James Medbery
Senior Vice President & Partner, Binswanger
Atlanta, GA 30305
James A. Medbery is an experienced professional with a proven track record for major transactions.
Phone (404) 892-4100 x2
Mobile (404) 617-9267
James A. Medbery is an experienced professional with a proven track record for major transactions.
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Industrial, Flex
Markets
Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Memphis, Nashville, West Michigan
Languages
English
Bio
James A. Medbery is an experienced professional with a proven track record for major transactions in the field of commercial corporate real estate since 1982, with an in-depth knowledge of markets throughout the United States. During his career, Mr. Medbery has managed the disposition, acquisition, and/or leasing of major facilities for Fortune 1000 companies and major international firms throughout the United States. Mr. Medbery has consistently been recognized by industry organizations and his peers as one of the top Commercial brokers in the United States. Mr. Medbery has extensive experience in problem solving regarding difficult transactions on the acquisition and disposition sides for his clients. He also has extensive experience in site location work for major manufacturing and distribution, office and corporate headquarters facilities throughout the United States negotiating major incentive packages with local and state governments on behalf of his clients. Mr. Medbery has recently represented United Parcel Service exclusively for major distribution requirements throughout the United States encompassing transactions of over two million square feet. He also represented TJX Companies (TJ Max and Marshall’s Department Stores) in the acquisition and leasing of almost three million square feet of distribution space across the country. Other major recent transactions include the sale of a 1,003,000 square foot manufacturing facility for American Greetings in Corbin, Kentucky, the sale of a 630,000 square foot industrial facility in Indianapolis, Indiana for Maytag, the sale of a 1.1 million square foot facility in Bloomington, Indiana, which was formerly a Thompson Electronics manufacturing facility, the sale of two existing manufacturing facilities in Lawrenceville, Georgia for Motorola, the site location and office development for major regional headquarters for Comcast Cablevision in Charleston, South Carolina and a 605,000 square foot build-to-suit in Richwood, Kentucky for Cummins Engine, and a 553,000 regional office and internet fulfillment center for GSI Commerce among many other major transactions.Mr. Medbery has been responsible for the acquisition, disposition or leasing of over 100 million square feet of space at a total dollar volume of over $1,000,000,000 throughout the course of his career. Mr. Medbery has represented other major firms such as Lucent Technologies, AT&T, Clark Equipment, Unisys, Rockwell International, American Greetings, Cummins Engine, GSI Commerce, United Parcel Service, and TJX Corporation to name just a few.Mr. Medbery earned his B.S. Degree in Business Administration from Georgia Southern University where he is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Southern University Foundation. He is actively licensed as a real estate broker in six states. He is currently handling projects totaling over 12 million square feet for clients throughout the United States including the sale of the former Pilgrim's Pride 262,000 S.F. Corporate Headquarters building in Atlanta, GA.
