WIL SMITH
PRESIDENT, CEO AND FOUNDER
GREENLAW PARTNERS
WHY: Has grown to a company with $5B in acquisitions and 150 properties in dispositions. Many acquisitions and dispositions were joint ventures with institutional groups such as Cigna, Cross Harbor, Guggenheim, UBS, Walton Street and Westbrook. Firm’s portfolio is approaching $3B in value, with about 10M square feet of commercial buildings and more than 4K acres of land.
IN THE NEWS: Sold 18.2 acres of undeveloped land in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa for $6.5M earlier this year. The property could be used to develop 227K square feet of industrial space.
