Arie loves the business—the competition, the knowledge, client service and particularly creativity. One of his team’s biggest deals last year exemplified his creative approach to brokerage, as well as his persistence, and by his own acknowledgement, the transactions (yes, plural) came about by a bit of luck.
Arie Salomon, CCIM, SIOR, is (once again) one of NAI Global’s Top 10 Producers for 2022. A highly accomplished industrial broker, Arie is also one of the top producers in the Pacific Northwest as recognized by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.
He leads a five-person team with the core group having been together for over two decades! Arie’s teammates are: Jeff Forsberg (28 years), Patty Bell (26 years), Connor Powell and Bret Matysik, the last two of which were added to the team within the past few years. They divide their duties and use each other’s strengths to complement each other. Originally from Israel, Arie served as an officer and tank commander in the Israeli Defense Forces after finishing high school. He attributes much of his success to the discipline learned and the merit-based promotional structure of the Israeli army that he experienced as a young man.
For brokerage houses and managers interested in hiring and training new brokers, listen to how Arie and Jeff started Connor and Bret out to get their careers launched. By comparison, when Arie started commercial real estate brokerage 32 years ago, he received a $600 draw for the first few months and then was straight commission.
Here are some of the highlights of the NAI How’s Biz Podcast with Arie Salomon.
Arie first moved to Washington State to attend college in 1984 at the University of Washington in Seattle, and at first wanted to be an architect, yet decided on a business degree instead. He started his career with Norris, Beggs & Simpson in 1990.
Fast forward to the more recent past, Arie and Jeff’s team client list reads like a Who’s Who of Fortune 500 Companies and some of the most recognized developer names in the industry: Boeing Realty Corp., DHL Worldwide Express, Formica Corp., Steelcase, Invesco, Prologis, Industrial Property Trust, Lowe’s, RREEF, and LBA Realty.
Listen to how the team acquired those accounts and largely managed to retain them through the years.
NAI Puget Sound Properties is one of the top exporters of referral transactions within the NAI Global platform, and has recently completed deals in Dallas, Portland, Atlanta, Chicago, North Virginia and Detroit – all with other NAI Offices and professionals.
Arie loves the business—the competition, the knowledge, client service and particularly creativity. One of his team’s biggest deals last year exemplified his creative approach to brokerage, as well as his persistence, and by his own acknowledgement, the transactions (yes, plural) came about by a bit of luck. That part of his story is about 28 minutes into the podcast. It involved a 1.2-million-square-foot lease followed by a sale to an institution.
A European football fan, Arie has attended World Cup Tournaments in more than one country, even seeing a ‘hat trick’ from the most recent World Cup hero, Argentina’s Lionel Messi.
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