David Marino specializes in high-value, time-critical and complex transactions for technology, life science and business services companies. He is an expert in the strategic planning, financial analysis, business terms structuring and negotiations aspects of commercial real estate. David has an in-depth command of the entire facility acquisition/disposition process and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker.

David has been exclusively representing tenants since 1991, completing over 10,000,000 square feet, comprised of over 1,000 transactions. Along with aggressively representing his clients' interests, David has been an early stage angel investor in over twenty companies and is a LP in venture capital funds including Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, Hamilton Bioventures and Avalon Ventures.

Selected public company clients include Alphatec Spine, 150,000 sf; Artes Medical, 32,000 sf; Cardio Dynamics, 15,000, 18,000 and 32,000 sf; Cytori, 91,000 sf; Digirad, 70,000 sf; Divx, 6,000, 30,000 and 47,000 sf; Encore Capital, 51,000 sf; Entropic Communications, 8,000, 24,000 and 90,000 sf; Genoptix, 10,000, 15,000 and 46,000 sf; Hollis Eden Pharmaceuticals, 15,000 and 24,000 sf; Nextwave, 18,000, 23,000, 35,000 and 117,000 sf; Novatel Wireless, 6,000, 20,000 and 45,000 sf; Silicon Valley Bank, 2,000, 5,000 and 8,000 sf; Smith Barney, 10,000, 15,000 and 17,000 sf; Volcano Corporation, 8,000, 14,000, 28,000, 33,000 and 75,000 sf; and Yahoo!, 15,000 and 18,000 sf.

Selected venture-backed clients include Active Network, 18,000, 21,000 and 60,000 sf; Aperio Technologies, 36,000 sf; Continuous Computing, 25,000 and 48,000 sf; EMN8, 19,000 sf; Escalate Retail, 42,000 and 80,000 sf; ID Analytics, 10,000 and 27,000 sf; Immusol, 23,000 sf; Ophthonix, 47,000 sf; Sequoia Communications, 20,000 sf; Peregrine Semiconductor, 25,000 and 48,000 sf; Profitline, 50,000 sf; and Verari, 42,000 sf.

In 2000, David was named “Broker of the Year” by the San Diego County Commercial Association of Realtors. David was named one of 2003's “40 Under 40” by San Diego Metropolitan Magazine for business success and community contributions. Also in 2003, David and his wife, Patsy, were the Chairpersons of the 27th Annual Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's Monte Carlo Nights which raised $470,000 for MCASD's educational programs. In 2004, David and Patsy hosted the annual Voices for Children Starry Starry Nights fundraiser at their home raising a net $140,000 for children in the foster care system, and were the chairs of the 2006 event raising over $200,000. David is past President and Chairman of the San Diego Venture Group, is on the Board of Directors of The Gillispie School in La Jolla and BIOCOM, and serves on the Board of Directors for The Mundoval Fund, a publicly traded mutual fund. David is the only San Diego County commercial real estate professional to be recognized by The Irvine Company as “Broker of the Year” from the 2005 inception every single year through 2008. David has been a guest lecturer at both the University of San Diego and USC graduate schools of real estate, and the USC Graduate School of Business.