John Faur currently serves as an Associate Director in Newmark Zimmer’s Kansas City, Missouri, office. He focuses on Industrial sales and leasing with an emphasis on tenant representation, acquisition, and site selection. John has assisted a wide variety of industrial tenants including 3PL’s, manufacturing, auto suppliers, and construction companies with leases, lease renewals, acquisitions and dispositions. His additional work has included representing tenants’ interest in development projects in the Heartland as well as site selection around the country.
In the past two years, John has completed over 2 million square feet of industrial transactions totaling $100 million in value. He is an SIOR Member Associate and is currently pursuing both his SIOR and CCIM designation. John is licensed in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Select Transactions:
- Represented Niagara Bottling in the purchase of a 634,344 SF spec industrial building
- Represented Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling in site selection for a 150 acre, 600,000 SF bottling facility
- Represented 1A Auto, Inc. in 347,689 SF long-term lease renewal
- Represented International paper in a 298,000 SF industrial lease
- Represented Owens & Minor in a 132,556 SF full-building spec industrial lease
- Represented SLWM (Tenant) in a 131,000 SF industrial lease renewal
- Represented the buyer in the acquisition and stabilization of 4134 E Front St, a 78,159 SF industrial building
- Represented the buyer in 75,000 SF of industrial service facility (ISF) acquisitions
- Represented ASMI Stone & Tile in a 64,000 SF, long-term Class A industrial lease
- Represented Watkins Flexographic, Inc in the purchase of a 40,469 SF facility
- Represented National Fleet Services in the build-to-suit of a 3 AC vehicle storage facility near the KC Ford Plant
Featured Clients:
- NextEra Energy, LLC
- International Paper
- 1A Auto, Inc
- Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling
- Niagara Bottling
- National Fleet Services
- Acies Acquisitions, LLC
- Port KC
Professional Affiliations:
- Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR) Member Associate
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) – Member
- CCIM Kansas City Chapter – Candidate Member
- Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors ® Member
Professional Achievements:
- Kansas City’s Heavy Hitters in Commercial Real Estate, Kansas City Business Journal, 2021
- 2021 Newmark Zimmer Rising Star Award
- CoStar Power Broker Q2 2021 - Top Sale, Kansas City
- CoStar Power Broker Q2 2021 - Top Industrial Lease, Kansas City
- Co-Founded a course at Creighton University – Finance 331: The Principles and Practices of Real Estate
- Licensed real estate salesperson, states of Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
Education:
John graduated summa cum laude from Creighton University in May 2020, where he earned a BSBA degree in Finance and Marketing.