John Espinosa

John Espinosa
Senior Vice President & Principal

M: 714.608.3610
O: 562.568.2034
jespinosa@lee-associates.com

John Espinosa has been a licensed, practicing real estate agent in the State of California since 1999. With over twenty-two (22) years of commercial real estate experience and having earned the title of Principal Shareholder in the shortest allowable period of time with Lee & Associates^®, John has successfully represented over 350 sale and lease transactions totaling in excess of $500 million dollars. John was born and raised in Spain, went to college in Munich, Germany and then the University of Maryland before moving to California in 1997. He lives in Huntington Beach with his wife and two children.

John has built his business in the greater Southern California area and has developed expertise in representing owner-users, tenants, landlords and developers in the marketing, acquisition, negotiation and development of commercial real estate.

As a principal owner of investment properties himself, John brings a personal understanding of ownership, representation and property valuation to assist his clients in properly and accurately determining values and market strategies for real estate acquisition/disposition.

This skill set and experience, coupled with the ability to build successful marketing and sales teams with the agents around him, has made John a respected and trusted agent within his market.

• 2002 to Present:
  Lee & Associates^®, Principal and Senior Vice President
• 1999 to 2002:
  Lee & Associates^®, Associate

• University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication, cum laude
• University of Maryland, Munich, Germany
  Associates of Arts

In May, John represented Baby Trend, Inc., the second largest distributor of baby cribs, car seats and accessories in the world, in the location and acquisition of a 450,000 square foot corporate headquarters and distribution facility. He worked directly with Prologis, the landlord, in securing a 10-year lease agreement.