CA RE License #00918958
John DeGrinis, SIOR, serves as a Vice Chairman in Newmark’s office in Calabasas. DeGrinis is a senior member of the top performing industrial team in North Los Angeles. The team joined Newmark in 2019 as part of the firm’s expansion into this large territory, which consists of the San Fernando Valley, Ventura County and the Santa Clarita Valley. DeGrinis and his fellow team members, Patrick DuRoss, SIOR, Jeff Abraham, SIOR, and Kate Borden, have a collective track record of more than 85 years in the commercial real estate industry.
DeGrinis, specializes in industrial leasing, sales, land development and tenant representation and consulting in North Los Angeles. Over the past 10 years, the DeGrinis team has completed transactions totaling more than 45 million square feet and $2.8 billion in consideration.
The team came to Newmark from Colliers International, where DeGrinis most recently served as a Senior Executive Vice president. He began his real estate career at Colliers Seeley in 1986. Since then, he has consistently been among the top producers in North Los Angeles and has earned a reputation for honesty, integrity and performance for his diverse clientele.
Representative Clients
Landlords
- Alexandria Real Estate
- ARKA Properties Group
- Barings
- Black Creek
- Black Equities Group
- Brookfield
- Cabot Properties
- First Industrial
- Greenlaw Partners
- Griffin Capital
- International Airport Centers
- Invesco Real Estate
- Link Industrial Properties
- Majestic Realty
- Penwood Real Estate Investment Management
- Prologis
- Prudential
- Rexford Industrial
- Sares Regis Group
- Seefried Development
- Sheridan Ebbert Development
- STAG Industrial
- Staley Point Capital
- Stream Realty Partners
- Tejon Ranch Company
- Xebec Development Group
Tenants
- Alcoa
- Atara Biotherapeutics
- BBA Aviation
- Boeing
- DrinkPAK
- Howmet
- Independent Electric Supply
- La Brea Bakery
- Land O’ Lakes
- Living Spaces Furniture
- Monsanto
- NBC Universal
- OnTrac
- Pentair
- Ricoh Printing Systems
- Sears
- Thibiant International / KDC
- Tires Warehouse
- Toyota
- Walmart
Professional Achievements
- Top Ten Industrial & Logistics Producer, Newmark, 2020-2021
- Top Three Industrial & Logistics Producer, Newmark Southern California, 2020-2021
- Top Ten Producer, Newmark Greater Los Angeles, 2020-2021
- President’s Circle Award, Colliers International, 1998-2002, 2004-2008, 2012-2018
- Broker of the Year, San Fernando Valley Business Journal, 2011 and 2012
- Largest Dollar Volume Industrial Transaction, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), 2010
- CoStar Power Broker, 2010
- Largest Industrial Multi-City Assignment Transaction, Colliers, 2008
- AIR Award for Largest Transaction, 2000
- L. Boyd Higgins Circle of Excellence, Colliers, 1996 and 1997
- Max L. Green Circle of Excellence, Colliers, 1994
- Rookie of the Year, Colliers International, 1988
Professional Affiliations
- Member, board member and past president, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Greater Los Angeles Chapter
- Member and past president, AIR Commercial Real Estate Association
Education
DeGrinis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration / Real Estate Finance from the University of Denver.