Robert Mericle pioneered the development of speculative industrial space in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He has more than 37 years of experience in commercial real estate services and is a licensed general contractor with an extensive background in commercial real estate development, construction, brokerage, and finance.Under his leadership, Mericle now averages the development of more than 1 million square feet of speculative bulk industrial, flex, and office/healthcare space in Northeastern Pennsylvania (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton) annually. Some of Mericle's better known industrial, office, and healthcare tenants and clients include Amazon.com, CVS Caremark, Chewy.com, The Home Depot, Geisinger, Merrill Lynch, Canon, Neiman Marcus, Isuzu, Michaels, Lowe's, American Eagle Outfitters, Cintas, Bimbo Bakeries, Reynolds Consumer Products, NBTY, FedEx, Pepsico, and Sealy.In 1985, Robert Mericle founded Mericle Properties and began his career in commercial real estate. In 1987 he formed Mericle Development Corporation, Mericle Construction, Inc., and Landmark Construction Group, Inc., to design, construct, and market institutional-grade industrial, office, and flex buildings throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania.In 1993, he established Mericle Commercial Real Estate Group, Inc., specializing in commercial/industrial brokerage properties, securing the company’s position as the premier full-service commercial real estate company serving Northeastern Pennsylvania. By 1997, Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services expanded its territory to include the Lehigh Valley area of Eastern Pennsylvania and the Williamsport Area of Central Pennsylvania.Robert Mericle has grown the company’s portfolio of sold and leased properties to 26 million square feet. Today, Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services is one of the largest commercial/industrial developers in the state and operates one of the largest and most competitive commercial brokerage firms in the region. More than 20,000 people work in the buildings Mr. Mericle has developed in Northeastern Pennsylvania.In 2012, Robert Mericle announced the ReadyToGo!™ Program, a major investment in new speculative buildings and fully prepared sites that is expected to facilitate the creation and retention of thousands of local jobs. Through this program, Mericle Construction has fully prepared more than 100 ReadyToGo!™ Sites and building dozens of speculative commercial buildings on approximately 1,700 acres it owns in 11 business parks in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties.