THIRD STREET VENTURES - Key Persons


Adrian Brown - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
Adrian's career in real estate started right out of high school when the LaSalle National Bank hired him to work in its Real Estate Department. He gained experience in all aspects of real estate lending. In July 1970, he took a position with the Champaign, Illinois-based division of Jewel Companies, Inc. as its Vice President of Real Estate and Construction. In 1982, he joined Melvin Simon and Associates and served as an Assistant Vice President of Development and Senior Vice President and Director of Power Center Development, which involved developments throughout the United States. In 1993, he and partner, Jerry Gershman, founded Gershman Brown & Associates where Adrian served as its first President from 1993 to 2007.

Antone Najem - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Owner
Antone is founder and owner of Third Street Ventures LLC and related entities. He drives the company's strategic direction, structures projects and investments undertaken by its companies and is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with clients, project partners, and lenders.

Cody Christiansen

Job Titles:
  • Asset Manager
After completing two summer interships with TSV, Cody joined the company full-time in 2018 as an Associate. His core focus is to coordinate with tenants, vendors, project partners and ownership to achieve successful project and asset objectives.

Kyle Szymanczyk

Kyle Szymanczyk shares the responsibility of identifying potential strategic company investments, taking a leadership role in pursuing investments in real estate, fixed income, equity and other asset classes for Endurance Capital LLC. He provides analysis and due diligence review with direct advisors to facilitate and support the daily operational, financial and legal matters of any businesses owned directly by the Company. Prior to joining Endurance Capital LLC. Kyle served as Associate, Senior Associate, Vice-President and Associate Director of Jones Lang LaSalle where he was responsible for providing financial and legal analysis to a variety of real estate client projects. A licensed attorney in the State of Illinois, he is currently pursuing his CFP certification.

Michael Ellch

Michael graduated from Arizona State University in 2006 and later earned his MS in Real Estate Development from MIT.