#CREi - People to Follow! The 2021 Top LinkedIn Influencers in Commercial Real Estate List
Here it is! The brand new #CREi: The 2021 Top LinkedIn Influencer’s in Commercial Real Estate list! We are very excited to present the full list of superb individuals. Congratulations and take a bow if you made it.
I love to see people succeed and I love positivity. The #CREi: LinkedIn Top Influencers in Commercial Real Estate list highlights genuinely good people doing amazing things in our world. The list is intended to lift up those who great contributors, leaders and influencers in our industry. We want you to learn a little about them through the bios as opposed to simply a sequential line list of names.
Partners
Pulling together a list like this takes some doing. The team spent many hours evaluating potential list makers and using sophisticated technology to rank those that met the qualifications for the #CREi designation. I want to give my partners a strong shout out and ask you to consider them for your business needs.
The List Maker team includes Lindsey Broscher and Tamara Schlachter who are very talented professionals from The Wilbert Group. The expert PR professionals at The Wilbert Group (@TheWilbertGroup) have helped by suggesting influential individuals they think merit inclusion and helping with graphic design. Thanks to Caroline Wilbert (@carolinewilbert) for your partnership!
Also, the amazing Nick Luczyszyn, CEO of Amplify OSM brought his LinkedIn tech skills to the table. I call him the “LinkedIn Ninja,” because he is the best professional I’ve ever encountered in terms of his knowledge of the platform. Look him up on LinkedIn and I bet you’ll be impressed too.
Who can be on the list?
Exceptional individuals: Those who are producers in commercial real estate. Those who write about commercial real estate. Those who help producers including respected coaches, economist and subject matter thought leaders. We don’t include real estate company handles unless they serve jointly as the handle for a top executive and the company. Also, while we love their work, in most cases we think prop tech companies and their leaders can live on other lists. In general, we are trying to include ladies and gentlemen who are involved in transacting or supporting commercial real estate deals of all kinds.
Can I help?
Sure! If you see someone doing something interesting, innovative or good in social media, then email us and let us know. Also, as you see new professionals join the social media world, please make us aware. We are keeping our master list updated throughout the year. There are tens of thousands of real estate professionals on LinkedIn, so letting us know about folks we should be aware of his helpful! Let’s join together and lift each other up! Our team is excited about this project and the new list. We hope you like it and that you will reach and support the exceptional individuals that made this year’s honor roll.
Congratulations to all those who made it!
1- Tiffany Ryland
Commercial Real Estate Advisor at ARVO Realty Advisors. Tiffany has extensive experience in managing people and business operations to the ARVO team. She is mainly responsible for innovative and creative commercial real estate solutions for clients in the small business and corporate sectors. Her vast background, including vendor management experience, being mentored by one of the managing directors at Oppenheimer Holdings and an international trade analyst for Georgia Pacific enhances her attention to detail and critical thinking.
2- Barry Wolfe
Senior Director of both Marcus & Millichap's National Retail Division and Net Leased Properties Division. Prior to joining Marcus & Millichap in 2001, Barry was a practicing attorney for nearly ten years, initially in private practice with a transactional, real estate focus. Barry's success on behalf of his clients has resulted in several awards and recognition both from within Marcus & Millichap and the industry. Some of these industry awards include being a multi-time recipient of CoStar's "Power Broker" award as well as recognized by "Real Estate Florida Magazine" as being among the top ten investment sales agents within the State of Florida.
3- Gabe Marans
Executive Managing Director at Savills. Since joining Savills in 2008, Gabe has been an integral member of the firm’s New York office while negotiating lease transactions totaling over 4 million square feet. Among his repertoire of abilities, Gabe specializes in market expertise and research, space identification, deal structuring and negotiating, new business development and financial analysis and forecasting. In March 2015, Gabe was named the Real Estate Board of New York’s ‘Most Promising Commercial Salesperson of the Year’ – an award which recognizes current and potential professional achievement, as well as high moral character and ethical professional behavior.
4- Conrad Madsen, SIOR
Co-founder and partner at Paladin Partners. Consistently recognized by the Dallas Business Journal and D CEO Magazine as one of the “Heavy Hitters'' in commercial real estate, Conrad specializes in tenant representation, project leasing, land and building sales, investment property sales and consulting for corporate clients locally and across the globe. Conrad's extensive insight and experience enables him to forecast and anticipate market conditions and trends which allow his clients to capitalize and maximize returns. He advises clients on all real estate occupancy matters including strategic facility planning, portfolio/lease administration services, transaction management, extensive market research and analysis, site selection, lease negotiation, subleases and dispositions, co-location negotiations, national facility roll-outs, build-to-suit analysis and sustainability.
5- Natalie Wainwright
Vice President of the tenant representation division at Logic Commercial Real Estate. Natalie Wainwright joined Logic Commercial Real Estate in December 2019. Natalie’s focus is exclusively representing office tenants in their leasing and purchasing with an emphasis on tech space. As a leader in the industry, Natalie has represented dozens of highly acclaimed brands such as Adapt Inc., MobileSoft, Citizens Bank, and AFWERX.
Prior to joining Logic, Natalie was a Senior Associate with Cushman & Wakefield for 7 years where she gained extensive knowledge and experience in exclusive tenant representation, transactions, and negotiations. Natalie has served as President of CREW Las Vegas (Commercial Real Estate Women), Director of CALV (Commercial Real Estate Las Vegas), received CoStar’s Power Broker Top Leasing Award in 2017 & 2018, and was a Connect Media’s 2018 Generation Award Recipient.
6- Beth Azor
Founder and owner of Azor Advisory Services (AAS), a leading commercial real estate advisory and investment firm based in Southeast Florida. As its principal, Beth currently owns and manages five shopping centers in Florida and travels the country consulting with, brokering deals for and training associates in the commercial real estate industry. A partial list of Beth’s clients include Phillips Edison & Co., Brixmor Properties, The Shopping Center Group, Urban Edge Development and DLC Management Group. Prior to founding AAS, Beth was the President of Terranova Florida’s largest 3rd party asset manager. Beth also has over thirty years of experience in managing, developing, redeveloping and teaching commercial real estate leasing agents all over the country. She has taken it upon herself to guide budding and established retail real estate agents to conquer the market by offering commercial real estate training courses and workshops.
7- Dan Palmeri
Senior Director in the Cushman & Wakefield Tenant Advisory Group focused on the Las Vegas market. Dan began his career in commercial real estate in 2006 and has since been responsible for over 5 million square feet of leased space through his dedicated representation of office tenants. As a partner of Team Palmeri-Lea, Dan continues to specialize in fair representation of tenants leasing, renewal, and sales needs. He prides himself on providing the upmost professionalism and service while prioritizing the primary goals of the client. He is a board member of the not for profit After School All Stars and SIOR.
8- Beth Halvorsen
Executive Managing Director at Colliers International. Beth is responsible for driving strategic direction, growth and performance in the region including Agency Leasing and Occupier Services. Beth has more than 30 years of commercial real estate leadership, growth and business development experience to Colliers. Beth’s diverse background includes roles on the principal side as an Asset Manager for TA Associates Realty in Boston, on the Occupier side running a significant portion of Fidelity’s National Real Estate Portfolio and as a service provider including leading CBRE’s Pacific Northwest management services portfolio of over 50 million square feet of where she focused on fostering relationships with the firm’s institutional clients. Before joining Colliers Beth worked as an independent consultant within the real estate industry for the past two years.
9- Robert Ippolito
Senior Managing Director at Newmark. Mr. Ippolito has more than 23 years of retail real estate experience. Mr. Ippolito focuses on providing landlords with guidance on identifying and implementing the correct long-term plans for their assets, including re-positioning, re-development, lease restructuring, financial valuations and dispositions. Since January 2011, Mr. Ippolito has completed well over 100 investment transactions with a total consideration of approximately $2.2 billion including more than $300MM in the state of Nevada since 2016.
10- Re'Nauta Bell
Senior Associate at Cushman & Wakefield. Re’Nauta is a tenant representation broker in Atlanta who assists Fortune 500 companies and other privately held firms with their commercial real estate endeavors. She is experienced in representing clients with multiple locations throughout the US. She is an active member of CoreNet, a graduate of the ACBR Diversity Mentorship Program, and currently sits on the Diversity Committee. She is the Co-Vice Chair of the CREW Prospective Members Mixer Committee. She also serves on the Leadership committee, is a CREW mentor, and is a graduate of the 2018 CREW Leadership Program which she completed simultaneously while participating in the ACBR Diversity Mentorship Program.
11-David Cairns
Senior Vice President, Office Leasing at CBRE. David Cairns joined CBRE Limited in 2012 in the Toronto Downtown Office Leasing and works on the Cairns/Bethell/ Calcutt team which is consistently one of the top 10 leasing teams in the city of Toronto. The team focuses on the exclusive representation of tenants for the relocation, renewal or disposition of their office premises in Toronto and across multi-markets as the single point of contact for corporate real estate.
12- Clarence Wong
Associate for Harbor Associates. Clarence has experience in real estate acquisitions and dispositions; asset management; strategic market research; & data analysis for all major property types (over $3.5 billion in office, industrial, retail & multifamily / senior housing).
13- Brett Gray
Managing Principal at Cushman & Wakefield's greater Charlotte region. Responsible for Cushman & Wakefield's overall strategy and growth in the region as well as their client focused culture. Brett joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2012 and was promoted in 2017 to Managing Principal. He is focused on strategic leadership, driving high performance and operational excellence in his region.
14- Evan Fiddle
Tenant and landlord office leasing broker in CBRE’s Midtown Manhattan office. Evan has recently been named the Real Estate Board of New York's Most Promising Commercial Salesperson (2018), Commercial Observer's 30 Under 30 Top Leasing Professionals (2019) and a Crain's New York Business Rising Star (2019.)
15- Barbi Reuter
Board Chair/Chief Executive Officer at Cushman & Wakefield. Barbi’s affiliation with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR began with the firm’s opening in 1985, becoming a principal in 1992. Following three years as chief operating officer, she was named President in 2017, then CEO, and finally chair of the board in 2020. Reuter leads the employee-owned commercial real estate firm’s activity in southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Very active in her community, Reuter is known as a mentor to many young professionals in CRE.
16- Karine Blanc
Sales Associate and Multifamily Expert at The Blau & Berg Company. Karine helps commercial real estate clients in New Jersey with their buying, selling, and leasing needs and provides high-quality solutions to meet their objectives, and specializes in acquisitions, dispositions, deal analysis, and market analysis.
17- Robbie Baty
Office tenant rep lead and Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield. His primary focus is Dallas-Fort Worth, and he also assists clients with their portfolios internationally. Baty specializes in representing office tenants, ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, in site selection, lease and purchase negotiations, build-to-suits and municipal incentives negotiations.
18- Rod Santomassimmo
Founder and president of the Massimo Group, North America’s leading professional business coaching and consulting organization. Rod, a multiple time best selling author, has also been a COO of a start-up telecom firm, assisting in its public offering; CFO of a regional law firm; and EVP of an international CRE brokerage firm.
19- Alyssa Zahler
Director of Commercial Leasing for Two Trees, a Brooklyn-based, family-owned real estate development firm, with a $4b real estate portfolio. Her commercial portfolio consists of 3 million square feet throughout New York City.
20- John Orr
President and Broker-In-Charge managing the retail services platform and day to day operations in the Charleston headquarters of the Carolina Retail Experts. John has successfully completed over 5 million square feet of retail transactions including leases, acquisitions, dispositions and build-to-suit development.
21- Benjamin Bach
Vice President at Cushman & Wakefield Waterloo Region Office with a focus on helping groups achieve their real estate goals, working with some of Canada’s largest banks, insurance companies and start up technology firms. Also, Landlord representation at various sites up to 540,000 square feet in Waterloo Region and Guelph including some of the most notable technology leases in both Waterloo and Kitchener.
22-Paul Carney
Senior Director at Cushman & Wakefield. Paul specializes in helping companies align their real estate with their business strategy, as well as their operational and financial goals. He’s known as a trailblazer in the commercial real estate industry. An innovator and a trendsetter. He joined Cushman & Wakefield early in 2020 after a stint at WeWork.
23- Brian Perry
Associate at Health-Pro Realty Group based in Bethesda, Maryland. Brian, who is on his “third career,” received an MBA degree from Boston College and served his country as a US Army Officer where he deployed to Iraq. He is an Ironman Triathlete and avid supporter of veteran’s initiatives.
24- Eddie Gonzalez
Advisor, SVN Desert Commercial in Phoenix. Eddie works as a retail specialist and prides himself on knowing the Central Phoenix area. He is a third generation Phoenician and has a strong customer service orientation after working for a number of years with Ritz Carlton. In his free time, Eddie enjoys mountain biking and hiking Camelback Mountain and Squaw Peak
25- Andrew Bermudez
CEO at Digsy. Andrew Bermudez is a commercial real estate technology entrepreneur with an extensive background in brokerage sales, leasing and lead generation systems. Andrew has an affinity for commercial real estate, technology, artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum physics. Andrew was born and raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and moved to the U.S. in 1993.
26- Tony Wilbert
Senior news writer at CoStar News. Based in Atlanta, Wilbert covers commercial real estate in that market and U.S. real estate investors and developers active in the United Kingdom. Wilbert has covered commercial real estate as a staff writer for several newspapers including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Savannah Morning News and Atlanta Business Chronicle. He was also Editor in Chief of National Real Estate Investor.
27- Caleb Parker
American entrepreneur in London, and Founder of Bold (acquired by NewFlex in 2019). Caleb has served as founder, Board member, advisor, investor and consultant to numerous startups and small businesses, and has a keen focus on innovation and technology, with interests in the MICE market, Space-as-a-Service, and the future of work.
28- Greg Parsons
Leasing consultant at The Taubman Company. With 22 years of retail, office and industrial leasing and property management experience working with local, regional and international developers, Greg has leased over 10,000 spaces in 45 states and 3 countries across North America and is a classically trained negotiator who's collaborated with Fortune 1000 companies including Macy's, Dillard's, Amazon, Lululemon, Wal-Mart, Target, Kroger, Mastercard, Visa, Ford, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz among others.
29- Gordon Lamphere
Director of Sales and Leasing at Van Vlissingen and Co. Gordon is a licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker, who works in the firm’s office and industrial brokerage practice, and leads Van Vlissingen and Co’s media marketing team.
30- Kim Ford
Kim has over 20 years of real estate experience representing clients in Pittsburgh and over 200 U.S. markets. As an Exclusive Tenant Representative she launched her own commercial real estate brokerage in 2009 (Cresa Pittsburgh), recently rebranded as Rise Pittsburgh. Rise Pittsburgh is a tech-enabled boutique real estate agency focused on providing a world-class professional experience for every client.
31- Mark Toro
Co-Founder and Chairman of North American Properties - Atlanta. A mixed-use developer and true visionary, Mark is a strong advocate for transit and walkability. He has acquired, developed or redeveloped more than 70 projects totaling almost 30 million square feet. Ever engaged in helping to shape the future of Atlanta, Mark chairs the Midtown Alliance’s Board and serves on the Board of The Woodruff Arts Center and City of Refuge, where he chairs the $25 million “Shining Light”capital campaign.
32- Jeff Pollock
Owner and managing principal at Pollock Commercial, an Atlanta-based commercial real estate services firm founded in 2009. Jeff has completed a wide variety of transactions including tenant representation, single user-building sales, landlord representation, purchaser representation and development consulting services. Most recently, Jeff was President of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors.
33- Jeremy Neuer
Co-lead for CBRE’s Capital Markets Group in New Jersey, with a specific focus on office buildings. After an 18-year leasing career, Jeremy transitioned to Capital Markets to leverage his unique experience with respect to the workplace–and how buildings need to change to meet the needs of modern occupiers.
34- Jason Cannon
First Vice President with CBRE. Jason is a trusted advisor to his clients and a recognized market leader in the Western Pennsylvania commercial real estate community. A lifelong Pittsburgh resident, Jason has an intimate knowledge of the unique Western PA retail and restaurant scene.
35- Travis Boothe
Senior Director within Cushman & Wakefield’s Tenant Advisory Group. Travis advises clients on office relocations, lease renewals, and subleases. With over a decade of real estate experience, Travis has advised on 250 transactions comprised of over 2 million square feet and over $250 million in total consideration.
36- Deena Zimmerman
Vice President at SVN Chicago Commercial. Deena specializes in finding high quality retail and mixed use sites throughout Chicagoland and the Country for developers, investors, national operators, franchisees, and first-time entrepreneurs.
37- Vik Bangia
CEO of Verum Consulting, LLC. He also manages the OutsourceUSA network, and is a multi-year, award winning, top-rated faculty member of CoreNet Global's Executive Development Programs.
38-Michael Lagazo
Vice President at SRS Real Estate Partners in San Diego. Michael specializes in representation of retail landlord and tenant representation in Southern California. He has an MBA from the University of Phoenix San Diego Campus and started his career as a professional photographer and statistician for the National Football League.
39- Casey Flannery
Commercial real estate broker at Cushman & Wakefield specializing in office landlord representation in Memphis, Tennessee. Casey works directly with landlords and owners presenting her knowledge to create maximum value for their assets. Casey was the first leader of Cushman & Wakefield’s Women’s Integrated Network and co-leads very popular #CREChat on Twitter.
40- Doug Banerjee
Senior Managing Director at Grey Steel. Doug has several years of multifamily experience with a national real estate services firm, focusing exclusively on advisory and disposition services for multifamily property owners in the South Central United States
41- Brooke Gothard
Vice President of JLL’s Atlanta Tenant Representation Group. In this role since 2010, Brooke focuses on tenant representation of a wide variety of clients including professional services firms, technology companies, marketing companies and large corporations.
42- Sara Terry
Executive Vice President and Director of Office Agency Leasing at Colliers. Sara brings over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate. As a native to south central Texas, an Air Force spouse, and the mother of three adventurous and active young boys, Sara possesses the flexibility and creativity needed in the Real Estate industry. She was named a Bisnow Power Woman in 2019 and is on the Board of Directors of the Dallas Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women
43- Cody Payne
Senior Vice President at Colliers International in Fort Worth, Texas. Cody specializes in selling Office and Industrial investment properties in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, having closed more than 600 commercial real estate transactions over the past 15 years.
44- Amy Calandrino
Founding principal/broker of Beyond Commercial, a team of talented agents who serve business owners across all commercial real estate asset classes and representation types, and personally specializes in sales and leasing representation of office and warehousing clients.
45- Natalie Bode
Vice President at esrp. For the past 13 years, Natalie has represented companies who occupy office and warehouse space across North America with their real estate needs, helping her clients develop data-driven strategies, which enable them to select optimal locations for operations.
46- Nathan Williams
Partner, Co-Founder at Normandy Partners where he is a landlord agent. Previously, Nathan worked for Bridge Commercial Real Estate and was a member of the Georgia State University Men’s Golf team.
47- Todd Edstrom
Senior Associate with JLL. Todd works with one of the firm’s top teams in the US and focuses on office tenant representation and transaction management where he works with clients to develop and execute corporate strategy throughout their real estate portfolio.
48- Lindsay Mingee
Commercial real estate broker at Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate. Lindsay represents buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants of commercial real estate properties throughout the Inland Empire and has been recognized as a Costar "Power Broker".
49- Melissa Alexander
Vice President at Foundry Commercial. Melissa has nearly 15 years of real estate experience focusing on the leasing, sale and development of industrial properties in Middle and West Tennessee. Melissa co-leads the very popular #CREChat on Twitter. Melissa was named a 2020 Woman of Influence by Globe Street and a Memphis Business Journal Top 40 under 40.
50- Vinny DiMeglio
Senior Vice President at JLL. With over 10 years of commercial real estate experience, Vinny has added his expertise to hundreds of lease transactions, totaling more than 400,000 square feet and nearly $50 million in transactional value.
51- Glenn Blumenfeld
Principal at Tactix, a licensed commercial real estate brokerage firm committed exclusively to representing tenants and other end users of real estate. Glenn earned his JD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
52- Michael Bull
Commercial Real Estate Broker and the Founder/CEO of Bull Realty. Michael is a licensed broker in nine southeast states and has assisted clients with over 3 billion dollars of transactions over his 35-year career. He is also the host of the Commercial Real Estate Show and a respected voice on commercial real estate matters..
53- Nick Terry
Managing Partner of Houston based Rifle Real Estate Company. Nick has completed more than 3 million square feet of development, construction and brokerage assignments, along with 15 years in the public and private sectors to serve his clients. A bit of a serial real estate entrepreneur, he launched Ai Realty, a tech enabled residential real estate brokerage sister company, in June of 2020. It has since quadrupled in size.
54- Will Curtis
Leasing Manager at Port San Antonio. Will is responsible for leasing and transaction management for all new properties being brought to market. He also ensures all marketing efforts for Port San Antonio Properties are correct and up-to-date. Will spent 7 years in the Army leading maintenance crews for Army Helicopters.
55- Mark Duclos
Mark is co-founder and President of Sentry Commercial. He also serves as the current global President of the trade association SIOR. Mark has 34 years of experience advising clients on how to manage their industrial facility needs.
56- David Bickell
Senior Vice President of Investment Services and Director of Training/Coaching at Bradley Company / Resource. David leads his company’s training and coaching program for brokers/producers, works in industrial brokerage and investment brokerage, and mentors “Next Gen” brokers.
57- Jim Brown
Real Estate Broker with Royal LePage Commercial in Toronto. Jim has worked in commercial real estate for nearly 20 years. He provides relevant, meaningful market information and strategically navigates his client’s through the complex process of successfully selling, leasing and buying commercial investment properties.
58- Robert Pliska
Owner/ Managing Director for SVN Property Investment Advisors in Birmingham, Michigan. With over 40 years of commercial real estate & investment real estate experience, Pliska has secured over $1.5 billion in real estate transactions.
59- Chuck Swope
Chuck Swope, CCIM, specializes in commercial real estate sales and leasing in the Suburban Philadelphia marketplace, with an emphasis in Chester County and West Chester, PA. Chuck has completed transactions in all major property types and maintains an active practice with both listings and user assignments.
60- Blake Hagget
Commercial Real Estate Advisor. Blake is an Idaho native with a passion to make an impact not only in his local community but across the globe. He loves telling stories which he distributes across a multitude of platforms including Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Facebook.
61- Charlie Stephens
Tenant Advisory Group at Cushman & Wakefield; Host of PrimeTime VC; Host of Leaders Live. Charlie is focused on helping companies grow and providing real estate insight with clients who have a NYC presence, and or, national portfolio business. Charlie has been involved in advising over a million square feet leasing transactions within Manhattan since 2010.
62- Sara Maffey
Head of Industry Relations at Local Logic. Sara's passions sit at the intersection of placemaking and proptech. She has a track record of innovation, creating interconnected ecosystems at a variety of scales. Sara is energized by thinking strategically, learning new things, exploring new places, creating human-centric spaces and experiences, and brainstorming creative solutions. She enjoys building authentic relationships with clients and stakeholders.
63: Colin Fleming
Tenant Representative at Gola Corporate Real Estate. Colin joined Gola in 2019, serving clients such as Bicycle Transit Systems, PureStar and goPuff, after six years with two other local commercial real estate firms, successfully negotiating transactions totaling over $25 million.
64- Scott Savacool
Senior Associate of Office Brokerage at the Sansone Group. Scott has over seventeen years commercial real estate experience with a focus on tenant and landlord representation in the St. Louis Metropolitan area, and globally.
65- Marissa Limsiaco
President and Co-founder of Otso, a real estate startup that writes corporate guarantees on behalf of tenants to provide an alternative to traditional lease securitization. Marissa is a graduate of West Point and spent 5 years as an active duty Army office. She commanded a unit with over 100 soldiers.
66- Robert Thornburgh
CEO of The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR). Robert began building an early foundation for a career path in real estate working with the Kyro Corporation and later, R3 Investment Group in the early 1990’s - an investment company he still owns to this day. Most recently, he was Regional President of Kidder Matthews.
67- Jessica Miller
Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield in Washington, DC. Jessica specializes in the development of corporate real estate workplace solutions and lease negotiation strategies for local, national and international clients, specializing in helping clients locate, design and negotiate optimal office space leases and purchase opportunities to grow their businesses effectively and efficiently. Jessica is a public speaker and the author of A Woman’s Guide To Successful Negotiating.
68- Chase Bourdelaise
Managing Director at Transwestern in Washington, DC. Chase provides clients with corporate real estate solutions that create value, flexibility, and efficient operations, pushing the envelope to get my clients what they need and drive transactions with data-informed analytics and strategy.
69- Jay Tanjuan
Senior Development Manager at Panattoni Development Company. Jay has worked at Panattoni for nearly 10 years and has over 15 years of experience in commercial real estate. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and has an MBA from the University of California, Irvine..
70- Jessica Branch
Senior Associate at Franklin Street. Jessica combines her people skills and passion for retail into her career in commercial real estate. She specializes in retail tenant representation and is an Atlanta native. When not working in commercial real estate, Jessica loves working out at a boutique fitness gym and loves being outside. She is an active volunteer at the Atlanta Mission Women and Children’s Shelter in downtown Atlanta.
71- Justin Cazana
Principal and broker at Avison Young in Knoxville. Justin has 17 years of real estate experience and specializes in office and retail transactions. His current portfolio encompasses more than 1.1 million square feet of space. Justin is a Knoxville native and has achieved his CCIM and SIOR designations.
72- Darell Handler
Executive Vice President of New York based Handler Real Estate Services. Darell oversees the leasing of the Handler Organization owned properties as well as the third-party tenant representation division. He is also involved in many other aspects of the company including operations and marketing. He has completed a number of large and important transactions in the Manhattan marketplace.
73- Jerry LoCoco
Senior Vice President of Plano, Texas based Paladin Partners Commercial Real Estate. Jerry has over thirty years of commercial construction, development and commercial real estate experience. He specializes in industrial and land real estate and is a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law.
74- Anthony Behar
Executive Vice President and Partner at Los Angeles based Major Properties. Anthony has over 20 years of commercial real estate experience and specializes in sales, leasing, landlord representation and tenant representation. He is a board member of the Guardians of Los Angeles Jewish Home.
75- Nicholas Gould
Broker at Morgan Skenderian. With nearly two years of experience, Nick has already proven his expertise as a commercial real estate broker and multi-family specialist in Orange County, California. Prior to his time in commercial real estate, Nick worked with a number of technology companies including Salesforce.com.
76- Dennis Sims
Commercial Real Estate Consultant for Mohr Partners, Inc. and host of a podcast named The Sims Experience. Dennis works as an industrial specialist representing tenants who occupy warehouses, distribution & logistics centers. He served in the US Army for nearly 7 years.
77- Christopher Jerjian
Founder of Kiwi Offices™. Christopher is currently responsible for development, marketing and leasing of the offices, and the promotion of the Kiwi brand and has closed more than 400 deals with local, regional, and national companies for office space as a commercial landlord over the past 30+ years.
78- Allen C Buchanan
Principal at Lee & Associates, author, and frequent speaker. Allen has spent his 37 year real estate career in the industrial arena in Southern California, specifically Orange, Los Angeles, and Riverside Counties. He works with family owned businesses and entrepreneurs to locate facilities for their operations.
79- Blaine Strickland
CEO of HBS Resources. Blaine, is a 40-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, and has worked as a producer, manager, broker, fundraiser, consultant, coach and instructor. He’s held leadership positions in national companies as well as his own companies. Blaine is a best selling author, CCIM instructor and adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina. His latest book is Thrive: Ten Prescriptions for Exceptional Performance in Commercial Real Estate.
80- Tony Kim
Vice President at Los Angeles based Major Properties. Tony has over 20 years of experience representing sellers, landlord owners, buyers and investors to sell or lease commercial and industrial properties in LA.
81 - Linda Day Harrison
Founder of theBrokerList. Linda has more than 30 years of professional commercial real estate experience. Her vast expertise includes commercial leasing and commercial and residential property management, repositioning and marketing for the disposition of commercial properties and receiverships. theBrokerList was developed to connect CRE Brokers with a network of verified CRE professionals. theBrokerList, known as the Switzerland of CRE, brings together both large and small companies no matter their affiliation.
82- Jim McKinnon
Partner with Lizotte and Associates Real Estate Inc. located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Jim has a proven history of working in the Industrial/Commercial real estate industry. In his spare time, Jim is a farmer and has run his operation for over 20 years.
83 - Coy Davidson
Senior Vice President at Colliers International. Coy has 30 years experience in assisting corporate office space users and healthcare providers in securing office space and operating facilities that advance their business objectives. Coy also publishes a nationally recognized CRE Blog: The Tenant Advisor. He is globally recognized as a #CRE expert on Twitter with nearly 33 thousand followers and was profiled in Rod Santomassimo’s book “Brokers Who Dominate.”
84- Jeremy Cyrier
President and Commercial Real Estate Advisor for Mansard CRE with nearly 20 years of experience in the CRE industry. Jeremy developed the MANSARD Proprietary Sales Method to help commercial real estate investors grow their portfolios through a series of successful sales transactions. Over the past 18 years he’s negotiated the successful sale of more than 1,000 properties for clients.
85- Don Gregor
Executive Vice President and former Chief Operating Officer at Aurora Realty Consultants, Inc. Don has over 30 years of experience in sales, leasing, and real estate management and has completed nearly 5 million feet of transactions. He is the Broker of Record for the company in Ontario and BC. He specializes in retail tenant representation with both Canadian and US based retailers.
88- George Langas
Managing Principal at RPM Realty Management. George’s specialties include land use and entitlements for ground up development, adding value for clients using superior analysis and ability to market, negotiate and successfully transact income property acquisitions/dispositions.
91- Jarred Schenke
Reporter for Bisnow, a leading commercial and residential real estate news site, focusing on CRE deals acquisitions, developers, new buildings, construction and leasing. Jarred has reported on real estate news both in Atlanta and nationally for over 20 years.
94- Susan Arledge, SIOR
Executive Managing Director at ESRP Real Estate. Susan has been honored as one of the Dallas Business Journal’s “HEAVY HITTERS – Dallas Real Estate Superbrokers” from 1992-2017. D CEO Magazine named Susan as "Outstanding Women in Commercial Real Estate" in June, 2009 and "Best Brokers in Dallas" in 2010-2013.
97- Josh Berger
Managing Director at Norman Bobrow & Company Real Estate. Josh represents companies/CEOs for their office space needs in New York City and the outer boroughs, helping them align their real estate needs with their business needs.
100- James Kobal
Commercial Realtor at Coldwell Banker Commercial Metro Brokers. James serves Atlanta real estate investors and sellers.
86- DeeDee Shashy
Leasing Manager at Bayer Properties in Birmingham, AL. Deedee focuses on retail leasing of lifestyle centers, historic redevelopments, neighborhood and grocery-anchored centers. She is passionate about retail and mixed use real estate and how those environments interatc with the communities they serve.
89 - Norm Doucet
Head of America’s Flexible Office Services at Cushman & Wakefield. Norm is skilled in strategy, operations, management, digital marketing, and account management. He has served as a leading consultant for a number of firms. Norm served his country as a US Marine Infantry Officer and Commander for 10 years.
92- Jim Baker
President of Baker Commercial Real Estate. Jim has been a Realtor since 1977, having earned the designations of SIOR, CCIM and GRI. He is a licensed broker in Indiana and Kentucky and an appraiser in Indiana. Jim served as the 2019 President of the Indiana Commercial Board of Realtors and released his first book that same year: Confessions of a Commercial Real Estate Broker.
95- Sarah Malcolm
Founder, EVP Managing Director of Quiet Valor, an Ad Agency servicing companies within the Tech, BioTech and Healthcare Innovation space. Sarah previously occupied the role of Co-President for ATYPICAL, a marketing agency servicing some of the biggest names in commercial real estate. Prior to this, Sarah functioned as the COO of The Content Funnel partnering with some of the biggest brands in the real estate industry. As a prominent advocate for digital innovation, Sarah was acknowledged as one of the commercial real estate’s industry-leading digital marketing pioneers.
98- Charan Kumar
Office Leasing Advisor for Savills. Charan specializes in advising companies/brands on their corporate workplace strategy and office leasing (expansion, relocation, renewal, or sublease of office space) at Savills India.
101- Randy Hall
Broker at BrokerOne Real Estate. Randy is a full-time commercial real estate broker with more than 40 years experience in almost every aspect of commercial and investment real estate brokerage and private syndication.
87- Claire Ross
Vice President at JLL. Claire’s responsibilities include all phases of landlord representation, from creation and implementation of detailed marketing plans to lease analysis, negotiation, documentation, cold calling, and cultivating relationships with brokers throughout Atlanta. Claire is one of the youngest Vice Presidents at JLL..
90- Michael Hironimus
Certified Investment Advisor and principal broker at Duckridge Realty Advisors located in West Linn, Oregon. Michael helps high net worth individuals and institutions build commercial real estate portfolios. He is a CCIM designee and also a CCIM instructor for the CI 102 Market Analysis course. He is also the founder of the largest commercial real estate investment society in Portland.
93 - Ed Riggins
President of Riggo & Co. Riggo, as he is known, has worked his way up from driving a forklift to being named "Who's Who of Commercial Real Estate" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and recognized as a "Power Broker" by Costar. Now Ed works as a real estate speaker, trainer and coach, inspiring thousands through his programs. His “Thoughts for Thursday” video segments are always entertaining and informative.
96 - Adam Viente
Executive Managing Director and Atlanta Head of Office Leasing at JLL. Adam is highly experienced in the commercial real estate industry, primarily focusing on office lease transactions, project marketing, business development and client relationship management. He is focused on creating long term value for office investor clients through leasing and ultimately capital market opportunities.
99- Grant Bollman
Senior Associate at Cawley Chicago. Grant Bollman is an experienced sales professional who joined Cawley in 2019. Before joining Cawley, he worked as an Associate at Savills focusing on tenant representation.