Larry Wass

Larry Wass is a Senior Managing Director in the Financial Services / Capital Markets group at Newmark, based in the firm's Downtown Los Angeles office. He brings more than two decades of commercial real estate experience, with a practice centered on complex lease structures, sale-leaseback transactions, and investment sales. Over his career he has held positions at Thorofare Capital, Grubb & Ellis, and Cushman & Wakefield, spanning both real estate brokerage/advisory and direct commercial real estate lending.

His association with Thorofare Capital is notable: Thorofare is a national, vertically integrated commercial real estate debt manager headquartered in Los Angeles (with offices in Newport Beach, Miami, and Dallas). The firm originates, underwrites, and asset-manages roughly $15M–$100M loans secured by a wide range of property types, and has originated more than $5.6 billion since its 2010 inception across 13+ property types in 34 states. Thorofare is an affiliate of the Boston-based Callodine Group asset-management platform.

Wass holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in international finance from the University of Southern California (1997) and maintains a California real estate broker license.

Data-accuracy note: The stub record provided for this research labeled Larry Wass as an "Angel Investor" targeting "Seed Round" startups. All verifiable public information instead describes a commercial real estate capital-markets executive. No credible source ties this Larry Wass to venture/seed-stage startup investing, so the sections below reflect his actual, documented domain (CRE finance) rather than inventing startup deals.

• Operates in commercial real estate capital markets, not venture capital — arranging and structuring capital for real estate rather than writing equity checks into technology startups.
• Core competencies: complex lease structures, sale-leaseback transactions, and investment sales (per his firm bio).
• At Thorofare Capital, the platform's stated model is direct, nationwide commercial real estate lending on transitional and stabilized assets, typically $15M–$100M per loan, across office, industrial, multifamily, retail, hospitality, and other property types.
• Emphasis on institutional-quality sponsors and income-producing assets across the U.S., with a Southern California operating base.
• No publicly stated venture/angel "what makes me say yes" thesis was found; his selection criteria are those of CRE underwriting (asset quality, sponsor strength, business plan, and loan-to-value/structure).