Jim Breen

Eyzenberg & Company is the industry’s leading ground lease & capital advisory firm. OUR PURPOSE is to mediate between the real estate entrepreneur and institutional capital. OUR NICHE is ground lease & Co-GP advisory coupled with full capital stack solutions for existing, transitional, and to-be-built commercial real estate projects. With offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, Eyzenberg & Company is one of the fastest-growing real estate capital advisory firms in the U.S.”

Confidential Family Office, United States Jan 2020-Present Strategy Officer, consulting on acquisition, disposition, operational and capital restructuring strategies. Streamlined and simplified nvestment criteria, required IRR and Cash on Cash Returns and optimized capital structures for aging principal.

•Recruited and trained diverse teams of future industry leaders through a myriad of complex business dynamics that successfully developed, financed, acquired, sold, consulted, leased, managed, or constructed over $5.0 B of Commercial Property on behalf of clients •Successfully aligned each team’s expertise in Public Policy, Finance, Marketing, Economics, Accounting, HR, Legal, Design, Engineering, FM & Capital Markets for the benefit of clients •Asset Managed and Exclusive Agency listings on over 4.5 million square feet of high rise class A office annually •Launched portfolio that successfully redeveloped 1.95 Million SF office buildings & achieved cash on cash returns of over 15% across the 25 year life of the portfolio, in the face of overall NetZero or negative annual rent growth in Cleveland. •Boosted effective tenant occupancy to 98-100% in less than half industry standard timeframes in the following properties: One Cleveland Center; The Tower at Erieview; IMG Center; The Halle Building; The Keith Building; The Bulkley Building; and The Landmark Office Towers •Attained for our clients the lowest building vacancy rates in NE Ohio Market for nearly two decades as determined by Xceligent and CoStar, consistently beating competitive buildings’ occupancy rates by an average of 37% per CoStar. •Revitalized downtown Cleveland by leading redevelopment and re-tenanting several major buildings as well as redeveloping the First USGBC LEED GOLD certified building. Awarded the City of Cleveland’s Green Building Challenge, as well as a “Key to the City.” •Hand-selected to Mayors White, Campbell, and Jackson’s Downtown Business leader’s council •Cultivated and guided a team that grew from one (1) to 65 •Navigated through Multiple global financial crises that severely restricted the flow of capital into real estate, which negatively impacted values up to 70%. •Recognized multiple times for excellence as Broker of the Year and other awards from Industry Association (NAIOP)

Real estate brokerage firm with 125 professionals throughout Ohio with expertise in real estate, sales, leasing, property management, development, mortgage brokerage, and investment sales. • Led All US-Based Colliers Affiliate Office Brokers in Gross Commissions Collected in 1995 with $1.8 Million USD at age 29! • Led company in gross leasing and sales volume for three years. • Enhanced firm’s sales production capabilities using innovative techniques production despite being the youngest associate. • Brought in more in fee revenue in the years 1994 and 1995 than 12 departmental colleagues combined.