A SoCal Industrial CRE Check-In

Mr. Schwimmer serves as Rexford Industrial's Co-Chief Executive Officer and on our Board of Directors since July 2013. Mr. Schwimmer has served as Co-Founder and Senior Managing Partner of our predecessor business and President of Rexford Industrial Realty & Management Inc. since December 2001. From May 1983 until November 2001, Mr. Schwimmer, a licensed California real estate broker, served at various times as manager, executive vice president and broker of record for DAUM Commercial Real Estate, one of California’s oldest industrial brokerage companies. Mr. Schwimmer’s thirty-year professional career has been dedicated entirely and exclusively to Southern California infill industrial real estate, including its acquisition, value-add improvement, management, sales, leasing and disposition. Mr. Schwimmer has experience forming real estate investment companies, managing real estate brokerage offices, serving as a real estate brokerage company board member and acquiring, repositioning, developing, leasing, selling and adding value to over thirty million square feet of industrial properties in Southern California. Mr. Schwimmer received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California in 1983 where he majored in business with an emphasis in real estate finance and development. Mr. Schwimmer serves on the USC Lusk Center Real Estate Leadership Council, is Board Chair of USC Hillel, and is the Allocation Committee Chair of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation, Real Estate Principals Organization.

Brett Dedeaux serves as President of Dedeaux Properties LLC., a Los Angeles-based logistics real estate investment development, and asset management firm controlling a portfolio of over 6,500,000 sq. ft. of primarily distribution, cold-storage and transportation-orientated properties largely in Southern California, including a strategic presence in Northern California. Currently, the firm has a project pipeline of approximately 2,000,000 sq. ft. in various stages of development and entitlement. Brett’s affiliations with various organizations have included Board Member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Inland Empire Chapter, Advisory Board of the USC Lusk Real Estate Center, SIOR Corporate Member, Trojan Board of Directors and the AIR Commercial Real Estate Association. Brett also serves as Executive Director of the Rod Dedeaux Foundation which provides much needed funds for amateur and inner-city youth baseball and softball programs including college scholarships, equipment and field renovations.  The Foundation hosts the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award, given out the nation’s top collegiate baseball player, in addition to the USA Baseball Rod Dedeaux Coach of the Year Award. A resident of Los Angeles, Brett is married with two children and has a passion for outdoor activities including golf, mountain biking, surfing, skiing and tennis/paddle tennis. Brett is a graduate from the University of Southern California with a degree in Business with an Entrepreneur emphasis and was a member of the varsity tennis team.

Mr. Strasmann is the Executive Managing Director of CBRE’s Orange County Operations as well as the functional Southern California Industrial & Logistics Market Leader. Mr. Strasmann’s Orange County responsibilities include leading a team of over 360 professionals in the Orange County Region with direct oversight of all lines of business and services CBRE provides to the marketplace. As the Functional Industrial Leader, Mr. Strasmann has the additional responsibility of managing approximately 130 selling industrial professionals throughout 12 Southern California offices. Mr. Strasmann also serves as the management oversight for CBRE’s National Port Logistics and E-Commerce specialty practice groups. Prior to CBRE, Mr. Strasmann served as the Managing Director of Brokerage Operations for Voit’s Orange County, Los Angeles County and Inland Empire Operations. Mr. Strasmann’s region accounted for approximately 75% of Voit’s revenue and profit. Mr. Strasmann was directly responsible for opening up offices in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire for Voit. Mr. Strasmann eventually resigned at Voit to accept a position at CBRE. Prior to Voit Real Estate Services, Mr. Strasmann worked at Grubb & Ellis Company for 24 years. Mr. Strasmann held many positions at Grubb & Ellis working his way up from an Industrial Broker to eventually serving as the Executive Vice President and Regional Managing Director (Orange County, San Gabriel Valley and the Inland Empire operations). Mr. Strasmann’s region was recognized as the largest and most profitable region nationwide for Grubb & Ellis. Additionally, Mr. Strasmann served on Grubb & Ellis’ National Executive Committee. Mr. Strasmann eventually resigned from Grubb & Ellis to accept a position at Voit Real Estate Services.