W. Joshua Levering, SIOR
Sr. VP
NAI James E. Hanson
10 Lanidex Plaza West
Parsippany, NJ 07054
973 463 1011 x137
jlevering@naihanson.com
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Scope of Service Experience

W. Joshua Levering, SIOR (Josh) has been a commercial real estate broker and advisor for 25-plus years. Josh has been most active in the Northern New Jersey and tri-state region. Josh joined the NAI James E. Hanson team with the directive of adding depth to the firm's leasing and investment activities in New Jersey and throughout the NAI international network (NAI Global). Josh has consistently been recognized as a top producer and has an outstanding reputation for thoroughly understanding the many intricate facets of the industry.

Background & Experience

Josh began his career at Coldwell Banker Commercial (now CB Richard Ellis) and worked in both the Hackensack and Parsippany offices from 1980-1994. Thereafter, he was a Senior Managing Director of Newmark & Company Real Estate New Jersey (now Newmark Knight Frank) from 1994-2001. In this position, he served as advisor and negotiator for both local and national tenants, owners, developers and other entities requiring commercial real estate expertise. Josh acted as exclusive representative for Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) in the New Jersey area. Prior to joining NAI James E. Hanson, Josh was the Executive Vice President, Office Division of Weichert Commercial Brokerage, Inc.  where he was responsible for overseeing a team of office leasing and sales associates in the company's multiple regional centers throughout New Jersey and Lehigh Valley, PA.

Clients and customers represented included AT&T, Goya Foods, Nippon Express, State of New Jersey, Union Camp, Dean Witter, Jacoby & Meyers, First Industrial Realty Trust, Prudential and Verizon. With over 500 successfully completed transactions, he prides himself on market knowledge, reputation, aggressiveness and being able to understand the many complexities of Commercial Real Estate transactions.

Educational Background

Josh graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. He majored in finance with a minor in real estate. In addition, Josh is proactively involved in educational and developmental seminars through the various Professional Organizations to which he belongs.

Professional Affiliations & Designations

• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), President of the New Jersey Chapter 2005
• Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP)
• Executive Board Member, Industrial and Office Real Estate Brokers Association of the New York Metropolitan Area (IOREBA)
• Member, Board of Directors Morris County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC)
• Member, National Association of Realtors (NAR)
• Member of many various New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
• Associate Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI)Member, Corporate Board of Directors of the Metropolitan YMCA of Essex County and the Oranges (NJ's largest YMCA) where he also sits on the Executive Committee and acts as Chairman of The Buildings andProperty Committee.
• Member, Board of Directors, Homes of Montclair Ecumenical Corporation (HOMECorp)
• Past Corporate Board Member, Montclair Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)
• Past Member of the State of New Jersey Cross Acceptance Committee

Significant Transactions

Sale/Purchase

• Morris Business Campus, Morris Plains, NJ, 327,000 sq. ft. (Office)
• 744 Broad Street and 281 Washington Street (sold twice), over 1,000,000 sq. ft., Newark, NJ (Office)
• Three building office portfolio to Lincoln Property Company, over 250,000 sq. ft. (Office)
• 788 Shrewsbury Avenue, Tinton Falls, N.J. 60,000 sq. ft. (Office)
• 13-Acre land parcel from Northrop Grumman in Long Island, NY and BTS of 180,000 sq. ft. (Industrial)
• 27 Acres for Sheraton Hotels, East Rutherford, NJ (Land and Joint Venture)
• 9 Law Drive, Fairfield, NJ, 67,000 sq. ft. (Office)
• Three buildings totaling over 225,000 sq. ft. for Goya Foods, Chicago, Boston and Orlando (Industrial)
• 691 Central Avenue, New Providence, NJ 52,000 sq. ft. (Flex)

Lease

• Montville Business Center, on behalf of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., 10 units, 60,000 sq. ft. (Office)
• Morris Business Campus, Morris Plains, NJ, 36,000 sq. ft. to Travelers Insurance (Office)
• State of New Jersey, 76,000 sq. ft. in Pompton Lakes, NJ, (Office)
• Verizon Communications, 36 transactions including over 245,000 sq. ft. (Office and Retail)
• Dean Witter Reynolds, 326,000 sq. ft. in New York City (Office)
• La Torraine Coffee, 44,900 sq. ft. in Secaucus (Industrial)
• Nippon Express, 160,000 sq. ft. in Secaucus (Industrial)
• Aetna Life Insurance, 27,000 sq. ft., Parsippany (Office)
• Apple Computer, 10,000 sq. ft., Secaucus (Office)
• Thorpe, Thorpe & Schwartz, Esq., 13,000 sq. ft., West Orange (Office)
• Relational Technologies, 11,100 sq. ft., New York City, (Office)
• International Office Centers, 12,500 sq. ft., Rutherford (Office)
• Philadelphia Training Centers, 16,000 sq. ft., Newark (Office)
• Spectradyne, 15,000 sq. ft., Clifton (Office)
• Drake, Beam, Morin, 27,000 sq. ft., Parsippany (Office)
• Pearson Partners, 30,000 sq. ft., Parsippany (Office)
• US Food and Drug Administration, 17,500 sq. ft., Jersey City (Office)

Other

• Consulted Samsung, USA for development known as Centurion, Fort Lee, NJ, over $300 MM project
• Represented Bell Atlantic of NJ (currently Verizon) on 50+ real estate transactions in Tri-State, over $100 MM

My Case Studies

OES (Order Execution Services)