Experience, Submarket Impact of Brokers Vital to Rick John And Advisory Board

Advisory Board Member Profile

Seniority, vision and transaction volume of the top brokers from the respective offices in the Inland Empire makes high quality market data available to the entire AIR membership because of the regional Advisory Board.

That’s how Rick John, SIOR, Executive Vice President/Branch Manager in the Ontario office of DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services, describes the value of AIR’s Advisory Boards.  Rick is a member of the Inland Empire Board.

A 36-year veteran of industrial real estate, Rick launched his career in 1980 with DAUM in the Inland Empire.  After subsequent leadership associations with Collins Fuller and Collins Commercial, he returned to DAUM after its acquisition of Collins Commercial.

Commenting on the Inland Empire Advisory Board, Rick said:  “We’ve got a special group of brokers with 20-35 years experience who have transacted with each other for years, and have a lengthy resume of major deal completions.   We’ve built substantial trust in the process.  This is invaluable in having a vision of the market and where it’s going.  This is also of real value to our colleagues.”

Rick’s background in the Inland Empire market has been instrumental in yielding him major completed transactions.  Recently, he represented the buyer of a 1.1 million square foot industrial property in Redlands.  Overall, Rick has been involved in over 44 million square feet of deals, and has sold over 5,000 acres of land.

“The Inland Empire submarket is as strong as I have seen in my 36-year career.  All aspects of industrial development are in high gear.  Quality ownerships/developers and qualified users have made the Inland Empire one of the most highly respected and coveted markets in the country,” Rick said.

Rick has also applied his vast experience by giving back to his industry.  He is a two-time president of the Inland Empire/Orange County Chapter of SIOR.  A graduate of USC with a Bachelor of Science degree in Real Estate Finance, Rick resides in Newport Beach.  He has two stepsons, Jeff Williams, 43, and Gregg Williams, 40.  In his leisure, Rick likes to travel, play golf, and “hang out with my sons and their children.”