About Edward

Professional Profile 

Bert is a highly experienced commercial real estate professional specializing in industrial, logistics and flex properties across Northern Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region. With expertise in site acquisition, property leasing and marketing, site disposition, and capital market transactions, Bert provides strategic solutions tailored to the unique needs of industrial occupiers, investors, and developers both local and institutional.

Leveraging deep market knowledge and sector focus, Bert has successfully facilitated transactions for build to suits, new speculative warehouses, land acquisitions/disposition, distribution centers and flex industrial.  Bert ensures optimal value creation and alignment with client goals in both local and national occupier representation. 

Bert has a proven ability to navigate complex capital market transactions through innovative deal structures that maximize results for the investors and developer client. These services are provided with collaboration with Avison Young’s Industrial Capital Markets group.

Committed to delivering superior service, market insight, and results-driven strategies, Bert is a trusted partner for industrial and logistics real estate needs in the competitive Mid-Atlantic region. Bert’s career spans more than 30 years and has completed transactions in excess of $1 Billion.

Areas of Specialization

• Landlord representation/agency leasing of Industrial and logistics properties.
• Site or property disposition services
• Considerable experience in highly finished flex and shallow bay industrial in Northern Virginia
• National and single point of contact occupier services for site selection or disposition services

Awards & Affilliations

• Avison Young Circle of Excellence Award in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023
• #9 Global Industrial deal maker in 2023
• National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
• Former Loudoun County, VA Economic Development Commission board member