Jesse Nelson
EVP & Regional Market Director, San Francisco, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone (626) 578-0777 x8841
Property Types
Office
Markets
San Francisco
Bio
Jesse Nelson is Executive Vice President – Regional Market Director – San Francisco of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., a role he has held since January 2026. He previously served as Senior Vice President – Regional Market Director from May 2023 to December 2025, Senior Vice President – Real Estate from October 2019 to May 2023, and Vice President – San Francisco Region from October 2015 to September 2019.
As Regional Market Director – San Francisco, Mr. Nelson is responsible for the strategic growth and performance of Alexandria’s San Francisco Bay Area region, including team development, acquisition and disposition initiatives, strategic development projects, key leasing efforts, and asset management and operations.
Prior to joining Alexandria, Mr. Nelson served as Vice President, Investments at CIM Group, a real estate private equity firm, where he was responsible for sourcing, executing, and managing a diversified portfolio of real estate investments and development projects with an aggregate value exceeding $2 billion. In that role, his experience spanned Class A workplace, luxury residential, hospitality, and utility-scale renewable energy assets. He began his career as a Development Associate at Clark Realty Capital in Southern California.
Mr. Nelson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
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