USC, volunteering at various mentorship events for both the Marshall School of Business and Viterbi School of Engineering, as well as serves on the Jonathan Club Finance Committee. Ada enjoys playing classical piano in her spare time and in 2019, obtained the Associate Diploma in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.