Commercial Real Estate Professional and Creative Deal-Maker with 36+ years experience in the leasing, sale and acquisition of industrial and office properties in the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach Market. He is best known for the representation of industrial properties on behalf of corporate facility users in a variety of industries, as well as for property investors and developers.
Elias has a strong belief in honor and integrity, which has made him a respected leader in his industry. He is an expert at providing brokerage and advisory services to corporate clients for facility relocations, expansions, dispositions and lease restructuring.
“A strong believer in relationships that goes beyond a transaction”.
Specialist in:
• Providing real estate brokerage and advisory services to corporate clients for facility relocations, expansions, dispositions and lease restructuring.
• Advising corporate clients in managing their total cost of occupancy and maximizing workplace efficiency & image.
• Negotiating creative and flexible lease and sale-purchase contracts.
• Commercial real estate market analysis.
• Property & title due diligence.
• Financial lease & ownership analysis.
• Facility planning & consulting.
Expertise:
Principal
Lee & Associates South Florida
Business Development, Client Prospecting, Networking, Commercial Real Estate, Sales and Leasing, Proposal Preparation and Presentation, Contract Negotiation, Financial Analysis, Facility Analysis and Planning, Cost Reduction Strategies, Market Analysis, Marketing, Promotion, Strategic Planning, Build-to-Suit, Sale Lease Back.
List of Deals include:
NeighborMD, Clearly Medical Solutions, Health Extras, Humana, Ameripath, IVF MD Florida, Neurological Testing Centers of America, Podiatry Health Services, Skin Care Institute, Renewing Minds Counseling, Heme Oncology, Palms West, Twin Lakes Dental, Pinnacle Dialysis, Kessler Orthopedics, HealthExtras, Intertek, Grainger, American Express, Graebel Movers and Relocation, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of America, Countrywide Financial Services, Landsafe Title, Parkson, CEC - Career Education Corporation, Sanford-Brown Institute, WAC South Florida, WAC New York, GSA US General Services Administration, Kaplan, CTX Mortgage Company, CruiseOne, WMPH Vacations, State of Florida, Citrix, Advo, PAETEC, Intel Latin America, Regus, Elluminate, Fusion, Bit Defender, ECI, Pierson Grant Public Relations, Sharp Electronics USA, Local Matters, Southern Automotive Group, Newbridge Financial, Mounted Memories, HDG Mansur, GE Capital, United Trust Fund, Dreams Inc, Nuvox, City College, Honeywell, Gehr Enterprises, McMahon Transportation Engineers
BUSINESS BACKGROUND
From October 2001 through 2020, Elias operated a successful full service commercial real estate brokerage firm, Commercial Property Realty Advisors, LLC, (CPRA), which later became Commercial Property Realty Group, LLC (CPRG). Prior to joining CPRG, Elias acted as Vice President/Broker with Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate South Florida. Elias began his brokerage career back in the 1980s with Colliers International.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Elias has served on the National Recruitment Committee with SIOR
Past President of the SIOR Florida Chapter
He is a member of the South Florida Office Broker’s Association
The Society of Commercial Realtors
National Association of Realtors and Industrial Brokers of South Florida
Board Member and Manager/Coach of Coral Springs Little League
Coach of Coral Springs Traveling Baseball and Girl’s Soccer