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Highly skilled in commercial property acquisition, investments and dispositions. Represents landlords, tenants, buyers and sellers. Significant contract administration, leasing, lease administration and tenant retention experience. Commercial construction management, tenant improvements, environmental remediation. Strategic planning, asset management, government relations and zoning. Closing skills. Wisconsin real estate licensed Broker.

General management responsibility of real estate acquisition, development, leasing and construction services company. Reported to the President/CEO.Commercial Real Estate Management. Managed portfolio of commercial real estate properties with acquisition, disposition and lease negotiations. Expanded portfolio from 4 small, sub-performing commercial properties to 19 new and newer, well positioned properties with long term leases. Direct responsibilities included: finding acquisition opportunities, marketing, tenant prospecting, negotiating/administering leases, tenant retention. Results: Improved occupancy rates by 78% filling spaces with valued long term tenants.Negotiated and executed long term commercial leasesRetained and managed external construction services for eighteen buildings. Coordinated and managed internal construction crews and subcontractors for tenant improvements and maintenance.Developed tenant relationships, maintained communication and developed a tenant retention initiative. Managed the acquisition and disposition of commercial properties from offer to closing, including negotiations, contract review, due diligence, legal review with counsel, consulting, environmental analysis and financing.Real Estate Development. Specialized in large scale environmental remediation and commercial redevelopment projects.Managed the acquisition, VPLE environmental remediation and closure, redevelopment and tenant selection for a 2 city block area near Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum.Remediated and redeveloped a six acre blighted Brownfield foundry site in Milwaukee. Constructed a new 40,000 square foot River Corner facility and procured tenants for 100% of the space.Organized Business Improvement District No. 35 (BID). Completed a four year, $22 million environmental cleanup of the Kinnickinnic River with Wisconsin DNR, USEPA and Army Corp of Engineers. This project became the precursor to the Milwaukee Harbor District, River1 and significant others.

Operations and administrative executive with a $100 million commercial, industrial, and institutional General Contractor. OSHA 10-hour trainer and OSHA 20-hour trained.

Operations executive for $10.0 billion world leader in the building materials industry. P&L responsibility for managing all production/distribution of concrete and aggregates as well as building material warehousing/distribution and fleet operations of the division. Managed 14 facilities with 300 employees. Reported directly to the President for North America. As Vice President - General Manager, responsibilities include: full profit and loss responsibility, strategic decision making, staff development, all commercial aspects, logistics, quality, environmental excellence, community relations, and safety.

Reported directly to the Chairman and CEO for a $50 million concrete, aggregates and building products distribution company. Responsibilities included: P&L, production, distribution, real estate acquisition and disposition, asset management, plant construction, logistics, customer service, business development, labor negotiations and contract administration, dispatch, warehouse and inventory management, fleet management, purchasing, environmental and safety practices, plant and equipment maintenance, training and operations. 14 manufacturing facilities. Sold to Lafarge in 1996. (Formerly Tews Lime & Cement Co.) HazCom, Confined Spaces, Fall Protection and CPR certified.