Suffolk Promotes Industry Veteran Jim Stanley to Executive Vice President, Los Angeles Division Manager

National builder chooses proven leader with a wealth of local experience to lead the utilization of innovative technology and data solutions to address regional challenges

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Suffolk, one of the largest and most innovative real estate and construction enterprises in the country, is announcing the promotion of Jim Stanley to Executive Vice President, Division Manager of Suffolk Los Angeles, to lead the continued expansion of the company’s presence in high growth sectors including aviation, higher education, affordable housing and hospitality. Mr. Stanley has been instrumental in leading the region in Suffolk’s implementation of technology and data solutions that are disrupting the built world.

In his expanded role, Mr. Stanley will be responsible for progressing the diversification of Suffolk’s impressive portfolio of projects in the region and managing his teams’ project delivery from pursuit to completion, ensuring client satisfaction, strong safety conduct, and on-schedule and on-budget builds. He will prioritize pursuit of projects that address local challenges, such as increasing the supply of affordable and student housing, and other high demand sectors like entertainment, healthcare, travel and hospitality. Mr. Stanley will steadfastly champion operational excellence and elevate its self-perform capabilities, ensuring consistent and predictable outcomes. He will report to Tim Stroud, National President and Chief Operating Officer at Suffolk.

“Suffolk has continued to evolve to accommodate rapid growth in the Los Angeles region by leveraging innovative technologies and data to deliver modern, exciting and sophisticated buildings,” said Mr. Stroud. “Jim has played a key role in expanding our presence and leading the team on award-winning projects across sectors.”

In his 16 years at Suffolk, Mr. Stanley has consistently led growth in Southern California. Originally joining as a project manager, he quickly rose through the ranks becoming Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer in 2018 and 2020, respectively. He has overseen several high-profile projects in Los Angeles, including 1 Hotel West Hollywood, STAY AKA West Hollywood and numerous K-12 projects throughout Los Angeles. Mr. Stanley also oversaw his team’s implementation of the Suffolk Owner’s Dashboard, a proprietary tool that provides clients with access to real-time data and predictive analytics to help ensure transparency and efficient builds.

Mr. Stanley was recently named a Los Angeles Times B2B Commercial Real Estate Visionary for 2024. The Visionary Award recognizes executives in Southern California who are actively steering the sector toward growth and delivering unique projects. Mr. Stanley was selected for his leadership, contributions to major projects, and dedication to his community.

Suffolk is well established in its core competency of construction management while providing vertical service lines such as real estate development funding, self-perform, technology R&D and investment, and design-assist services. The national company is ranked #8 on Engineering News-Record’s list of “Top CM-at-Risk Contractors” and #9 on the publication’s list of “Top Green Contractors.” Within Los Angeles, Suffolk’s impressive project portfolio includes the recently completed modular affordable housing project 6^th Street Place; 3552 Whittier Boulevard, a 63-unit Mercy Housing affordable housing project; and the AC + Moxy Hotels Downtown Los Angeles.

About Suffolk

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates and invests. Suffolk is an end-to-end business that provides value throughout the entire project lifecycle by leveraging its core construction management services with vertical service lines that include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies) and innovation research/development.

Suffolk – America’s Contractor – is a national company with more than $5.5 billion in annual revenue, 2,800 employees, and offices in Boston, Massachusetts (headquarters); New York City, New York; Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa and Estero in Florida; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego in California; Portland, Maine; and Herndon, Virginia. Suffolk manages some of the most complex, sophisticated projects in the country, serving clients in every major industry sector, including healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, transportation/aviation, federal government and public work, mission critical and commercial. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR’s list of “Top CM-at-Risk Contractors.” For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.