NAI Geis Realty Group, Inc.
November 23, 2008
 
 
   
   
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Bill is the Vice President of Retail at NAI Geis Realty Group, Inc. His career spans over twenty years in the commercial real estate business specializing in representing tenants in the leasing and sale of retail and investment properties throughout the Philadelphia Region.

Prior to joining NAI Geis Realty Group, Inc., Mr. Deasey spent nine years as the Partner at Fidelity Commercial Real Estate Alliance in King of Prussia, PA. He joined Fidelity Commercial after ten years as a Broker at CB Commercial Real Estate Group in the Philadelphia region.

There he supervised and created CB’s local retail brokerage team. Bill was the top retail specialist, four of his first five years at CB Commercial and was the top five broker in Philadelphia’s three office regions in 1990. From 1990 until 1994, Bill was the Philadelphia Board of Realtors Platinum Club recipient. Bill has been actively involved in the leasing and sale of over 415,860,000 square feet for more than $981,980,000 in consideration during the past eighteen years.

   
Selected Career Highlights
  Mr. Deasey’s most recent deal highlights include the lease of 25,000 SF in Marlton, NJ to REI, Inc., for $4.2 million. Other notable transactions include:
Represented Keystone Financial in the sale of the Buck Hotel for $2.4 million
Represented the Trustees of the Merriam Trust in the sale of 51 acres of land in Middletown, PA to Oxford Valley Ventures for $8.1 million
Represented Fidelity Bank in the sale of 160 acres (former Downingtown Inn & Gold Course) to JL Properties for a 600,000 SF power center
Represented Galyan’s World of Sports in the site selection and negotiations of three leases totaling over 271,000 SF in the Minneapolis MSA
Represented Gateway Computers in site selection and negotiations of 12 leases totaling 114,300 SF throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware
Represented Walgreens Drugstore in the site selection and acquisition of two properties totaling 5 acres of $2.9 million
Represented Storehouse Furniture in site selection and lease negotiations of 14,100 SF for $2 million in Bryn Mawr, PA
Represented Dave & Buster’s in site selection and lease negotiations for an 80,000 SF restaurant on Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Represented IKEA in the purchase of over 285 acres in Oakland, CA; Paramus, NJ; Conshohocken, PA; Minneapolis, MN; Atlanta, GA; Detroit, MI; Boston, MA; College Park, MD and Torrance, CA
Represented Trader Joe’s in site selection and negotiations of 5 leases totaling 33,420 SF in the Philadelphia SMA
Represented Fidelity Investments in site selection and negotiations of 4 leases totaling 26,400 SF in the Philadelphia SMA
   
Education
Wheeling Jesuit University, Bachelor of Arts, History
   
Associations
Active member, State Director and Operations Chairman in International Counsel of Shopping Centers (ICSC) for PA, NJ and DE
Invited guest speaker for National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives (NACORE) International
   
Corporate Clients Served
Trader Joe’s
Fidelity Investments
REI
Bellini Furniture
  IKEA
  Bridgestone Firestone
  Swoozies
  Philadelphia Insurance Co.
   

 

Retail
William R. Deasey
Vice President, Retail
610-975-4270
bdeasey@geisrealty.com