Fred Christie

Fred W. Christie

Executive Vice President & Partner Emeritus Lic# BRK.0700352401
  • Direct: +1 216 525 1468

Professional Experience:

Fred, co-founding Principal of Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate in 1991, has been in the real estate industry for over 30 years. Fred began his career 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 in size 1,000 to 500,000 SF, Fred has been successful in developing and maintaining client loyalty, demonstrated by long standing relationships with landlords and tenants/owners. His alliance with Cushman & Wakefield has allowed Fred to provide these services on both a local and national level.

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.

Clients Served:

  • Alcoa
  • Bearing Inc.
  • Boyas Properties
  • Crane America
  • Crescent Electric
  • Duke Corporation
  • Filmore Capital Partners
  • First Industrial
  • Ford Nissan
  • GE Capital
  • Iron Mountain
  • ITW
  • Kuehne and Nagel
  • The Levin Group
  • Pioneer Clading & Glazing
  • Plain Dealer
  • Premier Industrial
  • Saint Gobain
  • Sysco Foods
  • Target

Major Transactions:

  • Weston Inc./Sysco Foods - 22801 Aurora Road, Bedford Heights, Ohio - 485,312 SF
  • 3D Real Estate Partners - 4560 E. 71st Street, Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio - 100,000 SF
  • Wholesale Supplies Plus, 7820 Pleasant Valley Road: Found investor to purchase a facility and do long term lease with Wholesale Supplies Plus.
  • Filmore Properties, 12665 Corporate Drive: Found the opportunity to acquire the facility from a lender and located a buyer within the year to resell the property.

Professional Affiliations:

  • National Association of Realtors (NAR)
  • Akron Cleveland Association of REALTORS® (ACAR)
  • University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center – National Cancer Leadership Council
  • Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Alumni

Recognition and Accomplishments:

  • NAIOP Industrial Broker of the Year
  • Top Producer at CRESCO

Education:

Ohio State University, B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Marketing and a minor in Statistics

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