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Ed Alegre is a real estate professional and executive with over 25 years of successful experience in diverse areas of the commercial real estate industry including, consultation, brokerage and appraisal. He has led projects and completed assignments both in the US and Latin America.

Flavio Gomez is the National Research Manager in Mexico. He is the center in the implementation of the ​​market data analysis, databases and new tools in Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Puebla, Queretaro, Tijuana y Cancún, also internal initiatives like developing and the standardization of information, sharing the statistics through the company, whit the publishing of the Market Reports, Market Overviews and more information.

2017  - 2020    NKF    Mexico City

RE director for Mondelez, Honeywell and Resideo

·         1.2 Million square meter portfolio in Latam

·         Negotiate on Client’s best interest managing various external broker firms. (JLL, CBRE, Colliers)

·         Follow up on transaction processes, internal clients.

·         Management on HSE, Labor, Security, Legal among other areas to close RE transactions.

·         Various accounts managed at the same time

2012  - 2017                            Cushman & Wakefield    Mexico City

RE director for MetLife, Unilever and Pfizer

·         More than 1 million square meters combined portfolios.

·         Disposition on assets in various countries thought the region.

·         Manage relations with internal clients and various RE firms such as JLL and CBRE all working on Client’s best interest.   

·         Various accounts managed at the same time.

2008 - 2012                CB Richard Ellis  (CBRE)                Mexico City

Director  – Corporate Accounts

·      Responsible of real estate services for worldwide accounts like Novartis, Bayer,Nokia Siemens Networks, Tyco, General Electric, Ceva Logistics, Avery, Disney, etc.

·      These services include negotiations, space programming, appraisals, advisory services, real estate strategies, etc. on office, retail and industrial spaces.

2006 - 2008                GE Real Estate                                Mexico City

Senior Asset Manager Equity – Retail

·         Responsible of 15 on going and under development Grocery Anchored Retail Malls.

·         Maintain the lowest delinquency and the highest average rent possible: + 500 tenants.

·         Negotiate and handle the relationship with Kimco and each plaza’s manager.

·         Evaluate and negotiate sites for new Malls.

·         Bring and negotiate new tenants for the plazas and negotiate renewal contracts.

·         Work on the pipeline for new developments / investments for the portfolio

2005 - 2006                             Grupo Gigante                    Mexico City

National Real Estate Manager

·         Real Estate Corporate Manager for more than 200 grocery stores and 900 tenants. 

·         Leader of the Real Estate team at Gigante with the responsibility to maintain the lowest delinquency and the highest average rent possible

·         Negotiate 100 Grocery stores lease contract and manage 100 owned by Grupo Gigante.

·         Evaluate new sites for Grocery stores and three distribution centers (Tijuana Monterrey and Guadalajara).

Joaquin Zapiain is Director | Mexico with Colliers Mexico Tenant Advisory Council responsible for the growth and strategic client relationships and tenant representation business practices. 

Joaquin's commercial real estate career spans nearly three decades of commercial real estate outstanding expertise and a stellar reputation for success in corporate tenant advisory and representation services for major multi-national corporations. Joaquin specializes in providing comprehensive solutions to office occupiers in Mexico, supporting them in developing real estate strategies that maximize the potential of a property and accelerate success.

Prior to his reincorporation to Colliers Mexico (April 2019), he served as Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Services at Coldwell Banker Commercial Mexico (2016 -2019).

In 2013, as owner/principal and founding partner of Ikon Real Estate Services, served as Director-General until June 2016.

In 2007, as President and Director-General of JZ Asociados, S.C., collaborated on a wide range of corporate real estate transactions participating as Executive Exclusive Leasing Agent of GICSA’s commercial building portfolio, one of Mexico’s leading high-end commercial developers, responsible for marketing strategy and day-to-day commercial leasing operations and completed more than $110 million dollars in lease transactions for over 1.3 million square feet of prime corporate commercial space.

I've done projects for Bancomer bank branches, Scotiabank and Santander, had participation as external designer for Civil Engineers Associates (ICA) in the construction of the Convention Center of San Luis Potosi, Mexico (CENEXPO), also works as an external designer for PC Builders (CARSO) in preparing the Federal Center for Social Readaptatacion (CEFERESO) in Huimangillo Tabasco, Mexico, and the development and construction of the Center for Research on Improvement of Wheat and Maize (CIMMYT) in Texcoco Edo. of Mexico.