Lau and Trayor join L&L Holding Company, LLC

L&L Holding Company, LLC, one of New York's largest privately-owned commercial real estate companies, has expanded its asset management department with two new hires, it has been revealed by L&L chairman and CEO David Levinson. Financial professionals Katherine Lau and James Trayor have joined the firm as asset management analysts, reporting to L&L's senior vice president and director of asset management, Howard Slavin. Lau and Trayor will be responsible for supporting the asset management team in managing, recapitalizing and refinancing L&L's portfolio of office buildings and development projects. Lau began her career at Prudential Real Estate Investors as an Investment Analyst in the firm's PRISA II core-plus fund, where she supported the asset management and development teams in managing the portfolio's complex retail investments and distressed land positions. She is a graduate of New York University, where she received the Founders' Day Award. She currently serves on the board of the NYU Tisch Center Alumni Society. Traynor formerly worked with Ernst & Young's Transaction Real Estate Group in New York City, primarily focused on the due diligence and underwriting of class A office properties, for both portfolio and single-asset transactions, collectively valued at over $3 billion. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelors of Finance and holds a Master's in Real Estate from the University of Florida.