Baltimore-Washington Industrial & Logistics Forecast

Owen joined MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC in 2019 as Vice President of Investment Sales, leading the firm’s investment sales team which specializes in the third-party acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate assets in the State of Maryland and surrounding region, and advises clients on investments strategies, value maximization, and stabilization. Prior to joining MacKenzie, Rouse was affiliated with Manekin, LLC of Columbia, MD. He was recruited in 1995 to unwind Manekin’s position in institutional joint ventures which ultimately gave rise to a boutique investment sales platform. As Director of Manekin’s Investment Services practice, Rouse represented clients in the purchase and sale of investment real estate, site selection and assemblage, underwriting, and structuring transactions. Rouse then assumed the position of Director of Brokerage overseeing 22 brokers across three offices. He finally shifted his role with Manekin to Capital Markets, identifying and structuring potential projects – and the venture partners to fund them – as well as playing an active role in the strategy and direction of the firm. Rouse is active with area nonprofits including the Advisory Council for Stevenson University where he is currently serving as President; and, Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake. He has also served as President of CORFAC International, a national/global network of commercial real estate services organizations and former President of the local chapter of National Association of Office and Industrial Properties.

Lisa Goodwin is a Senior Vice President at MRP Industrial and is responsible for leading the marketing and leasing of the company’s development portfolio. Lisa has more than 25 years of experience in industrial real estate and has negotiated over 15 million square feet of lease agreements with many of the nation’s leading Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining MRP Industrial in 2017, Lisa was Vice President/City Manager at Liberty Property Trust and has held positions as a senior Asset Manager and Vice President at Goldman Sachs and New Boston Fund respectively. Lisa is a former member of the board of directors for the Maryland Chapter of NAIOP and holds a B.S. in Marketing from Arizona State University.

Jeff heads FCL’s Northeast region, overseeing offices in Baltimore, Boston, and Philadelphia. He brings to the role extensive business acumen, industry knowledge, and a proven ability to execute on complicated work from years of experience with large-scale industrial projects. During his career, Jeff has held the positions of Superintendent, Estimator, Project Manager, Construction Manager, and Vice President. While working at one of the country’s largest private industrial developers, Jeff was engaged on large-scale projects in three countries. Given his range of experience, he brings to the table a solid understanding of diverse stakeholder perspectives and a track record for driving positive outcomes and building rapport in difficult, high stakes negotiations. Jeff is passionate about business strategy, the geographic diversity of the northeast, and building relationships across the region to drive FCL’s business and those of FCL clients forward.

Chris King, assistant vice president, is responsible for nationwide loan origination out of Walker & Dunlop’s Bethesda, Maryland office. Mr. King joined the Capital Markets team in 2015 and has analyzed, underwritten, or sourced nearly $500 million of business since joining Walker & Dunlop. Capital sources include banks, life insurance companies, CMBS, debt funds, and GSEs. Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Mr. King was a senior analyst with Integra Realty Resources, where he appraised nearly 350 commercial properties throughout the Washington, DC, metro area. Valuations ranged from $1 million to $200 million. Mr. King’s property-level expertise includes multifamily, industrial, office, retail, self-storage, land, and mixed-use assets. Mr. King is a graduate of The University of California at Berkeley and holds the MAI Designation from the Appraisal Institute. He is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, and currently serves a four-year term on the Virginia Real Estate Appraiser Board. Prior to moving to Virginia in 2005, Mr. King had a previous career in television news broadcasting in California.

Mr. King has served as our Executive Vice President and Director of Real Estate Operations since 2011. Prior to the formation of our company, Mr. King served as a Managing Director for STAG Capital Partners, LLC and STAG Capital Partners III, LLC from 2005 to 2011, where he was responsible for portfolio management for the company. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. King worked for AMB Property Corporation, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, as regional management officer, where he had primary responsibility for leasing, management, development, acquisition sourcing and dispositions of the firm’s industrial and office portfolios in the Mid-Atlantic region and in various other positions. Mr. King holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont and a Master of Public Administration degree from Indiana University.

With more than 25 years' experience in office and industrial real estate development, sales, finance, leasing and asset management, Jeff Thomas leads First Industrial Realty Trust's portfolio efforts and corporate customer industrial real estate solutions across Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. As Senior Regional Director/Market Leader based in First Industrial's Harrisburg, Pa. office, Mr. Thomas is responsible for all leasing, dispositions, acquisitions and development projects in his three-state territory. Before his current position at the company, Mr. Thomas served as Senior Regional Development Officer at First Industrial where he was responsible for land acquisitions, managing development projects and sourcing new development opportunities in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. He was also Regional Director for First Industrial's Baltimore/Washington, D.C. and Central Pennsylvania portfolios and, prior to that, was Asset Manager of its Central Pennsylvania and Atlanta portfolios. He began his First Industrial career in 1994, joining the company shortly after it went public. Earlier, Mr. Thomas served in numerous roles with Rouse & Associates, a real estate development company whose Central Pennsylvania operations were later acquired by First Industrial. An active member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Mr. Thomas earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware.

Mr. Williamson has been with St. John Properties since 1993. He supervises the Leasing, Marketing and Interior Design Departments and oversees all of the Baltimore area leasing of the St. John Properties portfolio. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and a M.B.A. from the University of Baltimore. Mr. Williamson serves on the Board of Directors of the BWI Business Partnership, The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, The National Association of Industrial and Office Parks and The Edward St. John Foundation.

With over 25 years of experience, David Nemecek has been essential to the success of Bohler Engineering’s ongoing growth. As Principal of the Mid-Atlantic Division, David oversees developments of various market sectors, including millions of square feet of industrial space throughout the region. With client diversification in mind, David assisted in creating the company’s corporate business development department, which he continues to lead today. He began his career at Bohler as a Senior Project Manager, leading projects in land development, site planning, feasibility, and due diligence. Now, he pairs his extensive project management background with local market expertise to create viable opportunities and partnerships for clients nationwide, thus generating a deep and diverse network for the firm.