Senior Real Estate Manager

PAMELA L. KLESERT

*** ********* ****** +1-949-***-****

Corona del Mar, CA 92625 ************@********.***

SENIOR REAL ESTATE MANAGER

Accomplished senior real estate manager with proven track record of success in providing guidance and leadership in the areas of real estate acquisitions, consolidation and dispositions within the corporate and brokerage arenas. Key competencies include:

• Portfolio Evaluation / Analysis • Property Acquisitions / Dispositions

• Negotiating • Broker / Client / Tenant Relations

• Portfolio Budget Input & Oversight • Strategic Planning

• Facility/Project Management Oversight • Business Development / Marketing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BT AMERICAS, INC.

Newport Beach, CA 2007-2009

Head of Real Estate, Americas

Effectively performed portfolio evaluation, strategic plan and implementation that resulted in meeting critical business requirements and deadlines.

 Worked with business leadership formulating and implementing a facility strategic plan.

 Successfully negotiated over 400,000 square feet of lease transactions throughout the Americas to support business strategic plan centered on three major US HUBS.

 Portfolio optimization led to the downsizing from 80 properties to 42 sites resulting in reduction of operating expenses by approximately $7M by consolidating/closing/subleasing offices.

 Managed and delivered projects/programs involving mixed teams both internally and externally. Developed and implemented real estate process.

 Prepared and presented business cases regarding real estate related acquisitions, dispositions and projects to Americas and Global Property Leadership.

GRUBB & ELLIS CORPORATE SERVICES

Newport Beach, CA 2000-2007

Director, Corporate Service Group

Provided strategic planning, consulting and property acquisition, excess property disposition and portfolio evaluation and analysis for Corporate Clients.

 Selected/ managed service area brokers to insure optimal service and seamless delivery of projects.

 Successfully negotiated Purchase and Sales agreements and Lease Documents for Corporate Clients resulting in better than market rates and terms.

 Single Point of Contact for Select accounts

 Developed coordinated selling strategies within the Corporate Service Team

 Prepared business cases for Corporate clients.

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KENNEDY WILSON INTERNATIONAL

Los Angeles, CA 1999-2000

Director of Leasing

Increased value of project by increasing leasing activity to reposition the project that enabled ownership entity to sell.

 Established and implemented leasing and prospecting programs.

 Formulated marketing plans which included Broker and Tenant targets to insure space availability was known and presented.

 Generated request for proposals, counter-proposals and lease documents.

 Analyzed financial terms and negotiated new and existing Tenants.

CB/RICHARD ELLIS COMMERCIAL BROKERAGE

Los Angeles, CA 1995-1998

Director of Institutional Services

Office leasing specialist representing landlords and tenants within the Southern California area.

 Strategic planning with institutional client team for marketing services to institutional ownership entities.

 Formulated teams for specific assignments.

 Established and implemented leasing and prospecting plans.

 Negotiated new and existing Tenants.

 Drafting and analysis of proposals, counter-proposals and lease documents.

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles

Real Estate & Business

Los Angeles Valley College

Associates of Arts Degree-Sociology

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

CoreNet Global

United Way, Co-Chair, Los Angeles Real Estate Community

Women’s Leadership Roundtable

Los Angeles Commercial Real Estate Association (LACRA)

Town Hall

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