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Rob joined Upland Real Estate Group September 2017.  As Director of Commercial Services he will work on business development and brokerage in all areas of real estate—retail, office, medical, hospitality, land and development sourcing.  Rob has over 25 years commercial real estate experience in property management, consulting, corporate services, development and brokerage.  Throughout his career, Rob has leased, sold, consulted on and purchased more than 5 million square feet of office, medical, hotel, retail, industrial and multifamily residential projects.  He has completed transactions with large/national and small/startup office, tech, medical and retail tenants.Most recently, was Vice President of Commercial at Sherman Associates. Rob was responsible for all office, industrial and retail leasing in the portfolio of Sherman Associates—a regional, urban developer.  He also was accountable for sales and property management division activity.  Additionally, he was charged with finding new opportunities for general acquisition, development or redevelopment. Rob continued to assist Sherman Associates as a contract consultant and is currently overseeing Sherman listings outsourced to Upland.  Prior to joining Sherman Associates, Rob began his career as a property manager and leasing agent with The Palmer Group of the Twin Cities, Ltd. (based in Chicago and Minneapolis), which was purchased by Frauenshuh Companies (Minneapolis). After successfully landing new leases and new management accounts, and with a nudge from his boss, he decided to pursue full-time leasing activity with Frauenshuh Companies and became Vice President of Marketing.  Rob more recently worked for 10 years with United Properties’ leasing and property management division (eventually Cushman & Wakefield) in the Twin Cities, focusing on developing third-party building representation and tenant representation accounts. Rob has served on numerous committees and boards—both business and civic related. Rob is the immediate past Secretary/Treasurer for the St. Joseph’s School of Music in Saint Paul, MN, current Class Chair for Saint John’s University and 2014 Past President of the Minnesota Commercial Association of Realtors (MNCAR).  He has served as a board member and/or committee chair for the local chapters of NAIOP, BOMA and CCIM.  Rob was on the board of the Grand Avenue Business Association Saint Paul and was a publicly-elected board member of the Summit Hill Association (SHA) - District 16 Planning Council for the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota.  He and his family have been residents of the Summit Hill/Crocus Hill neighborhood in Saint Paul for many years.Rob earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Saint John’s University (MN); where he currently serves as his Class Chair.  He studied History, German and Art History at the University of Salzburg and Music History at the University Mozarteum—both located in Salzburg, Austria. In 1993, he and three business partners started a food franchising corporation in Vienna—all while keeping his real estate day job in the USA.  Although Rob sold out eventually, he traveled to Europe many times and enjoyed the international experience.  Rob was awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation in 2004.  He completed the Harvard Business School Executive Real Estate Leadership Program in 2008.  Rob has been a sought-after speaker regarding the development/lease-up process and the historic tax credit/affordable tax credit process.  Just in the two past years, he has been a presenter at MNCAR (St. Cloud and Rochester), BOMA (St. Paul) and the University of St. Thomas Graduate Level Real Estate Program (three times).  Rob enjoys spending time biking, boating, swimming and walking at his cabin in northern Minnesota with family and friends.  He also enjoys reading, music, politics, architecture, art and too much food.