Michael Berman Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Providing strategic real estate services to building owners and representing commercial office Tenants in lease transactions including agency leasing, tenant representation, asset management and brokerage advisory services, A highly skilled professional with a diverse background having held senior positions with large, national, publicly traded commercial real estate firms including real estate owners Silverstein Properties, Gramercy Capital Corporation, Equity Office Properties and Brookfield Properties,responsible for managing national portfolios and premier New York assets. Most recently he led his team in a national roll out of over 25 Serendipity Labs locations across the US and is leading the UK expansion.

New York, New York, Us

Senior Vice President-Head of Asset Management 2008-2012 • Portfolio consists of 25.3 million SF.• Asset management group responsibilities included: leasing, operations, property management, lease administration, property accounting, construction management and tenant relations.• Accountable for profitability and investment performance of portfolios with control over income statements capital expenditure.• Developed annual business plans establishing benchmarks parameters for leasing, capital, management and operating budgets. Created property overview reports, capturing essential property level components for each property. • Engaged internal management, finance, accounting, leasing, disposition, legal and operational teams to achieve objectives collaboratively. Aligned business plans with company financial objectives.• Insured properties alignment with market conditions: leasing rates, concessions, operating expenses, taxes, vacancy, marketing and staffing. Determined appropriate property standards for improvements and management. • Engaged external management company (JLL) and integrated into the company model. Directed and oversaw internal and external leasing agents and property managers.• Furthered relationships with major tenants to develop new partnership opportunities and assisted in resolving disputes. Resolved lease audits, billing issues, compliance issues, disputes and arrears. Oversaw the production and redevelopment of internal systems; monthly/quarterly/annual reports, tax appeals process and tracking, arrears management and audit resolution• Identified sale, JV and redevelopment opportunity within portfolio. Analyzed alternatives with supporting data, presented, gained approval and deployed plan.

Head of Leasing 2005-2008• Responsible for leasing, regional strategies, performance goals in alignment with overall corporate objectives. Portfolio consisted of nine NYC assets totaling 7.5 million SF:Park Avenue Tower527 Madison Avenue717 Fifth AvenueTower 561301 Avenue of the Americas1095 Avenue of the Americas (“The Verizon Building”)1540 Broadway850 Third AvenueWorld Wide Plaza• Assembled, trained and managed New York leasing team exceeding performance metrics (124%) and occupancy (100%).• Repositioned core assets including 1095 Avenue of the Americas, 1540 Broadway and 717 5th Avenue maximizing the assets revenue potential.• Developed leasing and marketing programs resulting in completing of over 150 leasing transactions totaling 3 million SF and lifting portfolio occupancy to 98%.

New York, Ny, Us

Senior Vice President 2003-2005• Responsible for leasing and marketing 12.4 million SF including:World Financial CenterOne Liberty Plaza300 Madison Avenue245 Park Avenue• Asset Manager for Denver, Minneapolis, Washington and 20 Canada Place (London, England)• Established annual budget and developed regional reports • Developed regional business plans and budgets

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Director of Leasing 1999-2003 • Part of the original team responsible for establishing and growing NYC region to 3 million SF, assets included:1350 Avenue of the AmericasTower 45810 Seventh Avenue919 Third Avenue100 Wall Street• Hired, Trained and managed leasing team.• Developed business plans and budgets.• Collaborated with acquisitions in the underwriting of assets.• Repositioned 1350 Avenue of the Americas and 100 Wall Street to class A office buildings.• Developed a market campaign to position Reckson Associates as a significant NYC owner.