Bill Zurek
Executive Managing Director, PartnerAgency Leasing
Phoenix, Arizona
- License Number: #AZ BR008693000
- Phone: (602) 954-9856
- Email: William.Zurek@transwestern.com
Biography
TRANSWESTERN ROLE
Bill focuses on creating investment opportunities on behalf of private, institutional, educational, entrepreneurial, and developer clients. Partnering with Jim Achen Jr. for 25 years, the team was able to assist in structuring the components of the Vero Multifamily development on 3F, with Transwestern Development Company, University Realty, Globe Corporation, and Bankers Trust. Bill brings collaborative efforts across product types with local, institutional, and sovereign wealth clients to the Novus team. With 40 years of representing ownership interest, our team invests heavily in promoting community wide Broker and Owner relationships. These relationships drive leasing velocity and signed leases with premiere tenants and Owners that realize and create value for all parties involved.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Jim, in partnership with Bill Zurek, has completed many of the larger transactions in the Phoenix area with an aggregate value in excess of $3 Billion. Notable accomplishments within the diversified property and transaction structures include:
- Over 12.0 Million SF of office properties represented resulting in excess of $4.0 Million SF of negotiated leases.
- Involved in the active acquisition and respositioning, both as a broker and a principal, of over 2.0 Million SF of institutional quality office properties.
- Sale and leaseback (both consulting and execution) of the landmark 252,000 SF SCF Insurance corporate headquarters.
- Significant office lease transactions with American Express, (171,000 RSF), Internal Revenue Services (108,000 RSF), General Dynamics (149,000 RSF), US Air (100,000 RSF), DuPont Airproducts (95,000 RSF), Liberty Mutual (75,000 RSF), Rural Metro (90,000 RSF), Maricopa County (67,000 RSF), and Health Choice (74,000 RSF).
- Multiple institutional quality multi-family sites sourced and subsequently invested in the vertical developments as a principal; debt and equity sourcing and partnership advisory.
- Complex land assemblage.
- Consistent top producer, President Club and Champions Club Achiever.
- Previous Board of Directors member at Transwestern and current shareholder.
EDUCATION
Jim graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business.
