Industrial Team

Fred W. Christie, principal with CRESCO Real Estate since 1991, has been in the real estate industry for over twenty-five (25) years. Fred began his career in 1988 as an industrial specialist with an international real estate firm in Cleveland, Ohio. While representing a wide variety of landlords and tenants, Fred has developed a reputation as a hard working, “plain speak” real estate consultant with the highest integrity. This has afforded him a long list of clients that he has consulted with, worked for, and assisted over the years. The “Lou Gehrig” of real estate you might say.

Fred’s areas of expertise include sales and leasing of commercial/industrial properties, consulting, tenant representation, development, build to suits, property valuation, research/surveys and land sales. Averaging approximately 60 transactions per year ranging from 1,000 to 500,000 square feet, Fred has been successful in developing and maintaining client loyalty, demonstrated by a long list of both landlords and tenants/owners. His alliance with Cushman & Wakefield has allowed Fred to provide these services on both a local and national level.

Fred became a member of SIOR in 1999, with the appointment into this premier commercial/industrial professional international organization.

Fred graduated from Ohio State University with a B.S. in Business Administration with a Major in Marketing and a Minor in Statistics. Fred also obtained training through Xerox Corporation International and Dale Carnegie.

Prior Experience

Prior to Fred’s real estate career, he worked as a representative for Xerox Corporation marketing large, high speed duplicators in the corporate market. Additionally, he spent time at Bank One Corporation financing large capital equipment.

Partial List of Clients

Affiliations & Community Involvement

• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
• National Association of Realtors (NAR)
• Cleveland Area Board of Realtors (CABOR)
• University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center – National Cancer Leadership Council
• Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Alumni