Reid J. Berch joined Avison Young’s Long Island office in 2016 as a Principal specializing in Industrial and Commercial Brokerage. A veteran with over 30 years of experience in the Commercial Real Estate industry, Berch’s specialty centers on the industrial and commercial real estate needs in Queens and on Long Island, focusing around major international airports. Berch currently represents over 2 million square feet of warehouse, distribution, air cargo and office space in Queens and at JFK International Airport for several owners including Prologis, Inc., TA Realty and Terreno Realty, LLC. Between June 2000 and year-to-date 2017, Berch’s team has successfully completed over 1,000 leases, purchases and sales in Queens, on Long Island and at JFK International Airport.

Berch was an Executive Vice President at JLL before joining Avison Young, and was consistently a top producer there as well as for Cushman & Wakefield for over 14 consecutive years. Furthermore, he has been honored with numerous achievement awards.

Some of Berch’s notable transactions include the sale of over 1.2 million square feet of the former Northrop Grumman complex in Bethpage and Hicksville, Long Island and the sale of Bloomingdales’ 640,000-square-foot facility in Long Island City, Queens. Additionally, Berch recently transacted the lease of 11.2 acres to UPS in Red Hook, Brooklyn along with the lease of 480,000 square feet to UPS in Maspeth, Queens. 

Berch is an active member and supporter of the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society (CIBS) as well as the JFK Chamber of Commerce.

Credentials

Education

• Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
• Ramapo College Of New Jersey - B.S., Business and Management Information Systems