South Florida Industrial Update

Jonathan Kingsley is a veteran of the commercial real estate industry, focusing on class A agency in South Florida and tenant representation services for office and industrial clients in South Florida and around the United States. He also provides investment and asset management consulting services to institutional clients. Jonathan Kingsley and Stephen Rutchik, partners for 16 years, have built a team of ten passionate, driven commercial real estate professionals, offering their expertise to office and industrial occupiers and investors across South Florida. “Team Kingsley- Rutchik aligns our strategies with our clients’ business goals and provides a wealth of accurate, specific market intelligence to support their real estate decisions.” BUSINESS BACKGROUND Jonathan and his team joined Colliers International in 2015, after four years as Senior Vice President of Brokerage at Jones Lang LaSalle and an 8-year career as Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Grubb & Ellis Company where he was responsible for the delivery of services to tenants, owners and investors of commercial real estate across the region. Jonathan and his team specialize in leasing transactions representing the needs of both landlords and tenants, giving them the diverse knowledge and ability to adapt to South Florida’s unique real estate market challenges.

Mr. Easton is the Chairman of The Easton Group, the real estate brokerage, investment, management and development firm he founded in Miami in 1974. Educated at the University of Miami, Mr. Easton received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in1966, and his MBA in 1976, majoring in Finance with a minor in Accounting.

Jason joined Prologis in 2015 and is currently Vice President, Market Officer of South Florida. Jason manages a team of 35 people and oversees the company’s presence in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. Today, he oversees 155 buildings and 600 customers, totaling 22 million square feet.  Prior to moving to Miami in 2020, Jason handled leasing responsibilities in New Jersey/New York. Beginning in 2015 as a Leasing Manager, Jason left NJ as a VP, Leasing Officer. During this time, he completed 143 transactions totaling over 9 million square feet. His daily responsibilities included leasing at the Ports, Meadowlands, and the submarkets in New York’s boroughs -- encompassing 173 customers in 100 buildings totaling 19 million square feet. Jason’s favorite transaction included the original lease-up of Bronx 1 totaling 205k square feet to Jet.com. Jason then leased the same building 2 years later for a $10/sf base rent differential.  Prior to joining Prologis, Jason worked as a senior associate at Cushman & Wakefield, where he advised both landlords (with an office portfolio of over 1 million square feet) and tenants in all of their leasing needs. He founded C&W’s New Jersey Healthcare Practice Group, and in 2014, he was named C&W’s Top Producer among New Jersey associates. Jason received his B.A. in Architecture from Clemson University and also studied at the Universtat De Politecnica De Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

As National Director, Industrial Services for the U.S., Stephanie focuses on overall growth of Colliers’ industrial business, including the establishment of new client relationships and expansion of existing affiliations. She promotes talent recruitment and retention to support Colliers’ best-in-class Industrial Services team as they accelerate client success. Drawing on her 25 years of commercial real estate experience, Stephanie leads Colliers’ industrial platform, especially in providing thought leadership, research and marketing. She brings extensive experience in acquisitions, lease transactions and negotiations, asset management, and development projects. Before joining Colliers, Stephanie spent nearly 15 years at Duke Realty Corporation where she rose to the level of Regional Senior Vice President, overseeing leasing for a multi-market, multi-million-square-foot portfolio in Central and South Florida in addition to leading property management, development and marketing of the firm’s industrial portfolio in the region. Prior to her time at Duke, she held progressively more senior roles at Trammell Crow Company and CBRE.