Mike Hieshima
Executive Director, Lockehouse Retail Group
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Mike Hieshima is the Managing Partner of the TriCounty (Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo) office of Epsteen & Associates.
Phone (805) 576-8433
Mike Hieshima is the Managing Partner of the TriCounty (Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo) office of Epsteen & Associates.
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Land, Office, Retail, Multifamily
Markets
Los Angeles, Orange County (California), San Luis Obispo/Paso Robles, Santa Barbara/Sta Maria/Goleta
Languages
English
Bio
Mike has over 18 years of multifaceted experience in retail real estate and in the strategic expansion of retailers, landlord representation, development, acquisition and disposition of retail properties. The retail clients represented by Mike include: Albertsons, Sav-on Drugs, Borders Books, Ross, Starbucks Coffee, Petco, Chico’s, Motherhood Maternity, Betsy Johnson, Vitamin Shoppe, dd’s Discounts, and Ventura County Credit Union. He currently represents over 1,000,000sf of retail property with landlord/developer clients that include: The Towbes Group, Regency Centers, Donahue Schriber, Centro Watt Properties and Sandstone Properties.
Mike has been a part of the Epsteen family for 14 years of his career. In 1986, while a junior at UCLA, Mike became the second “Epsteen Intern” to go through Epsteen’s strict training program. In 1990, he led the expansion efforts of Starbucks Coffee into Southern California and is responsible for over 150 locations in the state. In early 1995, Jamba Juice recruited him as the Vice President of Development, responsible for real estate, design, construction, property management, franchising and licensing. While at Jamba Juice, he led the expansion from 13 to 300 stores in 19 states in just over 5 years. In early 2001, Mike opened the Santa Barbara office of Epsteen & Associates, which has grown into the largest retail brokerage company in the TriCounty area, with annual transactions exceeding $100 million annually.
Mike is active in the community and is a board member at the West Coast Ballet and Cold Springs School Foundation along with supporting the UCSB Economic Forecast Project. Mike is a black belt in Hapkido and enjoys golf, fishing and volleyball. Most of all, Mike enjoys spending time with his wife (Marla) and two beautiful daughters (Makala and Kailea).
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