Jon Varsano – Real Estate Broker
Mr. Varsano founded Vars Realty and Management in 2011 and has been a licensed real estate broker since 1993. He has over 30 years of experience in the ownership and management of commercial and residential income properties. Prior to becoming a commercial real estate agent, his career began at Automated Laundry Systems where he sold coin laundry machines and equipment to laundry service businesses. Eventually Mr. Varsano became President of the company.
As an Associate Vice President at Grubb & Ellis, Mr. Varsano specialized in the leasing and acquisition of commercial retail properties. In 2006, he created the real estate marketing company Web Retool and was an independent instructor for various Keller Williams Realty market centers.
Mr. Varsano studied investments at Cambridge University and holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. As a real estate broker, he is currently a member of the AIR CRE, Culver City Chamber of Commerce, Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors, California Association of Realtors, and National Association of Realtors. He has also served various functions related to the Culver City Unified School District including being a member of CC Bond Citizens’ Oversight Committee, founding member and current member of various booster clubs and PTA’s within the district. Other charitable work with community and trade organizations includes helping the Yucca Corridor Coalition of Property Owners and Managers in Hollywood, REC of the Jewish Federation, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and Chairperson of the Lunches for the Needy at Temple Akiba’s Mitzvah Day. In his free time, Mr. Varsano enjoys playing soccer and formerly coached youth soccer through AYSO. He also likes skiing, cycling, hiking and photography.
Lauren Varsano –Office Manager
When Mrs. Varsano first came to Los Angeles in 1996, she worked at Geffen Records and then went on to music supervision at EMG Music Clearance where she worked on projects clearing music for HBO, Showtime and various other premium channel networks. After that, she worked at Carlton America as they produced made-for-TV movies.
With an expansive background in entertainment, Lauren decided to go into the real estate industry because of her experience working with all sorts of different people including entertainment companies and startup businesses.
Mrs. Varsano officially joined the Vars Real Estate team as the Office Manager in 2017. She has 17 years experience in residential and commercial property management. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Ithaca College in New York State.
In Lauren’s free time she likes to visit the beach, ride bicycles and watch movies.
