Martinkovic, Paul — Jerde Partnership Inc. | Los Angeles Business Journal

Martinkovic, Paul — Jerde Partnership Inc

Chief Executive

Jerde Partnership Inc.

THE LATEST: Last year, Jerde Partnership acquired Chinatown-based landscape and architecture design firm Superjacent. (Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.) Jerde also launched UrbanCore, which offers predevelopment services. In November, Jerde was tapped by the Rose Bowl Operating Co. to re-envision the property around the Pasadena stadium. The firm is also working on a redesign of the Howard Hughes Center in Westchester.

BACKGROUND: Martinkovic joined Jerde in 1990. One of his many executive posts with the firm was as shareholder in charge of the Shanghai and Moscow offices. He rose through the ranks, becoming co-chief executive and then, in October 2018, the sole chief executive. Jerde was founded in 1977 by the late Jon Jerde and rose to international prominence with its design work for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. After a long tenure in Venice Beach, the firm moved downtown in 2018.

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