Power Broker
John Lashar
Head of Industrial, TA Realty
Boston, MA 02110
CBRE Vice Chairman, leading commercial real estate advisory experts in Greater Boston.
Phone (617) 872-3609
CBRE Vice Chairman, leading commercial real estate advisory experts in Greater Boston.
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Landlord Rep, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Office, Flex
Markets
Boston
Bio
John specializes in tenant and landlord advisory practice for CBRE/New England's Consulting Group, representing such firms as The TJX Companies, National Grid, Boston Scientific Corporation, Wayfair, The Boston Consulting Group, Olympus Corporation of Americas, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and IDC/IDC, among others. On the landlord advisory side, John represents institutional clients such as UBS, Invesco Real Estate, TA Realty, TH Real Estate (TIAA), NYL Real Estate Investors, ASB Capital and Stockbridge, to name a few. He is acknowledged as one of the leading commercial real estate advisory experts in Greater Boston.John was a founding partner of Richards Barry Joyce & Partners, which was acquired by Transwestern in 2013. Prior to co-founding RBJ, he was a senior director at Cushman & Wakefield. In 24 years of advising tenants and landlords on their commercial real estate strategies, John has leased and sold in excess of 30 MSF of office, R&D and industrial space. His clients range from start-ups to large public companies.In addition to representing several area startup companies, John has recently negotiated four build to suit transactions. In 2003 he represented the tenant one of the largest direct office leases in 495 West representing a ten year lease of 102,000 square feet. In 2000, he represented the landlord in one of the area's largest speculative industrial development projects totaling 384,000 square feet. Other recent accomplishments include Cushman & Wakefield's "New England Deal of the Year" award in 1998 and 2000 and receiving Cushman & Wakefield's "Top 100 National Ranking" in 2000. John has also achieved the CBA’s Multi Million Dollar Leasing Club Platinum Level over the last five years.
John graduated from Babson College with a Bachelor of Science in 1993. John resides in Hingham with his wife Debi, and their daughters Lilly and Lucy.
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