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Professional Profiles

ETHAN H. SMITH, SIOR, CCIM

Senior Vice President

CA DRE License #01395349

Ethan H. Smith, SIOR, CCIM began his commercial real estate career in 2003. He is a Senior Vice President at Pearson Commercial specializing in industrial properties.

In 1994, Ethan graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and began his career in sales in with E & J Gallo Winery where he sold multiple product lines and introduced numerous new products to a variety of retail channels. In 1996, Ethan transitioned to advertising at DDB Worldwide (the largest global marketing communications firm) where he was accountable for and managed the Agency’s multi-million-dollar relationships with clients, including American Airlines, Interstate Batteries, Pepsi, and Frito-Lay. While at DDB, Ethan focused on integrated sales promotions as well as relationship marketing. Ethan left Dallas in 1999 to help start PeoplePC in San Francisco where he was responsible for customer marketing programs in addition to being part of the early-stage management team. Ethan helped oversee the growth of the marketing department and the expansion of the company into Europe and Asia. In 2001, Ethan moved to iPrint Technologies where he was responsible for the company’s acquisition and retention marketing programs.

Ethan has a wide variety of marketing experiences from which to draw as an Industrial Specialist at Newmark Pearson Commercial to better serve his clients.

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS

Ethan is an active community and industry leader with memberships and honors that include:

Pearson Commercial’s “2004 Rookie Of The Year”
Top Producer (2011-Present)
Pearson Realty Shareholder and member of Board of Directors
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
Newmark Industrial Specialty Council
SIOR Northern California Chapter, Board of Directors
Fresno Chaffee Zoo Corporation, Board of Directors

PARTIAL LIST OF SALE TRANSACTIONS

202,000 SF Class “A” warehouse, Fresno, CA - $16,050,000
44 acres for Amazon delivery station, Fresno, CA - $7,650,000
20 acres for industrial development, Fresno, CA - $3,195,000
38 improved light industrial lots, Clovis, CA - $7,000,000
790,000 SF Class “A” multi-building warehouse portfolio – Visalia, CA - $33,500,000
72 acres for Amazon fulfillment center – Fresno, CA - $12,000,000
115,000 SF office/warehouse – Fresno, CA - $3,800,000
200,000 SF food processing facility – Dinuba, CA - $10,600,000
150,000 SF warehouse – Fresno, CA - $7,800,000
187,000 SF rail-served warehouse – Fresno, CA - $3,600,000– 23,000 SF cold storage and freezer facility, Fresno, CA - $1,750,000
22,000 SF multi-building industrial property, Fresno, CA - $1,280,000
110,000 SF manufacturing building, Fresno, CA - $1,250,000
Clovis Winery, Clovis, CA - $5,000,000
90 acres of vacant land Selma, CA - $4,500,000
60 acres of vacant land, Fresno, CA – $3,900,000
Dry Creek Business Park Clovis, CA - $2,500,000
220,000 SF manufacturing facility, Fresno, CA - $2,250,000

PARTIAL LIST OF LEASE TRANSACTIONS

470,000 SF Class “A” warehouse, Fresno, CA - $41,000,000
63,000 SF Class “A” warehouse, Fresno, CA - $3,500,000
63,000 SF Class “A” warehouse, Fresno, CA - $4,900,000
202,000 SF Class “A” warehouse, Fresno, CA $12,200,000
118,000 SF Class “A” temperature-controlled warehouse space, Visalia, CA - $3,300,000
106,000 SF warehouse, Fresno, CA - $2,600,000
121,000 SF Class “A” warehouse space at North Pointe Business Park, Fresno, CA - $8,900,000
258,000 SF Class “A” warehouse – Visalia, CA - $5,800,000
North Pointe Business Park of 86,000 SF for back-office – Fresno, CA - $15,000,000
50,000 SF for warehousing and manufacturing – Fresno, CA - $1,100,000
North Pointe Business Park, Building Three (43,000 SF) - $2,200,000
125,000 SF lease for food processing use, Fresno, CA – $3,200,000
North Pointe Business Park, Building Twenty One (22,000) - $1,150,000
Lease on behalf of Kraft Foods (360,000 SF lease), Fresno, CA - $7,000,000
North Pointe Business Park, Building 19 (110,000 SF build-to-suit), Fresno, CA - $7,000,000
North Pointe Business Park, Building 2 (32,000 SF lease), Fresno, CA - $2,000,000
North Pointe Business Park, Building 2 (31,000 SF lease), Fresno, CA - $1,800,00

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST

G3 Development
Amazon.com
Seefried Development
LKQ Corp
City of Fresno
County of Fresno
ZDI, Inc.
Abbey Company

EDUCATION

Mr. Smith graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in marketing, with concentrations in finance and philosophy.

Ethan Smith, Vice President