Joel Wynton joined Hilco in 2018 as the Managing Director for Hilco Real Estate in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Hilco, Joel has had 12+ years of experience as a commercial real estate professional transacting over $100MM in acquisitions, dispositions and financing. He has handled significant assignments with such notable organizations as CalSTRS, Hines, MetLife, Simon Property Group, Federal Realty, Goldrich & Kest, Pacific Castle, Sarofim Realty Advisors, Panda Restaurant Group, Shopoff Realty Investments and Rising Realty Partners. Such assignments include, but are not limited to redevelopment, financing, valuations, acquisitions, dispositions, debt/equity restructuring, project management and portfolio management.

Joel was born and raised in Los Angeles and after graduating from Loyola High School, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics and Spanish at the University of California, Santa Barbara followed with a Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California.

Joel is a licensed commercial real estate broker in the state of California, based in his hometown of Pasadena. He is a member of the CCIM Institute, ICSC, NAIOP and the Urban Land Institute. He is active in his community as a volunteer with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and the Union Station Homeless Shelter in Pasadena and serves on the boards of the Community Leadership Council of LA Metro's Regional Connector Authority, Bunker Hill Tower’s Commercial Lease Committee, and USC's Trojan Coaches Club.