JAMES P. GEAREN
Executive Vice President, Portfolio Director - Marketing and Leasing
Jim Gearen heads marketing and leasing for the overall ZRG portfolio and is co-investor/general partner with Paul Zeller in the ownership of the company’s properties. He joined Zeller Realty Group® in 1988, engaged in property acquisition, leasing, and project development activities, and, in 1992, relocated to Minnesota to direct the firm's activities in the Twin Cities.
ZRG projects initiated by Gearen include:
|
590,000 rsf |
$140,000,000 |
|
660,000 rsf |
$106,000.000 |
|
612,000 rsf |
$ 75,000,000 |
|
383,000 rsf |
$ 57,000,000 |
|
435,000 rsf |
$ 43,000,000 |
|
1,200 cars |
$ 35,000,000 |
|
92,000 rsf |
$ 7,500,000 |
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55,000 rsf |
$ 5,600,000 |
Since taking over the marketing of the portfolio's Twin Cities properties, Gearen has closed over 800 leases totaling over 6 million square feet with an aggregate value in excess of half a billion dollars.
Since 1997, Mr. Gearen has been ranked as one of the top commercial realtors in Minnesota by Twin Cities Business Journal.
In 2000, Mr. Gearen completed three of the Twin Cities largest tenant representation transactions including: Wells Fargo Mortgage acquisition of Honeywell Corporation headquarters campus (958,000 RSF). In addition, Mr. Gearen closed three of the Twin Cities largest landlord representation transactions. As a result, in 2000, Mr. Gearen was named one of Twin Cities Business Journal's "40 under 40."
Prior to joining Zeller Realty Group, Mr. Gearen was a broker with Scribner & Co. in Chicago. He specialized in Tenant Representation, and the leasing and sales of office buildings in downtown Chicago. During his five years at Scribner, Mr. Gearen participated in 1.75 million SF of transactions valued in excess of $640 million.
Prior to joining Scribner, Mr. Gearen worked for the Minneapolis office of CB Richard Ellis. He graduated with a BA in Political Science from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, and has done graduate studies in real estate practice.
Mr. Gearen currently serves as a Trustee of the University of St. Thomas and as Chair of the Board for the Center of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas.
Past board memberships include: Business Volunteers for the Arts (Chicago), Ray-Vogue College of Design (Chicago), House, Nezerka & Froelich, P.A. (Bloomington, MN), The Great American History Theatre (St. Paul, Minnesota) and Trinity School at River Ridge (Bloomington, MN).
Mr. Gearen is a licensed Real Estate Broker in Minnesota and a member of NAIOP and The National Association of Realtors.
