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Jeffrey Kelly

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5100 Town Center Circle Tower II
Suite 520
Boca Raton, FL 33486

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Jeffrey Kelly is a senior ranking commercial real estate professional and perennial Top Producer who specializes in the sale and leasing of major office and industrial assets throughout South Florida. Jeff joined CBRE in 1986 and has been with CBRE for his entire professional career. Mr. Kelly has been involved in thousands of sale and lease transactions and has been a trusted advisor to some of the largest office and industrial owners in South Florida. Mr. Kelly helps navigate the ups and downs of the commercial real estate market with ease, creating value through the repositioning and rebranding of major assets. He counts among his significant achievements the repositioning of the former IBM complex in Boca Raton, now the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, which he has twice brought from 60% to over 90% occupancy (2002-2005 & 2018-2022). Jeff was named as one of 25 “Brokers Who Dominate” by America’s Leading Real Estate Coach, Rod Santomassimo, Published by Domus Publishing in 2011. In addition, for the past 39 years, he has been consistently recognized for his performance by CBRE on a local, regional, and national basis. Jeff has been named NAIOP’s Broker of the Year and he also served from May of 2000 until May 2007 as the Managing Director/Player Coach of the Palm Beach County office.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Florida

Pro Affiliations / Accreditations

  • Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP)
  • Member, Business Development Board of Palm Beach County
  • Board member, University of Florida Center for Real Estate Studies

Achievements

  • #1 Producer in the Palm Beach County Office of CBRE the past 19+ years

Awards

  • Named as one of 25 “Brokers Who Dominate” by America’s Leading Real Estate Coach, Rod Santomassimo, Published by Domus Publishing in 2011
  • South Florida Business Journal 
    • Heavy Hitters in Commercial Real Estate Award 
  • Two time recipient of the Team Florida McCarty award (1996 & 2007) 
  • In 2016 and 2017, one of the Top 600 producers for CBRE globally 
  • Consistently one of the Top Producers for CBRE globally for the past 20+ years 
  • CBRE’s Top Brokerage Producer in the State of Florida in 2014 and 2015 
  • 2010 NAIOP “Office Broker of the Year” finalist 
  • May 2000 – April 2007 served as Managing Director/player coach of the Palm Beach County office 
  • 1997 NAIOP “Broker of the Year”

Significant Transactions

  • Boca Village
    Sale
    55 ACRES
  • Duke Realty
    Lease
    3,000,000 SF
  • Boca Raton Innovation Campus
    Lease/Sale
    1,700,000 SF
  • Perry Graphics
    Sale
    890,000 SF
  • Perry Judd’s
    Sale
    650,000 SF
  • The North 40
    Sale
    350,000 SF
  • Travel Pro USA
    Lease
    175,000 SF
  • Modernizing Medicine
    Lease
    162,000 SF
  • APOC Office, LLC
    Sale
    152,000 SF
  • Canon Business Solutions
    Lease
    127,000 SF
  • Point Blank Enterprises
    Lease
    120,000 SF

Clients Represented

  • CP Group
  • DRA Advisors
  • Catexo, Inc.
  • Rialto
  • CBRE Investors
  • Blackstone Group
  • Marc Bell Capital
  • Adler Partners
  • Liberty Equities

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Provide insight and expertise into their client’s real estate needs throughout the South Florida region.

Jeff Kelly, Robert Smith and Kirk Nelson's goal is to provide insight and expertise into their client’s real estate needs throughout the South Florida region. They, along with their team of production, marketing, and research staff, take a great deal of pride in what they do and strongly believe that absolute honesty, integrity, and a great deal of hard work is the backbone of their continued success.

Our team aligns client business strategies with customized real estate solutions under local market conditions. Supported by up-to-date knowledge of local, regional, and national industrial and office markets, they match the financial, operational and qualitative needs of clients with appropriate real estate opportunities. Uniting the specialization and expertise of their team with the accountability and depth of resources of the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm, Jeff and Robert offer a full-range of integrated services:

  • Tenant and landlord representation
  • Current situation and business plan analysis
  • Access to national market data for competitive studies
  • Leases versus buy analysis
  • Real estate valuation
  • Local, national, and international transaction management
  • Acquisition and dispositions
  • Portfolio management

With almost 50 of years combined experience as the North and South County brokerage market leaders with CBRE, Inc., Jeff ,Robert, and Kirk have completed over 2,300 sale and lease transactions totaling over $2.5 billion in total consideration. They consistently achieve production levels high enough to be recognized nationally within CBRE.

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