Covington Management

Barry4.jpeg
Barry Lang
Chairman and Founding Partner

Barry Lang started his career in the economic development field assisting small businesses finance building expansions and helping cities implement economic development projects which emphasized job creation. Later he began to develop his own projects primarily in the area of recycled older industrial buildings and the development of new industrial buildings throughout the United States. In the last 25 years, he has developed or redeveloped over 20 million SF of buildings and has been instrumental in creating thousands of jobs. During the past 15 years he has been actively engaged in land development, including industrial, residential and master planned communities.

SheerPicartsy.jpgKenneth Sheer
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Santa Monica Office)

Mr. Sheer is responsible for setting the strategic direction for Covington Capital’s building and land acquisition throughout the United States. Mr. Sheer has identified and structured complex land development projects, such as the 12,000 acre, master planed, Mesa del Sol located in Albuquerque, NM. Currently under development with Covington partner, Forest City Enterprises, Mesa del Sol embodies the latest in New Urbanism planning and design principles.

Before his work with Covington Capital, Mr. Sheer co-founded Huntington Development where he closed leases on more than 7 million square feet of commercial real estate, managed over 6 million square feet of industrial properties, and oversaw the retrofit and construction of over 3.5 million square feet of buildings. His expertise includes: industrial, commercial, and residential real estate; land development; master planning; and site selection for the third party logistics industry. Mr. Sheer is a graduate of Hofstra University and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration.

JoePicartsy.jpgJoe Parrish
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
(Powell Office) 

Mr. Parrish has been involved in commercial/industrial real estate industry for the last 27 years. Mr. Parrish’s early years included distribution warehouse development for an international logistics provider. Mr. Parrish later went on to form a Midwest real estate management and brokerage company as well as a national industrial development company. Mr. Parrish specializes in the development, acquisition and property management sides of our organization. He is a licensed State of Ohio Real Estate Broker who is continually creating strong relationships with others in the brokerage community while establishing a strong position in the real estate market. Additionally, he is an active member of the National Association of Office and Industrial Parks (NAIOP). Mr. Parrish is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Real Estate and Real Estate Law.

MarkTie.jpgMark Milakovich
Vice President, Planning & Development
(Santa Monica Office)

Mr. Milakovich heads up Covington's land development activities, and is responsible for the visioning and implementation of projects on the various parcels in the Covington portfolio, including industrial parks, retail centers, and residential subdivisions. Mr. Milakovich directly manages multiple development projects in the Southern California region, and plays a large role in the underwriting of new acquisitions. Mr. Milakovich has over 15 years of professional experience in a variety of settings, including the public sector, consulting, start-up, and Fortune 500 environments. Spending most of his career in planning, economic development, and real estate, Mr. Milakovich was most recently employed as a Regional Manager of Economic/Industrial Development for the BNSF Railway Company in Southern California. Mr. Milakovich is a member of CoreNet Global and NAIOP, as well as an Associate Member of the Urban Land Institute. He received his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley in Architecture and City & Regional Planning, and has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.