Phil Botana joined Newmark Zimmer in 2018 and currently serves as an Associate Director in the company’s Kansas City, Missouri office. Mr. Botana has a broad background in business development, sales, marketing and communications spanning across multiple industries.
Since joining the firm, Mr. Botana has represented various tenants and landlords across Retail, Industrial and Location-Based Entertainment.
In 2003, Mr. Botana moved to Kansas City and acquired and managed multi-family properties for a family trust while building a business consulting practice that specialized in communications, business development, sales and marketing consulting. Clients included public relations firms, publishers, motion picture distributors and Los Angeles real estate marketing and 3D animation studios.
Mr. Botana joined Kansas City based biotechnology firm SCD Probiotics in 2012 where he helped the company grow its technology-transfer business globally. Mr. Botana’s focus was on commercializing multiple product lines across the agriculture, food & beverage, human health and animal health sectors in Poland, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, South Africa, Brazil and the United States.
In 2015, Mr. Botana joined the project management and operations team at Sungevity, the fourth largest solar energy company in the United States, where he oversaw the installation of over 10 Megawatts of solar installations.
A native of Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Washington, DC, Mr. Botana spent the first fifteen years of his career in the motion picture industry in Los Angeles producing, financing and distributing independent feature films globally. He specialized in debt and international tax structured financing working with such major studios as Lionsgate, Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures.
Partial List of Sale Transactions
- Ararat Shrine Building
- EastGate Industrial Land
Partial List of Lease Transactions
Industrial
- Butler Supply, Inc. – Multiple locations
- Thematic Capital Group Multiple acquisitions
Retail
- KonTiki Room + Conchita Tacos, 3,500 SF
- Chiro One – Multiple locations
- Infinite Hitting – Multiple locations nationally
- Pura Vida Acai Café – Multiple locations
- Warriors Academy KC, 4,400 SF
- Native Hemp, Inc., 1,490 SF
- BesaMe Wellness, 5,250 SF
Partial List of Clients
- Universal Studios
- Harbor Freight Tools
- IRL Entertainment
- Infinite Hitting
- Union Pacific
- Wise Wealth, Inc.
- Thirsty Coconut
- BesaMe Wellness
Education
Mr. Botana graduated from The American University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the School of International Service.