The team of Zach Francis, Karla Hansen, and Chris Dowhaniuk have a combined 15 years’ experience in industrial and flex property leasing and sales in the Portland metro area servicing local and national tenants, landlords, and owner-users. The group has closed over $100 million in transactions over the past 12 months, and in excess of $1 billion in the past 11+ years.
Kidder Mathews is the largest, independent commercial real estate firm on the West Coast, with 900 real estate professionals and staff in 20 offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona.
Zach is an executive vice president and shareholder at Kidder Mathews with extensive commercial real estate success in the Portland Metropolitan area, focusing on industrial properties and investment sales. Over the past 11+ years Zach has closed nearly 10 million square feet of transactions with a total value in excess of 1 billion dollars, distinguishing himself as an elite broker in Oregon and SW Washington year after year.
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Karla joined Kidder Mathews in 2013 and specializes in commercial sales and leasing with a focus on industrial and flex properties. Through her partnership with Executive Vice President Zach Francis, Karla and her team have closed over $100 million in transactions over the past 12 months alone and they continue to outperform the market year after year.
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Chris joined Kidder Mathews in 2020 specializing in sales and leasing with a focus on industrial and flex properties. He joined the team of Zach Francis and Karla Hansen who have a combined 15 years’ experience in industrial brokerage in the greater Portland area. Prior to joining Kidder Mathews, Chris was a research analyst at JLL, analyzing the office and industrial market. This role allowed Chris to gain a competitive advantage by becoming well-versed in the dynamics of Portland’s industrial marketplace.
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Sale and Lease - Represented Buyer on land acquisition and resulting 652,250 SF Industrial Business Park Development in NE Portland
Sale and Lease – Represented client on 5 separate industrial and investment acquisitions and multiple leasing assignments throughout the Portland area totaling over $23 million
Build-to-Suit- Represented Buyer and Seller on acquisition and development of new cold storage industrial facility in Clackamas County
Sale – Represented buyer on 7 separate disposition/acquisition assignments of industrial and flex warehouses totaling over $15 million
Sale and Lease - Represented investor on 10 separate industrial sale acquisitions and multiple leasing assignments throughout the Portland area
Sale – Represented buyer on 4 separate acquisition assignments of creative industrial and net leased warehouses in close-in Portland and Lake Oswego totaling over $8 million
Sale – Represented Buyer and Seller on NNN Leased Industrial Investment Sale
Sale and Lease – Represented investor in 1031 exchange on acquisition of 3 creative industrial properties in the Portland area totaling over $12 million
Lease - Represented Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office on new training and classroom facility
Lease (represented landlord)
$3.75 million sale (represented buyer & seller)
$6.5 million sale (represented buyer)
$4.6 million sale (represented seller)
$1.7 million sale (represented buyer & seller)
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