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Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 79, No. 18 - April 30, 2020
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Neil Cadman from front page
help out those in need during this time
while keeping staff safe. There’s a collection
box in the lobby of Cadman Group offices
in El Segundo and Long Beach, gathering
items for the Long Beach Homeless Shelter.
One of the El Segundo properties that the
Cadman Group manages is the Park Vista
senior living facility located just east of the
Recreation Park Little League field. With 97
units, Park Vista has offered El Segundo seniors
affordable living for three decades.
Paula Rotolo, who has been on the Senior
Housing Board for nearly 20 years, has
worked closely with Cadman to make Park
Vista a success, so successful that they have
an occupancy waiting list of more than two
years. Rotolo said that years ago, Park Vista
endured financial challenges, so the Board
decided to advertise for a property manager.
They selected the Cadman Group, and Rotolo
said that the partnership has proved mutually
beneficial.
“It was one of the best decisions we have
made in my tenure,” Rotolo said. “The Senior
Housing Board has healthy reserves, and
although we will have challenges in the future,
our financial strength is much healthier than
it was 20 years ago.”
While touting Cadman’s business acumen,
Rotolo also notes that “Neil is patient with the
Park Vista residents and the board and shares
his knowledge to lead the board in a proper
direction.” Cadman “goes far beyond what is
expected.’ she said.” I cherish my friendship
with Neil, and hope it continues long into
the future.”
Cadman is not wholly defined by his
successes in the real estate and restaurant
worlds. He is a staunch advocate of giving
back by launching Cadman Cares, helping the
residents of Park Vista, and by gathering and
supplying necessities for the occupants of the
Long Beach Homeless Shelter.
As part of his cycle of giving, Cadman
serves as the Chairman of the El Segundo
Education Foundation and has served the
city by volunteering for multiple community
committees. Regarding his tenure with the
Ed! Foundation, Cadman said he relishes the
challenge of fundraising. “I get to speak with
parents and (school) District staff. I really
enjoy it.”
He also has made the time to support the
El Segundo Unified School District in other
ways, serving on the high school leadership
and parent advisory committees, as well as the
ESUSD school site improvement committee, and
school bond exploratory committee. When not
donating his time to work on these committees,
Cadman also quietly offers financial support;
for the last decade, he has given $12,000 to
support the goals of the organizers of the El
Segundo Run for Education.
Cadman, son of English immigrants, was
born and raised in Westchester. He graduated
from UCLA, where he studied political science,
intending to go to law school, but his job
aspirations took another turn. He began his
career in commercial real estate at the Hanes
Company in Beverly Hills and expeditiously
climbed the company ladder, rising from
support-staffer to broker. He said that once he
realized the opportunities that abounded in the
commercial real estate field, he began purchasing
multi-family real estate buildings. Cadman
was not all that impressed in the customer
support offered by property management firms
who were servicing his own buildings, so he
launched the Cadman Group in 1995.
The Cadman Group provides property and
asset management, as well as brokerage and
consulting services to its clients. They strive
to provide top-notch customer service while
taking into consideration the client’s main
investment goals.
While helming the Cadman Group, Neil
noted the need for a different company that
worked with commercial real estate entities
in a straightforward way, without any hidden
agendas, and this led to the formation of Urban
Advisors in 2019. He said Urban Advisors’ goal
is to “simply offer the facts” that will lead to
informed client decisions. He explained Urban
Advisors is not looking to broker a deal, or
manage the property, or provide financing, but
to provide analytical data and insights from an
unbiased and experienced viewpoint.
Cadman and his wife, a retired schoolteacher
who he met while attending UCLA, have lived
in El Segundo for the past 25 years. They have
three children attending school, online at this
point, in the ESUSD. When not on the job,
Cadman, who played a year of ice hockey in
college, enjoys the occasional foray onto the
golf course and is a self-described UCLA sports
fanatic, and a big supporter of any endeavor
Disney related. But he mostly recreates as a
family man. “If it involves my wife and kids,”
he said, “it’s fun.”
Asked why he decided to settle down and
raise a family in El Segundo, Cadman said,
“We wanted our kids to go to public school.
Education is our passion. I have always said
that you judge a community by the quality
of public service, and the quality of public
education and El Segundo can’t be beat.” •
The Cadman Group team with Neil second from right, who he refers to as the “Cadman Groupies.”