Los Angeles, CA-headquartered Cohen Asset Management, which specializes in real estate, has hired John McNamara from Goldman Sachs to lead its East Coast asset management division.

McNamara will be based in Edison, NJ, while the firm's East Coast regional office is located in Rutherford, NJ.

McNamara will oversee the analysis of new investments across the firm’s East Coast target markets: New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania and Baltimore/Washington. He will also provide asset management services for company-owned properties within those target locations.

“One of our top priorities has been to grow our East Coast presence,” said Jason Haas, Cohen’s executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Prior to joining Cohen Asset Management, McNamara worked at Goldman Sachs as director of commercial real estate for the Archon Group, a Goldman Sachs company.

Cohen Asset Management is a private commercial and industrial real estate investment firm. Its clients include high net worth individuals and institutional investors.