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Lesley Gutman holds the position of Vice President for the Brokerage Division of NAI Farbman. Ms. Gutman’s area of expertise includes Office and Retail leasing. She began her career in 2000 with NAI Farbman and maintains a focus on Landlord/Tenant Representation.

Gutman has played a key role in some of the most significant commercial real estate transactions in her market. This includes the leasing of the 320,000-square-foot Oakland Commons in Southfield, Michigan; 500,000-square-foot Sheffield Office Park in Troy, Michigan; 200,000-square-foot Riverside Center in Southfield; Michigan; 285,000-square-foot 27777 Inkster in Farmington Hills, Michigan; 370,000- square-foot Cambridge Court in Auburn Hills, Michigan; 51,000-square-foot Westfield in Farmington Hills;100,000-square-foot Brookfield in Farmington Hills and 180,000-square-foot College Park Commons in Detroit.

Independent Consultant with focus on the acquisition of income producing and investment commercial properties (retail shopping centers and office buildings).

Ms. Wendy R. Acho possesses a multifaceted financial industry background as a 20-year veteran banker, having served in Retail Banking, General Securities Representative Brokerage Services, Wealth Management and Commercial Banking roles focused on commercial real estate. Ms. Acho transitioned towards opportunity as a contractor for the U.S. government with particular emphasis on the Middle East and emerging/frontier markets investor projects. Ms. Acho served as Managing Director of Investment Strategy and Senior Advisor Banking and Financial Networks for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations, Iraq (TFBSO).  In her role with the TFBSO, she assisted facilitating commercial real estate investment transactions and fostering new commercial opportunities for the Iraq-based industrial base in support of modernization and privatization goals.

Equipped with more than two-decade international commercial real estate banker, previously with LaSalle Bank (Troy, MI), ABN AMRO N.A., Ms. Acho seek to leverage my cross-functional experiences in retail/wealth/commercial banking, business finance and FINRA Securities alongside my previous work in the real estate-based economic development, public private partnerships (PPP, P3s) and foreign direct investments (FDI). In synergy, she is a licensed associate in the sales of commercial real estate, and she serves as Secretary and board member of the Township of West Bloomfield Zoning Appeals Board (ZBA) (2018-2021) alongside related committees dealing with municipal issues.

Ms. Acho was an appointee, Commissioner on the Michigan Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs (2015-2018), State of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, to represent the state and regional policies related to the economic and social impact of Middle Eastern entrepreneurship communities. As well, she was Commissioner, appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm on the Michigan Community Service Commission, State of Michigan (2004-2007) under First Gentleman, Daniel Mulhern. Most recently she was a Board Member, Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion.