Senior Vice President - Industrial

Specializes in industrial brokerage and leasing activities for Carey Realty Investments.

Since joining the firm, Mr. Shull has acted as Leasing Director for the 950,000 square foot industrial portfolio in Westbelt Business Park for its prior owners, Merrill Lynch Hubbard.  He also completed the sale for a 180,000 square foot industrial facility in Dayton, Ohio on behalf of Prudential which he now manages for the private investment group formed for its acquisition. 

Previously, he was Vice President of Asset Management of National Realty Services (formerly Galbreath-Huff).  There he directed the property management, facilities maintenance and marketing activities of a 4,000,000 square foot portfolio of commercial real estate for such institutional owners as Prudential Insurance Company, the Equitable, State teachers Retirement  System of Ohio and Cabot Partners.  In addition, he acted as court-appointed receiver on more than 300,000 square feet of industrial and office properties. 

In 1984, he joined John W. Galbreath & Company, where his project marketing responsibilities included the Capitol Square Complex in Columbus; DuBois Tower/Fifth Third and Star Bank Centers in Cincinnati;    Bank One Center in Indianapolis and IBM buildings located in Columbus and Dayton. 

In total, Mr. Shull has acted as project marketing director, receiver and/or owner’s representative for more than 3,600,000 square feet of industrial and office properties.  He has completed more than 400 lease transactions totaling in excess of 2,400,000 square feet and successfully closed more than $15,000,000 of industrial/commercial brokerage transactions. In 1978, Mr. Shull co-founded and owned the firm of Morse-Shull & Company in Columbus which represented Mellon National Bank Corporation, Sun Life of Canada, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and the Prudential Insurance Company of America. 

Mr. Shull is a 1971 graduate of Ashland University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration-Finance.  He is a candidate for the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation with the National Association of Realtors.  He is currently President of the Columbus Commercial, Industrial & Investment Realtors Association, for which he previously was Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer and also chaired the Education, Membership and Governmental Affairs Committee.

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