John Faur currently serves as a 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 three years, John has completed over 2.5 million square feet of industrial transactions totaling $130 million in value. He is an SIOR Member Associate and is a CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designee. John is licensed in Kansas and Missouri.
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 Motion Industries in 189,000 SF long-term 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 International Paper in a 112,000 SF lease renewal
- Represented the Tenant in leasing 96,000 SF at 1010 N Century Ave in Kansas City, MO
- Represented National Fleet Services in an 83,207 SF industrial building lease and 6 acres of vehicle storage
- Represented the buyer in the acquisition and stabilization of a 78,159 SF industrial building
- Represented the buyer in 75,000 SF of industrial service facility (ISF) acquisitions
- Represented Hopkins Manufacturing in leasing a 67,850 SF warehouse
- Represented ASMI Stone & Tile in a 64,000 SF, long-term Class A industrial lease
- Represented Watkins Label in the purchase of a 40,469 SF facility
- Represented Winco Fireworks in a 37,080 SF industrial lease in Victoria, TX
- Represented a Fortune 500 company in 120+ acres of land acquisitions across the Heartland Region
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
- Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) – Board Member, VP of Programming
- Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors ® Member
Professional Achievements
- Ingram’s Business Magazine’s 20 in their Twenties, 2023
- KC’s Heavy Hitters in Commercial Real Estate, Kansas City Business Journal, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Published in Midwest Real Estate News and Kansas City Business Journal
- Newmark Zimmer Rising Star Award, 2021
- CoStar Power Broker Q2 2021 - Top Sale, Kansas City
- CoStar Power Broker Q2 2021 and Q1 2023 - Top Industrial Lease, Kansas City
- Guest Speaker – University of Kansas School of Business
- Co-Founded a course at Creighton University – Finance 331: The Principles and Practices of Real Estate
- Licensed real estate salesperson, states of Kansas and Missouri
Education
John graduated summa cum laude from Creighton University where he earned a BSBA degree in Finance and Marketing.