Kent Pierce- Biography
Kent Pierce, a founding partner and President of Equity Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., specializes the sale, leasing and management of Industrial, Office/Flex and R&D properties in Ventura County and the west San Fernando Valley.
Kent's emphasis has been on the marketing of properties within the portfolios of local and regional investors and developers of industrial properties in the Ventura County Coastal Plain and west Conejo Valley.
Career History
Kent has twenty years of experience in the commercial real estate business. He started his career with Grubb & Ellis in 1987, shortly after graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Liberal Studies (Economics, Political Science & Communications).
At Grubb & Ellis, Kent spent a year as the director of research for the Ventura County office and was responsible for the publication of quarterly and annual vacancy and absorption studies, press releases and the coordination of the annual conference and presentation to regional developers, property owners and institutions.
After completing his tour of duty in the research department, Kent became an industrial properties specialist at Grubb & Ellis under the tutelage of a senior broker-and subsequent business partner-Jim Bilicki.
Jim left Grubb & Ellis in 1992 to manage a small portfolio of properties. Kent remained with Grubb & Ellis until 1994 when Kent reunited with Jim to found Equity Commercial Real Estate Services.
Kent's responsibilities with Equity Commercial since 1994 have included overseeing the brokerage operations of the firm. During that time period, Kent has completed over 500 industrial and office sales or leases.
Noteworthy transactions include a 15,000 square foot office lease in Camarillo to Pardee Homes, a long-term 20,000 square foot industrial lease with Underwood Ranches in Camarillo and 50,000 square foot lease with Conexant in Newbury Park.
Kent prides himself on his commitment to ethics, professionalism and innovative marketing.
Kent has been a member of the American Industrial Real Estate Association (AIR) since 1990.
Other Activities
Kent and his wife Jeanene have two sons: Lucas (12) and Matthew (10).
Kent is a Staff Commodore (past president) of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club and is currently serving as the President of the Santa Barbara Youth Foundation.
Kent's real passion for the sea comes in the form of sailboat racing. He has sailed boats as small as seven foot Sabots and as large as 85 foot America's Cup Class (IACC) boats. In the 90's, Kent sailed in many world, continental and national championships but currently does most of his sailing at the club level so that he can focus on his business and family.
Clients
TOLD Corporation
R-T Enterprises
The Adamson Companies
MBL Properties (Louis Wolff)
Robert B. Reingold, Inc.
Asphalt Professionals
E-Bullion.com
Automotive Alliance
