Jeffrey Shepard

About

Jeffrey Shepard has focused 35 years of his career on advocacy for national clients, having exclusively represented tenants and buyers since 1989 in their lease and purchase transactions for commercial space across the United States.

Jeff’s transaction experience includes managing and negotiating multi-locational office and industrial leases, building sales/purchases, early renegotiations, expansion and contraction negotiations, build-to-suit projects, and land sales/purchases. He has negotiated and structured over 20 million square feet of transactions valued at more than $4.1 billion for a number of national, regional and local companies. Jeff has also developed more than 2 million square feet of office and industrial space.

His experience as a real estate advisor and developer gives Jeff’s clients a unique and valuable insight into the motivation, objectives, and areas of financial exploitation typically employed by owners and developers. His thorough understanding of the entire real estate process across multiple geographics, landlord/owner motivations and the intricacies of effective leveraging, regardless of location, have allowed Jeff and his team to deliver extraordinary savings to their clients while protecting them in the commitments they make.

During his career, national clients have included Motive Companies, Highland Cabinetry, Enseco, Quanterra, Severn Trent Laboratories, Test America Laboratories, Advanced Marketing Services, Environmental Science and Engineering, Bank of America, First American Financial, Cardiac Science, and Johnson & Johnson.

Jeff is a nationally recognized commercial real estate expert and is deeply immersed in the fabric of the local business, faith and non-profit communities.