Team · Founder & Principal Broker
Hoss MacVaugh
Ownership strategy · Brokerage · Property management
Hoss founded MacVaugh & Company in Old Pasadena in 1994. His work brings together landlord and tenant representation, investment sales, market analysis, and property management, with a focus on the decisions behind a successful real estate assignment.
His background includes real estate consulting, expert-witness work, and Direct Assessment Tax consulting for commercial properties. A Dickinson College graduate, he earned his MBA at USC with a focus on entrepreneurial management. His early experience in renovation and management continues to inform his approach to ownership.
What Hoss works on
- Landlord representation for multi-tenant office and retail buildings in Pasadena
- Retail and restaurant leasing in Old Pasadena and on Mission Street, San Marino
- Tenant representation for larger office users
- Investment sales and owner advisory
- Commercial property management
Hoss’s current listings
Transaction record
The firm's transaction files under Hoss's name run to roughly five hundred folders from 2015 to 2026 — overwhelmingly leases, renewals and amendments in Pasadena, with work in South Pasadena, San Marino, Altadena, Monrovia, Arcadia, Alhambra, Glendale, Burbank and Downtown Los Angeles. Sales are a small minority of that record.
Much of it is repeat landlord work on the same buildings year after year: 99 Pasadena Avenue, 650 Sierra Madre Villa Avenue, 300 S Raymond Avenue, 119 E Union Street, 88 N Fair Oaks Avenue, 35 N Arroyo Parkway, 65 N Raymond Avenue, 1 S Fair Oaks Avenue, 750–780 E Green Street and 55 Waverly Drive each appear in the files many times over. The table below is a selection of the larger or more recognizable assignments, each confirmed against its lease or closing documents.
| Year | Property | Client or counterparty | Assignment | Represented |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2650 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena | HealthRIGHT 360 | Office, ~17,000 SF, ten-year lease | Tenant |
| 2018 | 717–721 E Union St, Pasadena | Sold to the City of Pasadena | Office building sale | Listing office (seller) |
| 2020 | 40 N Pasadena Ave, Pasadena | Idealab | Office, R&D and lab sublease | Sublessor |
| 2021 | 121 W Colorado Blvd, Old Pasadena | Tempur-Pedic | Retail, 2,250 SF, seven-year lease | Landlord |
| 2021–22 | 127 W Colorado Blvd, Old Pasadena | Restoration Hardware | Retail lease renewal | Landlord |
| 2021 | 650–656 E Green St, Pasadena | Miso Robotics | Flex office and robotics R&D, ~10,600 SF, five-year lease; extended 2026 | Landlord |
| 2018–2025 | 2461–2650 Mission St, San Marino | Zero Degrees, Huddleson Linens, Coco florist, Port O' Call, Apsara Coffee, Pizzanista, fullBRANCH, Me Dental Spa | Eleven leases, renewals and amendments for three owners on one block | Landlord |
| 2020 | 725 Fair Oaks Ave, South Pasadena | Kim's Hapkido | 3,350 SF former pet-grooming space converted to a martial-arts studio under a city use permit | Landlord |
| 2020 | 428 W Chestnut Ave, Monrovia | Brush Strokes, LLC | 9,931 SF industrial building on 20,747 SF lot — sale | Buyer |
| 2024 | 650 Sierra Madre Villa Ave, Pasadena | Stonefire Grill (headquarters) | Office, 5,407 SF, seven-year lease | Landlord |
| 2019–2026 | 650 Sierra Madre Villa Ave, Pasadena | First Financial Credit Union, Bureau Veritas, Eureka Aerospace and others | More than twenty leases in a building the firm also manages | Landlord and property manager |
Selection from the firm's closed-transaction files, confirmed against the executed documents. Terms, rents and prices are confidential. None of these properties is offered here; current availability is on the listings page.
Case studies
- Keeping a block of storefronts leased2461–2650 Mission Street · San Marino · Landlord representation · 2018–2025 · three ownerships, eleven transactionsRead the case study
- Repositioning space around the local market35 N Arroyo Parkway · Pasadena · Landlord representation · Historical assignment · source report undatedRead the case study
- Connecting building improvements with management650 Sierra Madre Villa Avenue · Pasadena · Property management & owner advisory · Historical assignment · 2021 case-study collectionRead the case study
- Introducing retailers to a changing downtownDowntown Pomona · Retail leasing & revitalization · Historical assignment · 2006–2007Read the case study