Louis Battagliese
Founding Partner, Jackson Cross Partners
Wayne, PA 19087
Phone (610) 265-7700 x112
Property Types
Industrial
Markets
Philadelphia
Bio
Lou Battagliese is a founding principal of Jackson Cross Partners (JCP). He merged his firm, Flagship Realty Advisors, which operated as a consultant to corporate and institutional clients, into JCP in 2003. Lou heads the JCP Advisory Group and Industrial Brokerage Group. Prior to forming Flagship, he served as Executive Vice President of GMH Capital Partners L.P. – a partnership between GMH Associates, Inc., and GE Capital Real Estate – that he worked to establish.
Throughout his career, Lou has assisted many corporate and institutional investment clients on a variety of projects, valued at over $1.6 billion. He has coordinated projects and transactions in more than 45 markets throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Active in real estate since 1984, Lou contributes a broad range of experience and accomplishments in commercial real estate that has spanned various disciplines, scale and geography, to the JCP team.
Representative Projects
Developed a file review and imaging process to populate a portfolio database for McDonald’s Corporation’s 18,000 site parcels in the United States.
Negotiated a 1,000,000 SF lease for Cleo Inc.’s headquarters and manufacturing operation with W.P. Carey, along with a separate 440,000 SF distribution facility.
Marketed and sold a portfolio of 1.9 million square feet of office properties for a group of partnerships including GE Capital, Goldman Sachs and Cargill, to Brandywine Realty Trust.
Directed a project team that simultaneously renegotiated 31 leases for Allegheny Child Care Academy, an investment of LLR Partners LLC, reducing operating expenses by over 20% and saving over $7.3 million.
Developed an innovative Lease Restructure Program for Nobel Learning Communities which reduced rent expense on selected properties by 15% to 25% annually.
Performed site selection, acquisition and development services, as well as dispositions of major facilities from 50,000 SF to 1,100,000 SF for a number of clients including: CSS Industries, Dunkin Donuts MADC, Boise Cascade, GE Plastics, Pep Boys, PHH Mortgage, Yokohama Tire, and Office Depot.
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