HEATHER KREIGER, CCIM

Heather Kreiger is a 20-year commercial real estate strategist with deep expertise in market research, analytics, and strategic storytelling. As Principal & Regional Research Director at Lee & Associates, she leads a multi-market research platform spanning Pennsylvania and the broader Northeast, delivering custom insights that help clients, brokers, and economic development professionals make smarter real estate decisions.

Her background includes research, marketing, and brokerage roles across a full range of commercial asset types—including industrial, office, and retail. She has conducted a wide variety of real estate market studies on behalf of clients, nonprofits, and public-private development initiatives, combining technical skill with practical, on-the-ground knowledge of what drives real estate success.

Heather is actively involved in local, state, and national commercial real estate committees and associations. She holds the prestigious CCIM designation and is passionate about elevating the role of research in advancing the industry.

Real Estate Market Trends – where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we’re headed - breaking down key shifts in industrial and commercial real estate with context, nuance, and insight to help occupiers, investors, and economic developers interpret the numbers behind the headlines
Regional + National Outlooks – From Pennsylvania and the Northeast to broader national insights connecting local market dynamics to the bigger picture
Custom Briefings & Conversations – available for tailored briefings, panel discussions, and executive sessions on data-backed discussions that matter most to your audience

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

IAMC Corporate Roundtable: “Headwinds, Hotspots, and Hard Calls: Inside Today’s Industrial Market” – May 2025
IAMC Princeton Local Event: “Local Trends & Topics: Northeast Industrial Real Estate Market Today” – April 2025
Temple University, TREO Featured Speaker: “Breaking the Mold in Commercial Real Estate: Lessons in Grit, Growth, and Going off Script” – April 2025
Focus Central PA, PPL Economic Investment Partners Forum: “Powering Pennsylvania: Trends & Forecasts in Industrial Real Estate” – December 2024
SMPS Pittsburgh: Panelist on the “Regional Development Forecast Panel” – October 2024

Regional Research Director

HEATHER KREIGER, CCIM

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