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Windermere Real Estate/Whatcom, Inc.
515 W Bakerview Rd.
Bellingham, WA 98226
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| Neal Swanson - Commercial Sales & Leasing |
| Neal Swanson is a commercial real estate professional in Bellingham, WA specializing in retail and office leasing and sales. Neal plays an active role in helping clients with commercial property acquisition and disposition, site or tenant selection, and deal term negotiations. |
| Services |
| Investment SalesNeal advises on, structures, and executes a wide range of transactions for clients including investment property, sale-leasebacks, and build to suit locations. His custom-tailored solutions are designed to help clients achieve utmost value, mitigate tax burdens, and optimize cash flow. With unsurpassed reach in the Whatcom County market, intimate knowledge of real estate fundamentals, and complete access to Windermere Commercial's brokerage capabilities and services, Neal provides optimal client solutions by crafting innovative ways to bring together buyers and sellers across various property types. He assists clients locally and regionally with both large portfolio disposition and single-asset sales, through a highly coordinated marketing process, standardization, and broad-based market coverage from experienced, responsive, and innovative professionalism. Landlord RepresentationFor landlords, Neal develops strategies to enhance the value of a real estate asset through four key elements: positioning the product in the marketplace, identifying suitable prospects, creating customized marketing strategies, and managing all of the steps associated with the leasing process. He evaluates market conditions and trends including tenant relocations, levels of occupancy in a target area, and rental rates, while developing a comprehensive positioning and leasing program for the property. As a result of his experience with Tenant Representation, Neal is able to better understand tenants' needs and thus position and lease properties for landlords more effectively. Tenant Representation Neal's integrated resources help tenants meet their objectives in various markets and locations. He analyzes each tenant's business objectives and matches them with the optimal real estate solution. Services for relocations, consolidations, subleases, acquisitions, and dispositions include strategic planning, demographic and site consulting, comparative financial analysis, build out, and post-occupancy services. |
| Experience |
| Prior to joining Windermere Commercial, Neal worked in the Seattle office of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. and Colliers International. During this time, Neal assisted numerous national, regional, and local companies in the successful leasing and sales of their commercial assets. Before his career in commercial real estate, Neal worked for the advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi in New York City, and the Northwest Business Monthly Magazine in Bellingham, WA. |
| Education & Professional Affiliations |
| Neal is a graduate of Western Washington University with a bachelor of arts in business administration and marketing. He is an active member in each of the following organizations: CBA Commercial Investment Broker’s AssociationCCIM Candidate Certified Commercial Investment MemberNAR National Association of RealtorsWAR Washington Association of RealtorsNWMLS Northwest Multiple Listings AssociationWYP Whatcom Young ProfessionalsBREIN Bellingham Real Estate Investors NetworkBCBT British Columbia Board of Trade MemberMember Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of CommerceBWEDC Bellingham/Whatcom Economic Development CouncilWHS Board Member of Whatcom Humane Society |
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