Adrian Toranto
Investment Advisor
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About Adrian
Adrian Toranto serves as an Investment Advisor with Stirling’s Hospitality team, working out of the New Orleans office. While serving as an Investment Advisor, Adrian is extensively involved in all general brokerage activities, including underwriting, market analysis, and transaction management.
Prior to joining Stirling, Adrian practiced law at firms in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, focusing primarily on small business representation, real estate transactions and personal injury cases. Adrian’s favorite aspect of practicing law was the opportunity to build relationships with his clients. He is excited to bring his extensive network to the real estate industry while continuing to build new relationships.
After growing up in Baton Rouge, Adrian graduated from University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s B.I. Moody III College of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 2018. He then graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the Southern University Law Center in 2021. In his free time, Adrian enjoys coaching, staying active outdoors and spending time with his friends and family.
David Valletto
About David
David’s real estate career with Beck Partners began in 1989. Since that time, he has amassed an expansive knowledge base of the industry and gained extensive experience in all facets of leasing, sales, management and site selection. His experience in the construction business, prior to joining Beck Partners, has proven to be of tremendous benefit to both tenants and property owners in determining construction/renovation costs and design alternatives. Currently, David is a Senior Advisor with Stirling.
Whether local, regional or national, David’s clientele rely on his expertise and entrust their businesses to his knowledge and experience. Exceeding customers’ expectations is his primary business goal.
David has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Alabama.
Business Affiliations:
- University of Alabama Football Letterman & A-Club Member
- Licensed Real Estate Broker in Florida and Alabama
- Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Member
- Member of the N.W. Florida chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
- Member of both the Pensacola and National Associations of Realtors
Danny L. Watts
About Danny
Danny L. Watts is a Senior Advisor with Stirling’s commercial real estate team, working from the company’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana, office. With more than 20 years of brokerage and advisory experience, Danny brings extensive knowledge of the commercial and industrial real estate markets.
He specializes in the sales and leasing of industrial, office, and special-use properties. His specific areas of focus include site selection, land brokerage—from small, single-tenant parcels to major developable sites, and property valuation.
One of Danny’s greatest strengths is helping his clients navigate the ever-changing landscape of commercial real estate and serves in an advisory role during transactions. He is fluent in the requisite studies, tests, reports, and coordination of the multiple third parties necessary to successfully steer a project through the final closing. He also has a thorough understanding of rezoning, land use, and entitlement issues.
Danny frequently serves as a consultant on large special-use commercial projects related to regulatory licensing, helping clients achieve required compliance issues and valuation. He was instrumental in the success of a 14-parish assignment across the State of Louisiana for a major landfill development project, and has worked with several additional developments, from solid waste disposal companies to operators of MSW to C&D landfills. He has also effectively advised clients on the changing highest and best use of troubled assets like the transition from special-use/restaurant assets to retail use.
Prior to joining Stirling, Danny served as a Senior Advisor with SVN | Graham, Langlois & Legendre commercial real estate firm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University (LSU).
Jack Williams
About Jack
Jack Williams began working in the real estate industry in the 1980’s. His family opened Pensacola-based Seville Quarter in 1988, where he became and remained the General Manager, putting his real estate career on hold. Jack also ran a referral company called Southern Referral and was the broker of that company for several years. Wanting to get back into real estate, he joined Beck Partners in 2015. He is currently a Stirling Advisor and is licensed in Real Estate in both Florida and Alabama.
Jack obtained a Finance Degree from Florida State University, Class of 1980. While he is currently a member of the Pensacola Country Club and a chairman of the Military Affairs Committee of the Pensacola Chamber, Jack has served as the President of both the Pensacola Rotary Club and Pensacola Sports, as well as been active in other community events.
Business Affiliations
- Pensacola Chamber’s PACE Emerging Leader
- Pensacola Sports/Pensacola Chamber Volunteer of the year
- Leadership Pensacola alumnus of the year
- Paul Harris Fellow
- Lou Gregory award of PRA
- 1st Tee of Northwest Florida Board Member
