Professional Experience
Associated Office
Sophia specializes in Landlord and Tenant High Street & Development Retail Leasing & Advisory services. Sophia started her Commercial Real Estate career in 2020 with managing, acquiring, and leasing over 20,000 SF of Creative Office and Retail space in West LA. From there, she worked with the leading Retail team at Marcus and Millichap where she successfully leased over 50,000 SF of Retail and Office space in her first year as a licensed broker. In 2023, Sophia joined CBRE with a focus on High Street Retail Leasing and Advisory Services.
Sophia was raised in the West Side of Los Angeles and deeply understands the city’s diverse retail submarkets. With a successful career in Retail and Fashion for over 10 years, her understanding of brands and the retail market on a global scale gives her the ability to serve as an invaluable advisor to her clients, both Landlords and Tenants, while contributing a positive impact to the Los Angeles Retail market. With an extensive background in business development outreach, Sophia creates value for the team’s clients through the design and implementation of strategic outreach campaigns. Sophia is recognized by her clients and colleagues as exceptionary personable, highly detail oriented and a strong communicator.
Sophia is a proud alumnus of The George Washington University in Washington D.C where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs and International Economics. Sophia’s background in retail started at a young age from working on Abbot Kinney Boulevard and eventually took her to New York in 2017. Back in her hometown, Sophia enjoys spending her time trying new restaurants and going to the beach with her dog Cheeto.
Team Overview
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Zachary Card, Erik Krasney and Sophia Kessler are one of Southern California’s leading full-service retail teams.
Recognized as industry-leading leasing and investment sales professionals, they focus on retail and mixed-use properties primarily located in the LA Metro and surrounding trade areas. Based in Beverly Hills, California, the team consists of 3 seasoned professionals, with both institutional and private client relationships, that possess a deep understanding of CBRE’s unparalleled platform and access.
The team implements unique leasing and sales strategies for a variety of assets including urban mixed-use developments, high street retail, anchored neighborhood centers, lifestyle centers, well-located strip centers, single tenant assets, and specialty retail projects including food halls and entertainment centers. The team has a unique advantage of providing a distinct approach to creative and experiential merchandising and has “created” a multitude of new popular retail destinations from the ground up.
The team also represents best in class National, Regional and Local tenants including chef-driven restaurants, a dynamic mix of food & beverage concepts, innovative retail brands, health & wellness concepts, daily needs providers and additional service-oriented tenants.
Lastly, as a full-service retail consultants for both private and institutional investors, the team leverages retail expertise, from acquisition, re-positioning, disposition, as well as debt services and property management.
With unparalleled market knowledge, asset experience, investor relations and deep tenant relations on a local, national and international level, this fully integrated CBRE retail team ensures the delivery of successful results for a variety of client needs in today's rapidly changing retail environment.
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