Lee & Associates South Florida's Milopoulos & Baena Team

The honored Lee & Associates South Florida team, led by Principal Greg Milopoulos and SVP Christian Baena, has made a significant impact on the industrial market through creative deal-making and in-depth market knowledge. Since joining the firm in early 2023, the duo has leveraged more than 20 years of combined experience to close complex transactions across Florida and in markets such as New Jersey and Boston. Milopoulos’ background as a licensed general contractor provides a key differentiator, enabling the team to guide clients through complex due diligence, permitting, and construction issues. In 2024, the team brokered 225,291 square feet in transactions with a total value of $39.39 million, many of which were off-market deals. Their momentum continued into 2025 with more than 90,000 square feet of sales and leases closed in the first quarter. Their creative strategies include negotiating atypical terms, such as convincing a buyer to pay rent during a four-month site plan approval process, and exceeding a seller’s pricing goal by $150,000 in a private auction through proactive negotiation. The team has built strong relationships with repeat clients, including Stonelake Capital Partners, for whom they have completed multiple off-market acquisitions and a sale-leaseback. They also represented New Jersey-based Sitex Group in its first South Florida acquisition, a $9.35 million purchase of two Fort Lauderdale warehouses in March 2025. Milopoulos and Baena also participate in Lee & Associates’ community initiatives, including the CompassionateLEE nonprofit and the Arbor Foundation’s “Do a Deal, Plant a Tree” program.

About Lee & Associates South Florida

Lee & Associates South Florida is a fully vertical commercial real estate brokerage firm focused on industrial, office, retail, multifamily, investment and land sectors. Our dedicated team of professionals is led by Matthew Rotolante, CCIM, SIOR a 4th generation South Florida native in a family that has owned and operated commercial property here since 1928. Lee & Associates is the largest agent owned brokerage in the nation with Senior Agent’s ability to earn profit share resulting in the highest splits while still receiving full resources, support and leads from our national network. Our collaborative and cheerful culture allows for open communications throughout the company, fostering the sharing of information and best practices to better enable client decision making.  The Lee & Associates’ robust national network that sold and leased over $120 Billion over the last 5 years offers clients a cross-market platform of expertise and deal opportunities across all asset specialties and representation roles. For the latest news from Lee & Associates South Florida, visit leesouthflorida.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram, our company local news.

About Lee & Associates

Lee & Associates is a commercial real estate brokerage sales, leasing and management firm. Established in 1979, Lee & Associates has grown its service platform to include over 75 offices in the United States and Canada. Lee & Associates is the largest agent owned commercial real estate brokerage where agents get the greatest return for their efforts and hence are more committed and better enabled to provide superior results for their customers.  For the latest news from Lee & Associates, visit lee-associates.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Link, our company blog.