Professional Experience
Associated Office
Michael Zacharia specializes in Retail Services in the Washington, DC Metro Region with over 27 years of professional experience. Mr. Zacharia combines thorough market insight with creative solutions, offering unsurpassed knowledge of the Washington Metro Region's retail real estate environment. The result has led to over 1,700 lease and sale transactions in over 11 million square feet of retail properties, totaling more than $1.84 billion in revenue.
As an Executive Vice President with CBRE, Mr. Zacharia’s responsibilities include retail landlord representation for shopping centers, urban retail, and ground-up development leasing throughout Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Zacharia also coordinates tenant representation services including new site acquisition for numerous national, regional, and local retail tenants. Mr. Zacharia provides retail site disposition and lease negotiation services for both landlords and tenants throughout the Metropolitan Washington, DC area. The scope of these services includes, but is not limited to, negotiating new leases, lease terminations, renewals and extensions for existing tenants, as well as retail consulting services and market analysis. In May 2021, Mr. Zacharia was named one of the year’s Globe Street retail influencers for his contributions to the industry.
Mr. Zacharia joined CBRE as a result of the July 2003 merger with Insignia/ESG, where he began working in 1995. Prior to Insignia/ESG, Mr. Zacharia worked as a commercial real estate agent specializing in retail with National Real Estate Brokerage, Inc. in Rockville, Maryland.
Team Overview
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With over 50 years of professional experience, our team of professionals specialize in Retail Services in the Washington, D.C. Metro Region.
With over 50 years of professional experience, our team of professionals specialize in Retail Services in the Washington, D.C. Metro Region. By combining thorough market insight with creative solutions, the team offers unsurpassed knowledge of Washington Metro Region's retail real estate environment. Whether creating value for property owners or administrating an aggressive retail expansion strategy for tenants, the team has achieved an unrivaled reputation for consistent, high quality results.
On behalf of its clients, the team provides a comprehensive range of services, including: Retail Owner Representation, Retail Tenant Representation, and Sale and Site Acquisition/Disposition Services. Their strength originates from the exceptional qualifications of its business professionals. With access to all CBRE resources and market research, clients receive comprehensive, accurate analysis and expert advice. They are committed to serving their clients by facilitating and executing educated business decisions.
Services
Agency Representation
Our team recognize the unique dynamics of the retail environment. We work together to maximize the time, talent and energies of our specialists, bringing experience, innovation, and discipline to each assignment. As a result, both private and institutional clients have continually trusted us in the following capacities: Lease and Sale Transaction Management, Development Consulting, Strategic Planning, and Portfolio Analysis.
Our owner representation spans freestanding buildings, shopping centers, and mixed-use developments in both urban and suburban settings. We coordinate the appropriate tenant mix, negotiate new and renew existing leases on owner's behalf, and sell properties that no longer correspond to an owner's investment portfolio. Our retail brokerage professionals possess the local market knowledge and tenant relationships necessary to create value for any property owner.
Occupier Representation
We offer clients unsurpassed knowledge of the area's retail real estate environment by combining thorough market insight with creative solutions to expanding retailers' challenges. National, regional and local clients alike have allowed us provide a variety of services including: Lease and Sale Transaction Management, Site Acquisition/Disposition, Store Development Consulting, Strategic Planning, Demographic Study and Market Analysis, Competition Study, and Mapping and Aerial Services.
Whether developing a strategy for expansion, locating properties that fit specific leasing needs, or negotiating and renewing lease transactions to secure the best new locations, our Team represents the height of area retail expertise.
Site Disposition
The following list represents select clients who have trusted us to sell or sublease properties when their real estate portfolio needs change due to shifts in company strategy such as expansion, downsizing, acquisition or merger.
Active Clients
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Baltimore
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MD
21202
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McLean
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Washington
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DC
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