Chief Executive Officer
Asia Pac - Jbre (Real Estate)
Cleveland, Oh
•Recruited and trained diverse teams of future industry leaders through a myriad of complex business dynamics that successfully developed, financed, acquired, sold, consulted, leased, managed, or constructed over $5.0 B of Commercial Property on behalf of clients •Successfully aligned each team’s expertise in Public Policy, Finance, Marketing, Economics, Accounting, HR, Legal, Design, Engineering, FM & Capital Markets for the benefit of clients •Asset Managed and Exclusive Agency listings on over 4.5 million square feet of high rise class A office annually •Launched portfolio that successfully redeveloped 1.95 Million SF office buildings & achieved cash on cash returns of over 15% across the 25 year life of the portfolio, in the face of overall NetZero or negative annual rent growth in Cleveland. •Boosted effective tenant occupancy to 98-100% in less than half industry standard timeframes in the following properties: One Cleveland Center; The Tower at Erieview; IMG Center; The Halle Building; The Keith Building; The Bulkley Building; and The Landmark Office Towers•Attained for our clients the lowest building vacancy rates in NE Ohio Market for nearly two decades as determined by Xceligent and CoStar, consistently beating competitive buildings’ occupancy rates by an average of 37% per CoStar.•Revitalized downtown Cleveland by leading redevelopment and re-tenanting several major buildings as well as redeveloping the First USGBC LEED GOLD certified building. Awarded the City of Cleveland’s Green Building Challenge, as well as a “Key to the City.”•Hand-selected to Mayors White, Campbell, and Jackson’s Downtown Business leader’s council•Cultivated and guided a team that grew from one (1) to 65•Navigated through Multiple global financial crises that severely restricted the flow of capital into real estate, which negatively impacted values up to 70%.•Recognized multiple times for excellence as Broker of the Year and other awards from Industry Association (NAIOP)
