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Lee & Associates’ Warren Berzack Named Influencer in Multifamily by GlobeSt.com

  Warren Berzack of Lee & Associates featured in Globest.com in this latest edition of  Influencers series spotlighting the multifamily asset class. October 11, 2019 – Warren Berzack is a leader in the multifamily market. In 2018, he was named the leading multifamily broker at Lee & Associates and Real Estate Forum named him one of the top 50 brokers under 40 and one of Tomorrow’s Leaders. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Berzack…

Cushman & Wakefield Capital Markets Team Jumps Ship to Lee & Associates

October 2, 2019 (FORT WASHINGTON, PA) – Locally-based commercial real estate brokerage firm Lee & Associates reports it has added four capital markets and asset services professionals to its operations here. All four executives—Bob Yoshimura, Joe Hill, Eric Mattson and Bruce Gordon—until their respective moves to Lee & Associates, held executive-level positions with Cushman & Wakefield. Yoshimura, Hill and Mattson, will continue to focus on institutional owners, such as large pension fund advisers, REITs, insurance companies…

Lee & Associates’ Brian Pohl: Chicago Apartment Demand Reaches All-Time High

For the Chicago region’s multifamily sector, the current environment marks both a high watermark for development and investment sales, and a tipping point in terms of emerging challenges. These range from obtaining joint venture equity to higher assessment valuations. Connect Media asked Lee & Associates principal Brian Pohl, who specializes in the acquisition, disposition, and placement of real estate investments in greater Chicago and throughout the Midwest, to map out the market’s terrain. Q: Across…

Phoenix Rising: A Tale of Secondary-City Strength

We’ve all heard of the upsurge of traditionally secondary cities, especially as millennial’s establish themselves in markets that provide a host of made-for-the-market amenities. That’s why Lee & Associates’ Todd Braun is bullish on the Phoenix multifamily. August 28, 2019 (PHOENIX, AZ) – Affordability and a healthy return on investments are just two of the reasons why younger renters and diversifying investors are migrating to multifamily opportunities in secondary markets. Arguably no metro in the…

Last-Mile Access to Customers Drives Distribution Center Conversions

August 20, 2019 (NEW YORK, NY) – E-commerce has been driving demand for industrial real estate for several years, but steadily increasing online sales coupled with growing consumer expectations for speedier delivery continues to put pressure on merchants to bridge the last mile to their customers. Considering that these projects are located in densely populated areas where land and available product are typically scarce, developers are increasingly converting obsolete warehouse and other properties into fulfillment centers….

Lee & Associates’ Reed Vestal Named 2019 Connect Media Next Generation Award Recipient

 Next Generation Honoree: Lee & Associates’ Reed Vestal is Tenacious, Driven and Dedicated August 15, 2019 (HOUSTON, TX) – Reed Vestal, principal and partner with Lee & Associates — Houston, focuses on industrial, land and investment brokerage. He also manages the office by devising and executing business strategy. And, his hard work on behalf of clients, as well as dedication and tenacity, make him one of the youngest brokers to be named principal in the Houston…

Lee & Associates Expands into Spartanburg, SC

July 24, 2019 (SPARTANBURG, SC) – Lee & Associates Greenville is pleased to announce that Adam D. Padgett, SIOR and Jordan Skellie will be joining our team with the opening of our new satellite office in Spartanburg, South Carolina.  Adam D. Padgett, SIOR will be joining our team as Executive Vice President / Principal and will be managing our Spartanburg office. He will be focusing his time on representing industrial owners/users and development projects. Adam has…

Lee & Associates Expands into Washington, D.C.

LEE & ASSOCIATES SELECTS JOSH SIMON, SIOR, AS PRESIDENT OF NEW WASHINGTON, D.C./NORTHERN VIRGINIA REGIONAL OFFICE The former NAI KLNB Partner and Pierce Kruetzer will focus on office landlord and tenant representation, retail and industrial leasing, debt services and investment sales   July 16, 2019 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Lee & Associates, the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firm in North America with more than 60 full-time offices, has named Josh Simon, SIOR, as President of its new…

GlobeSt.com Names Two Lee Principal’s as Women of Influence

GlobeSt.com has released their annual Women of Influence issue. This is the 26th year that they have covered the achievements of women in commercial real estate. Included are accounts of developments and deals and huge client wins as there are every year. In recent years, including this one, a change is in the air. The deals are getting bigger, the wins more numerous. Indeed, the number of women being recognized for their accomplishments is growing larger by the…